I set a modest goal for Dragon*Con this year: to buy and have signed two specific books. I achieved that goal yesterday, so the rest of the con will entail working at Jim Minz's behest at the Baen road show, attending whatever-the-heck-I-want, and making some progress on the short story I'm writing. The books I came in pursuit of were:Shades of Milk and Honey, the first novel by Mary Robinette Kowal, one of my writing friends from the Codex writers group who also happens to be ...
(Another version of this recap is on the Feature page of my website.) Last weekend's trip to RavenCon went very well. The con was in a more spacious hotel this year, and as usual was superbly organized and the con staff was excellent. It felt good to be immersed in science fiction and fantasy again, even for a short time. I was pretty busy during the con, as you can see from the list below: Making the Science Fit the Story -- This was an enjoyable panel with ...
Yesterday I got my schedule for Ravencon, which is coming up in April in Richmond, Virginia. I will be part of a workshop entitled "Pitching Your Work and Writing a Query Letter," in which I expect I'll share a horror story or two from the last few years of slush reading. In addition, I'll be on five panels: Making the Science Fit the Story The Pen is Mightier Than The ... (Moderator) Will there be BBQ's in Space? What does the future hold for space travel? Blogging, ...
Friday afternoon at Dragon*Con I went to "Princess Alethea's Traveling Road Show," in which my friends Alethea Kontis, Ada Milenkovich Brown, and James Maxey read some of their work. Before the show began, Alethea invited the audience to compose their own "Zombie Haiku" to share with everyone. I had never written a haiku before, though I know the 5-7-5 syllable pattern. And I am not particularly a fan of the zombies, vampires, etc., that are all the rage these ...
Had a good weekend in Richmond at RavenCon. All the panels I attended seemed to go well, the ones I was on also ran smoothly, and even the two I moderated. It helped that I had great panelists who had good things to say ... it made it harder for me to mess things up. The best part, of course, was seeing old friends and meeting new ones. I got to hang out with Edmund Schubert, James Maxey, Chuck Gannon, Bud Sparhawk, David B. Coe, Mike Kabongo, Hildy Silverman, Amy Sturgis, Misty Massey, ...
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