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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While I was in Utah at the Superstars Writing Seminar, I did a very fast version of my “How to Give an Effective Reading” workshop. I do this talk at conventions when I get the chance and have the text of the longer version here on the site. BUT while I was there Stephen Nelson
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This evening I participated in my first twitter chat. It makes for an interesting interview format because it was a conversation but in 140 character bursts. Byran Thomas Schmidt is the charming host and he opened the evening with this simple mission statement: “Our goal is to talk with writers, editors, and others about the
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Are you a SFWA active or associate member? You have cast your ballot for the Nebula Nomination Period, haven’t you? I mean, the deadline is tonight. The biggest reason I hear from people who haven’t is that they just haven’t read much this year. I understand that. But here’s the thing, if you read anything that
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Hurrah! I sold a story to the DAW anthology Courts of the Fey, edited by Russell Davis and Martin H. Greenburg. Here’s a little bit about the anthology. In the world of the faerie, there are two courts – the Seelie and the Unseelie. According to legend, the Seelie Court, also called The Blessed Ones,
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For Valentine’s Day, allow me to introduce you to the budding love story between our cat and the dog upstairs. Our neighbors were going out of town so we offered to take care of their pets while they were on their trip. Two cats, one dog. Our neighbor stopped by with Nick, the dog, to
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I was writing today and hit a point where I needed my nice young Edwardian lady to exclaim with frustration. It’s a point where a modern actress would likely say “Shit” and that’s so not correct. Oh, so not correct, for 1907. So I wrote, When he left the room, Cora slapped her palm against
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Today, I have for you Chapter 3 of The Transfigured Lady, which means that I’ve finished Chapter 5. Yay! It took longer than I expected since I realized — based on your comments — that Chapter 5 was going to need an additional scene so I had to rejigger the outline a little. I’ve posted
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Yesterday I went down to KBOO to talk to Marianne Barisonek her show “Between the Covers.” Marianne was a delightful host and had clearly done her reading before I came in. I have a soft spot for KBOO because Willamette Radio Workshop has performed some audio theater there. It’s a great place to scream. Not
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So the exciting words I looked up today to check for use in 1907 were: Post-theater crowd — No! Changed to “after-theater crowd” poor sap — Yes, but it doesn’t appear to be common slang at this point– “poor sap-headed” appears a couple of times but sap, meaning simpleton, doesn’t appear to be in significant
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Tomorrow I’ll be on Between the Covers at KBOO, local independent radio, here in Portland from 11:00-11:30am. If you aren’t in the Portland listening area, you can tune in to KBOO via streaming on the web. Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Mary Robinette Kowal the author of Shades of Milk and Honey, an intimate portrait of
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Here is the list of questions I am sending to my awesome brother, who is getting his PhD. in history at Vanderbilt. He’s offered to do legwork for me in Nashville. Books are great, but there are times when you just run into dead ends that need a local to track things down. The novel
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If you are in the mood for some audio fiction, may I direct you over to Subterranean Press to listen to an audio book I recorded, Elizabeth Bear’s “The Tricks of London.” An ambitious young policeman with a dangerous secret. A scandalous woman who also happens to be a Crown Investigator. A series of gruesome
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Today has been just lovely. I got up and discovered a seemingly boundless supply of birthday wishes scattered across the internet. You are all wonderful people, you know that, right? I spent the day in my pajamas. Rob made me waffles for breakfast. For whatever reason, not having to worry about other work or what
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