[Spotlight Post] Ookla the Mok – Rand Bellavia & Adam English
For the last several years, I’ve been the Guest of Honor Liaison for FenCon. I’ve worked with some amazing writers, editors, artists, and scientists to make sure they have everything they need to do a good job once they’re on sight. There’s always been one group that I’ve been less familiar with than the others […]
[Writer Post] Book News and FenCon
Hello, Blog, I told you I’d be back. Did you miss me? FenCon was a whirlwind, exhausting BLAST. I had really great guests of honor to work with – which is good because I was breaking in a staff (and didn’t break THEM). Now to train one of them over the next year to take […]
[Writer Post] FenCon XI Approaches!
One more major disclaimer – there’s not going to be blog posts on Friday or Monday because of the Crazy Chaos (in a good way) that is FenCon. I will be doing my whirlwind tour of the Dallas Pen Show on Friday morning, Redheads is coming along. I’m working on making notes on one section […]
[Writer Post] Deadlines Approach
I’ve started this blog three times now and deleted it twice. I’ve been trying to figure out what I want to say – if anything this week. I’m writing. I’m revising. I may actually be on track for my Redheads deadline. But mostly I’m tired – truly looking forward to the (in the US) three-day […]
[Writer Post] The Next Things
Hello, Wednesday… Good to see you. Time for a blog post. It’s a “SQUIRREL!” day at work – lots of little, random things to do at work…that’s reflected here… My calendar has opened up a little. We’re done with working Scarborough Renaissance Festival, but we might go out and play some. The next thing is […]
[Bonus Post] The Hugos & The Campbell Award
I am not one that goes in for a lot of hype and stuff, but Mark Finn posted a piece today about nominating outside of the traditional spherefor the Hugo Awards. [asa]0989270602[/asa] As I was reading and doing my own nominating, I read the information for the Campbell – and even though I’m not on […]
[Spotlight Post] Aaron Allston – Goodbye My Friend
I was struggling with what today’s spotlight post was going to be about, and if maybe it was time to find something new to do with Friday’s. I started scrolling through Facebook and saw random pictures with Aaron Allston in them, but didn’t make the connection until I got an IM from Jimmy: Did you […]
[Writing Post] Squirrel Brain, Epub, and Me
Welcome to Texas, we’re in frantic preparations for the possible “Icemeggedon” that could occur on Friday. The Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas isn’t quite as bad as Birmingham was when I lived there. Here there’s just a run on water, milk, bread, firewood – you know the essentials. In Birmingham, that threat induced grocery frenzy […]
[Writer Post] Getting Back in the Game
So I had a draft of a blog post ready for today, and now I get to change at least part of it. FenCon did what I wanted it to do recharged me. I hung out with brilliant and talented folks who helped rekindle my creative flow. It’s awesome! Oh, and if you have a […]
[Spotlight Post] Songwriting With:Soldiers – via AJ Merrifield
This week’s Spotlight comes from someone I got to know through Rachel Caine and FenCon. AJ Merrifield is an amazing and charming person who came to FenCon to help Rachel Caine and Cat Conrad to staff the Morganville Fan Table. We’ve met him before at a signing, but this weekend, Jimmy and I got to […]