The election results were announced today at the business meeting. President: Russell Davis VP: Elizabeth Moon Secretary: Mary Robinette Kowal Treasurer: Amy Casil Eastern Regional: Bud Sparhawk Overseas Regional Directon: Ian Whates Because the current secretary, Alma Alexander, couldn’t be here, I dived right in by taking minutes of the meeting. Fortunately, I don’t have […]
I am the secretary-elect for SFWA Read More »
This is my first Nebula Weekend, so I don’t have anything else to compare it to except other cons. After checking in, I found my way to where they were handing out free books. I mean, hey, books, you know? Gotta keep your priorities straight. Every member got two heeping grocery bags of hardbacks. Good
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The room is expensive and then they also charge for wireless. Why can’t they pony up for a fast connection? Otherwise, Austin seems fine. I’m enjoying meeting SFWA members with whom I’ve corresponded but not met.
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See, marionettes are so useful for education. After that educational film, do you feel ready to stack haybales to protect your livestock from nuclear attack? Spotted at Bubble Boy Blog
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I was getting into Austin at noon Friday for the SFWA Nebula Award weekend, but I’ve had to rebook my ticket. I need to get some things done for the show I’m working on and really, really need the morning to get it done. Alas. So, if you are going to Austin, I’ll see you
We thought we had the the system solved to deliver the donut “magically” to the middle of the stage. Alas, using a foam bunny as our test subject ((before carving it into a donut)) we discovered that the foam caught on even the tiniest bit of friction. When the friction released, the bunny shot into
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For Steve and Idi I need a fake jelly donut. I started with blue foam, the stuff used to insulate your house, and laminated two sheets of 1″ foam together to get the right thickness for the donut. Then I cut it out on the bandsaw. My beltsander and I rounded the thing. I used
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Things I say I’m moving back to Shimmer land. Screw the gods. Just be sure you aren’t screwing when the actors get there. Can I get a stiffer rod? I can retain his rods if I hold them between my pelvis and his head May I touch your dead animal head? He couldn’t get it
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Swing by PodCastle and listen to me read Goosegirl by Margaret Ronald. “You came with the Princess Alia, didn’t you?†says a tall man with an understeward’s chain. “They must have low standards up north if you’re the sort of thing she brings along.†I shake my head; the world slides in and out of
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My shopping list this week included: Taxidermy moose head, KY Jelly, 2 lbs feathers, balloons, fishing line Glock or revolver, and a mousetrap. I actually said the sentence, “As soon as I buy the moose head, I have to go pick up some KY jelly.” What’s the strangest combination of things you’ve ever bought?
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We had our first two Peter and the Wolf performances today. I was going to write a lovely post about the differences between a school crowd and a family crowd but I think my brain just shut down.
Fired a gun for the first time today. It was a blank-firing Glock with quarter-charge ammunition and was for Steve and Idi at Rattlestick. Even with only a quarter-charge of gunpowder, it was really loud. Alas, the Glock throws the spent casings in a twenty-foot arc, which lands them squarely in the audience. I’m taking
Dropped props off for one show. Bought furniture for another. Rehearsed a third. Wrote on the train. Bed now.
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SF Signal does a feature, called Mind Meld, where they ask several different writers the same question. This weeks question asks Is the Short Fiction Market in Trouble? One of the many perennial arguments in the science fiction blogosphere centers on the health of the short fiction market, so we turned the Mind Meld microphone
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