As the subject line says, Scalzi has thrown his hat in the circle for another run as SFWA President. On his blog he speaks of were-badgers and our work with the volcano powered laser. Then he closes by saying: Let me also take a moment to note to the SFWA members among you that you […]
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Hey gang! Are you in the Portland area? What are you doing tomorrow night? No, no… don’t tell me. You’ll be at the Kennedy School to hear Nancy Kress, Ted Chiang, and Ursula K. Le Guin read as part of the SFWA Northwest Reading Series, right? Am I right? If you aren’t already planning on
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Hey, Portland! Tomorrow night, Tuesday April 19th at 7:00pm, SFWA launches the Pacific Northwest Reading Series. This free quarterly series is at the Kennedy School. You know what that means, right? You’re in a pub listening to some of the best Science Fiction and Fantasy the Pacific Northwest has to offer. What could be better? You’ll
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Dear SFWA members: I’m running again for the position of Vice President. For the last three years, I’ve been privileged to work with a extremely active and committed board, first Secretary of SFWA and for the last year as Vice President. I believe that SFWA is an important organization and that volunteering for it is
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I’m on my way to World Fantasy with my customary delayed flight. According to the flight attendant the weather is “a complete mess” in Minneapolis and it’s the “worst storm since 1974.” They only have one runway open, so this is causing a two-hour delay in departing Portland. Meanwhile, I thought I’d give you my
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I’ve now survived the Nebula Award Weekend which was a fun event, but rather focus consuming. The full list of winners is over at the SFWA site and if you want to you can watch the archived footage of the awards ceremony. The highlight for me was the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis. I
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Today, I turned in my platform to run for the vice president of SFWA. I’m running with a slate of other candidates that include: John Scalzi for President Bob Howe for Secretary Amy Sterling Casil for Treasurer Sean Williams for Overseas Representative Here is the letter I posted in the 2010 Election area on the
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You know, I just got a piece of fan mail — actual hard copy, through the postal service fan mail — for my work as Secretary of SFWA. This has totally made my day. People say this is a thankless job and they are just wrong.
I started out the morning doing SFWA stuff, largely relating to dues and the new membership software. I’m deeply pleased about all the people paying dues online with the new system this year. The biggest thing today was the we finally, FINALLY, opened the beta version of the SFWA website to visitors.* There are still
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Somehow the two weeks that I had off turned into rehearsing for two shows, doing props for a third and finishing an essay, a short story and the SFWA website. Oh yeah, and I have a novel to write. Clearly, my time management involves the need for a TARDIS. And yet I don’t have one.
Time? Who needs that. Read More »
13:34 Talking to Jodi who wonders if I am twittering. I wasn’t. Now I am. # 15:53 I guess this is a milestone… My ARC is on ebay. That was fast. # 16:30 I’m strangely nervous. I just invited about twenty people to play in SFWA’s new forums as a test run. I wonder how
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If you wonder what I’ve been working on recently, besides the usual intestines and things, I’ve had several projects for SFWA. I’m very pleased that one of them, our new volunteer management system, is now live. You might recall that when I ran for secretary, I felt that the volunteer management was one of the
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Reason number 37: Exchanging emails with Larry Niven. I can haz fangirl squee?
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A quick reminder that the price for attending the Nebula Awards Weekend goes up on March 15th. The current price for the full weekend is $135, after that date, it will be $150. Banquet-only prices will also rise from $80 to $100. http://www.nebulaawards.com/index.php/nebulaweekend is where all the information on the weekend can be found, including
Upon a procedural review, we discovered an error in the final Nebula tally. Two works that should be on the final ballot were not listed: the novelette “The Ray-Gun: A Love Story” – James Alan Gardner (Asimov’s, Feb08) and “Mars: A Traveler’s Guide” – Ruth Nestvold (F&SF, Jan08) in short stories. No other changes have
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