My nephew is coming to visit and somewhat to my surprise has a fondness for musicals. We’re going to see Avenue Q for certain. He likes Les Mis and Man of La Mancha. I’m trying to restrict myself to tickets available through TDF but I’m a little out of touch with what’s happening on Broadway […]
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Just in case you haven’t seen it. Here is the beautiful trailer of “Where the Wild Things Are” chock full of fantastic body puppetry and animatronic goodness.
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According to Jay Garmon, of Tech Republic, I’m one of “50 top-shelf geeks to be found on Twitter.” This amuses me. via 50 ubergeeks worth following on Twitter.
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Really, this doesn’t need anymore intro than the title. via SF Signal
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We’re having a conversation on puptcrit (Puppet Critique), which is a listserver for puppeteers, about scripting for puppet theater. One of the major problems with writing for puppet theater is that it is a very specific and different skill set from writing for live actors. I don’t write the scripts for our shows, because that’s
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I have three version of Evil Robot Monkey to offer for your consideration as one of the Hugo nominees for Short Story. It was originally published in the Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, vol. 2 edited by George Mann. You may download a pdf of “Evil Robot Monkey“, illustrated by me. I do layout
11:26 I’ve added a set of stone wings to my to do list. In these economic times, thank God I have puppetry to fall back on. # 12:00 The box of entrails will now be a cigar tray of entrails. No steaming, no dripping. # 12:29 In the basement at Barnard, pulling props from stock.
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Of the awards given at WorldCon this year, the one I’m watching with the most interest (aside from short stories) is the Campbell. Since, by lucky chance, I’ve met all but one of this year’s crop of Campbell nominees, I decided to introduce them to you via a series of interviews. I’ll post one each
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As always, cons are both fun and exhausting. Lunacon hit me particularly hard, not because of the pace while at the con, but because I opted to come home every night instead of staying at the hotel. On the face of it, this seems completely reasonable since home was only forty-five minutes away and I
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23:59 I’m home for the night from Lunacon, which was fun. It feels weird to be coming back here instead of hanging out in the bar. # 00:20 Clearly I’m going to have to avoid the entire internet, particularly Twitter, until next week, when I get to see the season finale of BSG. # 09:16
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I have to say that seeing a vegetable garden go in at the White House makes me really happy. via The White House – Blog Post – Spring Gardening.
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I’m heading for Lunacon . Will I see some of you there? Friday How to Avoid Publishing Scams 6:00 PM (Brundage B) Warning signs, what to ask, and what to look out for. Participants: Sean P. Fodera[M], Mary Robinette Kowal, Joshua Palmatier, Ian Randal Strock, The Worst Advice I Ever Got? 7:00 PM (Brundage B)
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This week’s AMC column looks at the difference between stage magic and real magic. I spent a season working as a stage magician’s assistant. I wasn’t doing much magic, mind you, but it was enough to make me absolutely fascinated. One of the things he taught me was that If you know how it’s done,
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Here’s another post that you’re reading days and days after I write it. Short form: My story, “Evil Robot Monkey” has been nominated for a Hugo! !!!! Longform: Jodi and I had a show last Thursday night and went out afterwards with his sweetie, Sam, to hang and celebrate that it went pretty darn well.
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This week is just astonishingly packed. In a nutshell, I had a meeting about crows and entrails on Monday. Tuesday was my writer’s group, plus dinner with a friend from out of town, plus the arrival of Alma Alexander whose staying with us for a couple days. Wednesday was work then KGB Fantastic Reading. Tomorrow
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