For not-writer stuff
Whoops … I had promised to blog about my experience at Confluence this year, but the time has flown. Confluence is a very nice science fiction convention in Pittsburgh, specifically it’s at the Airport Sheraton, which is a smaller hotel for conventioning, but it boasts a lovely large salon on Read more…
My friend Patrick, who went to Clarion with me in 2013, is the president of the Alpha Young Writer’s Workshop, which is a ten-day intensive workshop for teens to learn the craft of speculative fiction. Every year I listen to him talk about the stress and joy of the workshop, Read more…
That was a LOT. Let’s break it down into highlights. Launch Party! The Gods Awoke launched September 1, the first day I’d be at WorldCon, so rather than make any plans for an at-convention Book Launch Party, I publicly announced THE DAY BEFORE on Facebook and Twitter that I’d share Read more…
I first heard about the Fantastic Fiction reading series at KGB bar in Manhattan from my friend Angus, who posted a few times on social media about the wonderful authors he saw there. How glamorous it sounded! New York City! The subversive cold-war name of the place, drinks and fiction! Read more…
I awoke from a deep sleep and did not want to get up. Angus’s guest bed was super comfy with a puffy, cuddly comforter, but I had plugged my phone in to charge in the living room and had no idea what time it was. It was still light out Read more…
This past weekend was Cleveland ConCoction, their first time back from Covid, and my first convention as a Nebula Award Finalist (TM)(R). I had a BLAST. It’s such a wonderful convention and more people need to know about it. There are two things they do I have never seen another Read more…
The first home I remember was the East 200th Street projects, in Euclid, Ohio. Before that, we lived in a brick apartment building which my older sister pointed out to me once, and said was much nicer. Our apartment had been on the third floor, which made it technically a Read more…