I am slightly calmer now, although I do keep looking over at the Hugo to make certain it is real. There are three questions people kept asking me after the Hugos. Who did your hair? – Dolly and Rhonda who were amazing and wonderful. Did you write the lyrics to the Retro Hugos song? – No. Those were
My Hugo acceptance speech plus thoughts on what it’s like to be given one. Read More »
In May of 1919, W. E. B. Du Bois published an essay called, “Returning Soldiers.” We return from the slavery of uniform which the world’s madness demanded us to don to the freedom of civil garb. We stand again to look America squarely in the face and call a spade a spade. We sing: This
History is repeating in Ferguson – Here, have some sources. Read More »
I am not terribly coherent, but “Lady Astronaut of Mars” received a Hugo tonight. Thank you, all of you.
You guys gave me a Hugo tonight! Read More »
Tonight at 8:00pm in London, I’ll be hosting the Retro Hugos with Robert Shearman. There’s an opening number. A 12 piece band. Sound effects. And a dress based on one from 1939. You can watch the entire thing streaming at http://www.ustream.tv/hugo-awards. I am spending most of today in rehearsal until my hair and makeup team arrives.
How to watch the Retro Hugos tonight, + my WorldCon schedule Read More »
E. Catherine Tobler is joining us today with her novel The Rings of Anubis. Here’s the publisher’s description. As the nineteenth century turns into the twentieth, the world looks to a future of revolutionary science and extraordinary machines. Archaeologist Eleanor Folley looks back to Egypt’s ancient mysteries and her mother’s inexplicable, haunting disappearance. Agent Virgil Mallory,
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Julia Rios is joining us today with her new anthology, Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Sicence Fiction and Fantasy Stories. Here’s the publisher’s description. What do a disabled superhero, a time-traveling Chinese-American figure skater, and a transgender animal shifter have in common? They’re all stars of Kaleidoscope stories! Kaleidoscope collects fun, edgy, meditative, and hopeful YA science
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For the Retro Hugos ceremony, I’m wearing a dress based on one from 1939, the year of the first WorldCon. I want hair to match so… Do you know a hairdresser in London who would be available on Thursday 14 August to come to the con (ExCel, London Docklands) and put my hair up? Something
Anyone know a hairdresser in London who can make my hair do this…? Read More »
I’m in the process of doing the language check on Of Noble Family, and have a little joke that I’m in the process of reworking. I thought that you’d like to see why I pay attention to language. Jane worked the button free and felt a certain subtle shift in Vincent’s posture. “And attend to my husband’s
Avoiding the paper-cut — Using language that matches the culture Read More »
The short form of this post is that you should go back Uncanny Magazine on Kickstarter. The long form is that I’m seriously excited about Uncanny, a new magazine created by Lynne and Michael Thomas. For full disclosure, Lynne and Michael are some of my dearest friends, so I am not unbiased in my excitement about the magazine. Now,
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Anna Kashina is joining us today with her novel The Guild of Assassins. Here’s the publisher’s description. Kara has achieved something that no Majat has ever managed – freedom from the Guild! But the Black Diamond assassin Mai has been called back to face his punishment for sparing her life. Determined to join his fight
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Last year, I hosted a guest post from Elise Matthesen about how to report harassment at a convention. It was useful and touched on an incident she had experienced by way of example. This is a follow up, which I think provides a representative example of why so many women who experience harassment don’t report it.
Guest post: What Happened After I Reported by Elise Matthesen Read More »
If you wonder what a good marriage looks like, allow me to introduce you to my parents. Mom and Dad met in ballroom dance class. I asked Mom once, what first caught her attention about Dad, and she said, “He was the best dancer.” It’s something that they’ve continued doing, but if you spend any time
Happy 50th Anniversary, Mom and Dad! Read More »
My project today is replacing all the dialogue spoken by Antiguan characters in Of Noble Family with dialogue rewritten by Antiguan and Barbudan author Joanne Hillhouse. Let me explain why I’m doing this. I grew up in the American South — specifically the Piedmont of North Carolina and East Tennessee. The reason I’m being specific about
Why I’m spending today swapping out the dialect in my novel Read More »
So I’ve been tweeting some things about how I was working on a military SF. And how I was working on an audioplay. And how I realized that Alan Tudyk would be voicing one of the characters… But I haven’t been able to tell you what it was, until today. There’s a game — a
That military SF audio play I was working on? You can pre-order it now… Read More »
Max Gladstone is joining us today with his novel Full Fathom Five. Here’s the publisher’s description. On the island of Kavekana, Kai builds gods to order, then hands them to others to maintain. Her creations aren’t conscious and lack their own wills and voices, but they accept sacrifices, and protect their worshippers from other gods—perfect
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