I didn’t make a speech, as such, but I did say a few words before presenting my award. Give a writer a microphone… This is what I said. ***** “When I was ten years old, I saw a flyer at my local library for a Star Trek mini con, and with much begging, I persuaded […]
Congrats to my former student, Emily C. Skaftun, signing her first book at WorldCon! Many more to come… Living Forever and Other Terrible Ideas: https://www.amazon.com/…/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi…
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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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Sorry, forgot to post ChiCon schedule yesterday. But it went pretty well! • Saturday, 9/3, 8:30 a.m. — BTQIA: The Less-Discussed Letters — Grand Hall K I did fine with bi representation, I think, though I stumbled a bit when trying to ask questions about trans / intersex / asexual stuff of my fellow panelists
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Hey, folks. Here’s my ChiCon schedule. If you’re a friend attending (whether or not you’re on programming), would love to know you’re coming! I’m planning to mostly hang in the bar, whenever I’m not scheduled, per usual… ***** • Thursday, 9/1, 10 a.m. — Libraries in SFF — Airmeet 1 (which I assume means virtual)
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Last WisCon photos — Alex Gurevich wrote a finance book (that I gather is quite popular in the finance / trading community) about trading at the start of the pandemic. Alex is also a MASSIVE LotR geek. Late at night after the awards ceremony, we ended up in Alex’s room when Dan treated us to
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WisCon flashback — we held a little party for the SLF / Feast. I’ll be honest, this is where I really noticed the dropped numbers at Wiscon. My panels were actually all quite full, but I know the overall numbers at the con were quite low this year (perhaps half of what WisCon is at
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Fun reading at WisCon with Anthony Ha, Jackie Monkiewicz, and Benjamin Rosenbaum (sorry your eyes are closed in this pic, Ben!). An artist (Sally Brackett Robinson) came up afterwards and showed us a watercolor she’d done of the four of us reading, super neat! Yes, I sat cross-legged for my reading; it was a deep
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Friday and Saturday were so busy, I didn’t have time to post about Wiscon! But I’m in the Art Show doing a volunteer shift now, so I have a little time sitting at a table when I can type. I’m wearing my snowdrop tank top to advertise — the cute young barista who took my
