Mukmuk!
It’s no secret I have a weakness for plush toys. I was never a Barbie girl. The only reason I don’t own more is 16 years of living on a boat. Which is why last night’s impulse buy should come … Continue reading
Category Archives: Events, Workshops, Festivals & Conferences
Workshop Cover Letters
A commenter just mentioned they were looking for advice on writing a cover letter for a Viable Paradise application. So I thought, why the heck not: here’s the cover letter that went along with my successful application. Above all, I … Continue reading
Applications for Viable Paradise Now Open
Looking for a good SFF writing workshop? Viable Paradise has just opened their application process. I learned tons from VP XII, and made lots of writing friends to boot. Well worth the price of admission if you can afford it. … Continue reading
My Worldcon Day 3 (Sunday)
On Sunday morning I had a bit of a bet with VP alum Eric Griffith that I couldn’t get up at 7 AM and haul my ass into the con for the first 9 AM panel. I didn’t quite get … Continue reading
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My Worldcon Day 2 (Saturday)
On basically 4 hours of sleep, I launched myself at the Saturday portion of Worldcon Fencing Demonstration Because this was about the speed of what I could handle at 9 AM on Saturday Archetypes Without Stereotypes (Ben Jeapes, Pat Rothfuss, … Continue reading
Worldcon, Day 1, Friday
Actually for most it was Day 2 of Worldcon, but my flights didn’t permit me to attend the opening day, so it was Day 1 pour moi. The above is a picture of my calendar for the day. I spent … Continue reading
Con Crud
I planned to blog a bit more extensively about Worldcon, but that will have to wait until my brain reboots itself after my H1N1 con crud recovery. To tide you over, here’s a pic of me recuperating with the recommended … Continue reading
Writers Workshops at WorldCon
I just learned that Anticipation SF is putting on writers workshops at WorldCon in Montréal. Get your application in now, because the deadline is July 25. They seem to have a host of really good authors lined up, if you … Continue reading
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ABNA Post-Mortem Part II
Continued from Part I. On Amazon: I’ll be the first to admit that writing a large-scale software system like the one they have is hard. But it seemed vulnerable to “gaming”, and to what Amazon admittedly calls “voting attacks”. Part … Continue reading
ABNA 2009 Post-Mortem Part I
I promised a post-mortem of the ABNA; here it is, somewhat delayed. First, a huge THANK YOU! to everyone who downloaded my excerpt and tried to leave a review (whether you succeeded or not – it wasn’t easy for some). … Continue reading