We went to WisCon on Thursday, per usual, but I had to skip attending the Guest of Honor readings (by Martha Wells and Rivers Solomon), because I had a school board meeting that night, which I attended via Zoom. I saved the glass of wine for AFTER the meeting, please note. Sober school board members […]
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Ryka Aoki accepting her Otherwise Award for her lovely, gonzo novel, Light from Uncommon Stars. (Slight spoilers follow…) … … … “Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen, a young
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Thrilled to congratulate my SLF podcast co-host, Benjamin Rosenbaum, for making the (quite short!) Otherwise Award honor list, for his brilliant novel, The Unraveling! So proud of you, Ben! Love the book!
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Rivers Solomon’s Guest of Honor speech was brilliant and made me cry. I started reading their third novel, Sorrowland, this morning. You should read it.
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Are you a little jealous of me, getting to hear Martha Wells give her Guest of Honor speech at WisCon? You should be. (I have read ALL of her books.)
The two highlights of WindyCon were toastmastering for the first time (fun!), and getting to spend time with (Alix) AM Dellamonica and Kelly Robson, who are both just delightful. (And, incidentally, married to each other for 33 years so far…) I’ve recently read one of Kelly’s books, _High Times in the Low Parliament (a lesbian
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Very low-key cosplay on my part at WindyCon– got my book mask (sewn to match the skirt I’m wearing, not pictured), my book earrings, and my steampunk goggles. Steampunk librarian? More elaborate cosplay on the part of my co-panelist, Alice Liddell (her real name is Lauren A.R. Masterson, under which she writes fiction, see comments
One of the panels I did at WindyCon was for board games that are fast, easy, and cheap (under $30). I thought y’all might like the list for holiday gifting, or just for presents to yourself. Lanterns is the only one one here that’s a little over $30, but it often goes on sale. These
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So I survived my Toastmaster gig at WindyCon! I was pretty nervous, having never done this before, but I think it went reasonably well, especially once the crowd warmed up and started laughing in the right places. By the end, I was having a lot of fun — please feel free to invite me to
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I’m working on my toastmaster stuff now, and I’m not feeling particularly inspired. I think I’m mostly just supposed to introduce the guests of honor, so I can go for short and sweet, but it really would be nice to also be a little funny. I may just pepper in some science fiction jokes? Give
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