I’ve been struggling with feeling like I had so much STUFF to do, and SO MANY e-mails I was behind on, that I didn’t actually have time to write. But deadlines are useful; I have material due to my screenwriting class by midnight Saturday, and I don’t want to do it all at the last […]
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The SLF is teaching its first online writing class starting tonight, Ted Schneider‘s Intro to Screenwriting, a six-week class. I’m excited! This is a pilot class for us; we’re using poor Ted as a guinea pig to figure out how to make the process smooth for both teachers and students. Thank you, Ted! If it
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I’ve been remiss in announcing that the SLF has started offering online writing classes! I’m very excited about this — it’s something we’ve been working towards for a long time. I’m actually signed up to take the first class myself, Intro to Screenwriting with Ted Schneider. I took a class with him this summer, and
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I was delighted to take a selfie with some of the current Strange Horizons staffers, and I admit, a little teary when I saw the massive list of folks who make the magazine I founded happen, every single damn year. That’s community, people. That’s love. Strange Horizons didn’t win the Hugo (again — a finalist
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I love this pic of Emmanuel Henderson with the World Science Fiction Society banner — a sign of great things to come for him and his writing. Other pics — two of my favorite Chicago buildings, the Wrigley building (which glows white because they bleach it regularly, if I’m remembering right — Wrigley chewing gum
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I came into the con already tired, which isn’t ideal, but I found a decent hack — an Irish coffee midday both perked me up and relaxed sore muscles that had just done a lot of cooking. Better living through chemistry. (The other drink is Emmanuel‘s — I wasn’t double-fisting them, I swear). Had a
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I’m delighted, and slightly nervous, to announce that I’ve agreed to be Toastmaster at WindyCon, this Nov 11-13 in Lombard. I think this means I’m supposed to be mildly entertaining while announcing things, pronounce people’s names correctly, try my best to not say anything hurtful, and keep it short and snappy. I think I can
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Prepping for teaching this morning, in between posting ChiCon photos. Goal — post all the photos and commentary before I go to CT to help out my parents; we’ll see. It helps that I only took one photo during the pre-party I threw on Wednesday! Was too busy chatting, cooking, and having fun! In retrospect,
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Registered for World Fantasy in New Orleans, pencilled in NASFIC in Winnipeg 2023, WorldCon in Chengdu, China in 2023, WorldCon in Glasgow in 2024. Onwards. My next con will be WindyCon here in Chicagoland (Nov 11-13 in Lombard) — more about that soon! https://www.windycon.org/ I’m glad that Emmanuel Henderson and Darius Vinesar were able to
Half-awake, but I’m at your autographing table, ready to sign your books! Larry Smith Books in the dealers room has one hardcover of Feast, one paperback of Feast, and two copies of The Stars Change left. Toastmaster Annalee Newitz gave a lovely shout-out to the book on stage.
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