I will be signing copies of Analog and of the “Best of Apex Magazine” anthology at the Velvet Tango Room Thursday, May 19th at 7pm. I should probably tell Velvet Tango Room that, huh? Well, mostly this is an informal “I’m not a total failure anymore!” party. For those who Read more…
Tomorrow morning I leave for WisCon! Tonight I have dinner with my in-laws. Have to pack. Want to finish this hat I was knitting and maybe put a pom-pom on another hat and then pack it. And pack my knitting. Got to spend time with the niece, too, and shower. Read more…
Warning: this is an ANGRY POST. “You’re so lucky you had an awful, abuse-filled, poverty-stricken childhood! It’s not fair! I don’t have all that RICH MATERIAL.” said Aspiring Author To Be Unnamed. I didn’t murder him. What a saint I am. See, the thing is: I had the ability to Read more…
Sorry, I’m a little distracted. Remember that feeling you had when they announced the Star Wars prequels? And you didn’t even have the faintest suspicion that they could possibly suck? How about that feeling when you read that awesome book and then you found someone else had read it too, Read more…
Okay so, I wasn’t going to do the write-a-thon this year. I feel like I spend too much time soliciting donations for various causes and I don’t want to bother people. Then I found out they did not have nearly as many authors this year as usual. So I kinda Read more…
“This story just needs… more,” the editor said. “It feels thin.” Thanks, I thought, that’s not quite the vaguest advice ever. But then my husband turned it around for me with a metaphor. Hubby and I were talking about stories having channels, like sound channels in a music composition. This Read more…
Last year, I ended up in the hospital in Boston instead of enjoying ReaderCon all that much. So let’s give this another go, yeah? I’m off to take Megabus to Boston! It worked so well to Wiscon? I’m arriving Friday night at, like, midnight in Boston, and I fly away Read more…