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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I heard the news about the attack on Salman Rushdie yesterday, that he’d been giving a reading at a peaceful literary event, and a young man rushed up on stage and stabbed him multiple times, including in the neck. When I first read the news, Rushdie was still in surgery, and it wasn’t clear if
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Slightly complicated day today — I have a slew of things I need to do, AND we have a plumber coming to deal with various broken things (one toilet out of commission, one kitchen faucet with a broken regulator that sprays wildly)… …but also, it’s the last relatively hot day before Kavi starts school next
Here’s part two of the ADHD thing I promised yesterday — I want to talk about panic. To do that, though, I need to take a few steps back, I think. Keep in mind that I’m not a doctor, nor have I studied this extensively as a layperson; this is just based on what I’ve
It was in the mid-90s yesterday, so it’s definitely not autumn yet! But I think my brain is shifting into autumn mode, as I start finishing up summer projects and looking ahead to fall semester. I hosted knitters on the porch on Tuesday evening, and it was lovely, but I didn’t actually have an active
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Finished reading the Hugo nominees for Best Novelette. The nominees are: • “Bots of the Lost Ark”, by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, Jun 2021) • “Colors of the Immortal Palette”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021) • L’Esprit de L’Escalier, by Catherynne M. Valente (Tordotcom) • “O2 Arena”, by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Galaxy’s Edge,
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I’m taking some time this morning to read a new book by Nimmi Gowrinathan, _Radicalizing Her: Why Women Choose Violence_. It’s beautifully written, which isn’t something I expect in an academic book, to be honest — she uses a lot of the techniques of creative nonfiction to make for engrossing engagement with the material. She’s
Met Lori Rader-Day for working at Fairgrounds and then lunch at Mama Thai. We both brought our laptops, but they stayed in our bags, because we had too much to catch up on, so we just talked for four hours straight. In our defense, a lot of the talk was about writing. Oh, and it
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Kevin asked me how I was doing last night, and I said okay, but that I’ve started the mental countdown. Three weeks left until fall semester starts for us. Trying to enjoy and relax summer as much as I can, while of course, we haven’t actually stopped working during the summer — I’m just doing
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For the first time, I think I’m going to try to read through at least the fiction categories in the Hugo voter packet, so I can feel like I can actually vote in them. Read the short stories yesterday, and while they were all enjoyable to me, two of them stood out — Jose Iriarte‘s
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