I totally forgot to post the column from last week. I took a look at the gay, lesbian, bi and transgendered characters in Fantasy film. Or rather, I took a look at the lack of them. Back in October of 2007, Harry Potter scribe J.K. Rowling did something amazing: She told the world that Dumbledore […]
Dumbledore Is Gay, So Where’s Fantasy’s Pride Festival? Read More »
Here, while I’m writing, you can watch Eleanor Powell tapdance with her dog.
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As I’m writing, I use brackets to mark off text I need to check. My biggest use of brackets for Glamour in Glass comes in Chapter 5 because I don’t speak French, but I have characters who do. That means I’m writing a lot of things that look like this until I have a chance
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You get to watch friends do battle with their minds.
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I arrived home from WorldCon last night, absolutely beat. The convention was a great deal of fun, but the highlight for me is summed up in this photo. That’s me, at the Hugo Ceremony, presenting David Anthony Durham with the Campbell Tiara. He wore it the rest of the evening and looks darn good in
WorldCon has been great. Internet connectivity, less so. Trying to recapture the weekend seems well nigh unto impossible, so I’ll hit some highlights. Hanging out with Lou Anders, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kate Baker and talking about short story theories, including if the Hollywood formula can be applied. Yes, we think so, though not always. Hanging in
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AnthologyBuilder.com is this nifty site where authors can submit reprints and readers can create their own ideal anthology. In print. It’s great if you want to sample a bunch of people and prefer reading on paper than on the screen. I ‘ve got several stories up there and they are doing this cool promotional. All
I’m in Montreal where I will hand over the Campbell Tiara to the newest winner of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. I’m seriously looking forward to it. This year had a really strong field with David Anthony Durham, Aliette de Bodard, Tony Pi, Felix Gilman, and Gord Sellar. Any of them would look
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I have safely arrived in Montreal for WorldCon after a really delightful train trip. The entire train was packed with folks coming up for the con so it was like TrainCon. I wound up sitting with Jim Minz which was fantastic and terrible. Fantastic, because he’s fun. Terrible because I got very little writing done.
WorldCon 09: Day 1 Read More »
What did I do this weekend? Stayed glued to the computer while we were bringing the new SFWA site online. Go look at how shiny it is! I am very, very proud of the work the webteam has done.