Query for the group mind. We’ve been thinking about bringing back the Small Press Co-op at the SLF; when it existed, it was primarily a forum for presses to exchange advice and information, and to share tables at dealer’s rooms at conventions. There’s undoubtedly more we could do that would be useful, and in this […]
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Getting ready for tonight’s Deep Dish at Volumes! 6:30 pm
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Quick note that I’ll be hosting the SLF’s Deep Dish reading tomorrow night at Volumes book cafe. Please join us for some fabulous speculative fiction! Featuring Dawn Bonanno and Robert Kloss, with rapid-fire readers Sue Burke, Michael Chandler, Richard Chwedyk, Ben Herrington, Meghan Lamb, Connor Nevitt, Christopher Pence and Maggie Warner. I’ll also be sharing
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I’m staffing the SLF table at Printer’s Row from 4-6 — if you’re in Chicago, stop by, say hi! We’re raffling off mugs and tote bags at 5 and 6!
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Delighted to note that the SLF has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the National Book Foundation! This grant will support the purchase of new equipment, upgrades to software, and accessibility and finance training for staff. Excellent. http://www.speclit.org
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I’ve been thinking a lot about how I want to structure the summer writing. My best bet to actually go deep into writing is to do it first thing in the morning, and ideally before most people are awake. When I was in grad school writing Bodies in Motion, I actually went to bed at
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Next week Wednesday our $1000 Older Writers Grant opens to the public. If you are at least fifty years of age, and you’re starting out on your writing career, then you are welcome to apply! It’s free, easy, and straightforward! Visit bit.ly/olderwritersgrant to learn more about the grant and its guidelines. EDITING TO ADD: Hi,
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I think my potential nominations are: * “Expulsion” in the Sunday Morning Transport (short story category) * Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans (fancast category, I think?) * Strange Horizons (semiprozine) — not anything I’ve worked on in a long time, but always happy to see my baby nominated… Hugo Awards – Nomination Ballot
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Bits of CapriCon: some of my books at the Larry Smith table in the dealer’s room (they only have one copy left of The Stars Change, Perennial, and Tornado, and I think they’ve sold out of my cookbook, sorry!) view from my window; I decided to get a room for tonight, a combo of relatively
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Little bits of CapriCon — after my two panels yesterday afternoon, Cecilia Tan and I ordered takeout to her room and we had a nice two hour catch-up before her panel. Lots of personal talk, lots of professional talk. In some ways, there’s a lot of overlap between her writing career and mine, so it’s
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