I know! It was a two chapter day, what can I tell you. Actually, one of the chapters took crazy amounts of time to get where I wanted it but then today, I wrapped it and another chapter, so whee! You get both Chapter 23 and Chapter 24. At Readercon, I read Chapter one and […]
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Here’s where to find me at Readercon today. Assuming my flight isn’t further delayed. 8:00 PM F Mastering the Puppets. Erik Amundsen, Gwendolyn Clare, John Crowley, Mary Robinette Kowal (leader), Barry N. Malzberg.Catherynne M. Valente uses the phrase “touching the puppets” as critical shorthand for protagonists–and, by extension, stories–interacting with fantastical elements rather than merely coexisting with them.
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I had a productive day in D.C. yesterday working on next year’s 47th Annual Nebula Awards with Peggy Rae Sapienza. The Awards weekend should be a good deal of fun. I’m staying at their home, which is lovely, and it makes me oddly homesick. I grew up in North Carolina in a neighborhood of the
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So… You’ve wondered what this new social network is good for. Fair question. Google+ offers one thing that I think is amazing for writers and other creative types. The hangout. This is basically a video group chat but a little fancier. I’ve been using it to have writing sessions with other writers and Edward Champion
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That’s right! You get to play another game of #marygoround. This time I’m travelling to three cities before returning to Portland, so there should be plenty of opportunities to play. For those of you who haven’t played #marygoround before… Some of the folks who read my blog and twitter feed noticed that I had some
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My computer has been cranky for the last couple of months and I knew that the easiest way to get it running smoothly was just to do a factory restore. It’s like getting a new computer. But… this time I’m going to bite the bullet and upgrade from Vista to Windows 7. If I disappear
Upgrade in progress. Read More »
I’ve been playing with Google+ since they opened it up for field testing and I’m really liking it. With Buzz and Wave, I was hopeful but neither of them filled a need for me. Wave came closer to working for me but… Google+ is hitting at a time when I’m annoyed by Facebook and wanting
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This has been a fun week. Among other things, Eric Wright was in town. Eric is one of the founders of The Puppet Kitchen in NYC and a dear friend. While he was here, he taught a puppet workshop at the Cast Iron Carousel. The workshop was on making these tiny little hand puppets which are
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Hey gang, I just found out that there are still openings in the Pup-It workshop tomorrow in Portland. If you have the time and are interested in puppet construction, I highly, highly, highly recommend this workshop. Eric Wright, one of the three head chefs from New York City’s The Puppet Kitchen, is visiting the Portland
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Rob and I are heading to down to Westrey’s Oracle Vineyard for a July 4th campout. On the motorcycle! Not camping on the bike, just traveling. Anyway… Our weekend plans involve friends, cookouts, mosquitoes, and fine wine. Not necessarily in that order. What are you up to?
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I’ve posted the draft of Chapter 22, for those of you who are reading along with The Transfigured Lady. [Edited to add on July 2 8:45pm PST: I made a significant plot change after posting. I recommend going to back to Chapter 21 start reading at the line, “”Good.” He couldn’t get out of there fast
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I got a lovely email today, letting me know that Shades of Milk and Honey is a SLC Reader’s Choice nominee. You all know how much I adore libraries, so to be on this list is a real honor. The Salt Lake County Library System is the largest in Utah, serving over 650,000 residents, through 18
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I’m heading to Readercon this month, which is one of my favorite conventions. Here’s my schedule. I’ll have the tiny puppet show and the Shades and Glamour game cards with me. Thursday July 14 8:00 PM F Mastering the Puppets. Erik Amundsen, Gwendolyn Clare, John Crowley, Mary Robinette Kowal (leader), Barry N. Malzberg.Catherynne M. Valente uses
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Should Math be taught in schools? Very funny. And…. this is the video it’s spoofing, which is 15 minutes of depressing.
Funny and depressing videos. Should math be taught in schools? Read More »