I’ve been waiting to hear back about Salt of the Earth, which was at the Writer’s of the Future contest. And finally queried because I was paranoid that my response had been lost in the mail. Dear Mary, Your story made semifinalist for the 4th quarter contest! This is a very high achievement. You will
Short Fiction Waiting for Rain: In India, a winemaker has beggared himself to pay for his daughter’s wedding and can no longer pay his weather bills. Body Language : Near-future. Saskia, a puppeteer, is called in to help solve a kidnapping because the only witness is eDawg, a toy for which she did the motion-capture
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Short Fiction Beauty Will Come:Prequel to “Beauty and the Beast” from the Beast’s mother’s POV. The Case at Landon Manor: In 1924, Ginger Carrington, the glamorous young heiress, must use her skills as a medium to solve a haunting. Shades of Milk and Honey: Regency Romance, with fantasy. Magic is a woman’s art, like painting
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Jason Sizemore has posted photos of us hanging out at Chattacon. I swear, I only pulled the puppet out because Steve had been disappointed that I didn’t have one when I went to Leecon. And it was out for no more than five minutes. It’s not my fault Jason posted three pictures of it. He’s
This evening we went to Aunt Gen and Uncle Marvin’s for dinner. The Menu Fried Okra Beans and Pear Relish Coleslaw Cornbread Marinated grilled chicken Mashed potato casserole Carrot Cake For those of you who are curious, yes, I ate the chicken. It tasted like tempeh. We had a grand time there, and I heard
Rob walked to the library today, and made a new friend. As he was walking, this dog came bounding across the road to meet him. Traffic screeched to a halt, trying to avoid hitting the dog, so Rob grabbed him by the collar to keep him from bounding back across the road. The dog evidentally
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I decided to set the 1920’s ghost/mystery story aside for a bit because I found a fantastic book at Chattacon called Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them by Hereward Carrington. It was originally published in 1920 and is such the perfect research material that I want to read it before continuing. Meanwhile, I
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Steve and Alethea had spent the night at our house. We all spent a liesurely morning and opted not to return to Chattacon. I know that is shocking, especially since there was a puppet show on the schedule, but somehow the muffins that Mom made seemed more enticing. After Chattacon ended, Jason and Justin, of
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I had a great time hanging out with Steve Savile, Alethea Kontis, Jason Sizemore, Justin Stewart and Shane Berryhill. After we were finished with panels, we came back to Woodthrush Woods and shot the breeze until the wee hours of the morning.
My flight to Chattanooga was cancelled due to bad weather in Chicago. They had rescheduled me for tomorrow on a 6 am flight, which would have put me back too late to be on the panel at Chattacon. I explained my dilemma, and American rerouted me onto a Continental flight to Atlanta. I’ll have to
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Since I’m spending the day travelling back to Chattanooga, I suggest that you read The Evil Robot Monkey Chronicles for amusement.
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I spent today painting the set. Then I came into town to meet up with some folks. Details later, when I’m not so tired.
I got to watch a rehearsal of Arabian Nights today. The puppets look fabulous and the actors are doing a really good job. Everyone says nice things about the set, but I naturally have some concerns. I’ll get to talk to the TD tomorrow. Meanwhile, I’ve just come back from a very nice dinner with
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I’m sitting in the Chattanooga airport on my way to New Jersey. McCarter Theater is bringing me up to talk about the Arabian Nights set. It’s built, thank goodness, but there are some questions so Chris Parks, the director, wants me to come watch a rehearsal and meet with the TD. I’ll come back to
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