I promise that I won’t mention what’s going on at Fantasy magazine every week. But a lot of what I’m doing over there has a lot to do with some of the things I talk about over here. Thus, every once and a while I’ll
We pause TV week to bring you some entertainment in a different medium (psst: books!). A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of reading a new fantasy book called Acacia in preparation for interviewing the author, David Anthony Durham. Acacia’s debut was much anticipated
SH has extended their fund drive, so if you haven’t had a chance to donate yet, you’ve got a bit more time to do so. From Susan’s post: There’s something interesting about the non-profit fund-drive model: in some ways, it’s not primarily about the money.
Since many of my readers are interested in science fiction and fantasy, and since we often talk about flaws in the genre and fandom, I thought it would be a good idea to highlight a corner of the field that’s doing an awesome job. If
Some of you may remember several weeks back when I mentioned a writing marathon I was taking part in to raise money for the Clarion West writing workshop and the Octavia E. Butler scholarship. Well, the write-a-thon ended yesterday and I met all of my
Just a reminder that the Clarion West Write-a-thon is about to get underway. You can still sponsor me if you wish to! It works like a marathon except instead of sponsoring me by mile you’ll sponsor me by week. I plan to write 4 stories
For those of you tired of all this science fiction and writing stuff, I promise I’ll cut back on it once the week is up. Before I get back to writing up WisCon panel reports, I want to tell you about this other cool thing
So. This one is going to require a lot of explanation. Get a drink. Now that you’re back! The Cultural Appropriation panel at this year’s WisCon was specifically a response to what went on at last year’s CA panel and the aftermath on the Internet.
There is so much to say about WisCon! So many good things and good people and good conversations. If I just did one long con report, your eyes would glaze over by the time I was through with Friday. So I’m splitting things up into
For those of you coming to this site because you’ve seen me on a pane or otherwise met me while running around: Hello! I’m going to reference a lot of posts during my panels, so I’ll list them here. Hope you stick around and contribute