Where am I heading this time? I’m going to Salt Lake City to record some more episodes of Writing Excuses with Brandon, Dan, and Howard. I know this has been a subject of some curiosity to a few of you, so for a brief moment, I’m going to take you behind the curtain. I live […]
And I’m off! Again! To Salt Lake City this time. Read More »
And I’m off! Again! I’m in San Diego for World Fantasy, where I hope I will see some of you. My travel down was reasonable smooth, aside from a bizarre period of sitting on the tarmac because the North runway was closed. I don’t know why. Here’s my schedule! Friday 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM Town
I’m at World Fantasy. See you here? Read More »
I just got back from the Surrey International Writers Conference, about which I cannot say enough good things. I highly, highly recommend this conference if you are a writer. I’m planning on going back next year, schedule permitting, whether or not I’m a presenter. It left me energized and charged to write. That’s a beautiful
Home! For 35 hours! Read More »
I’m sitting on the train on my way up to the Surrey International Writers’ Conference in Canada. Why the train? I’ve finished a short story, had breakfast, strolled, and am enjoying a beautiful view out my window. I love the train SO much. Of course, in Seattle, I’ll have to switch to a bus for
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Rob and I had to go out of town this weekend and I was struck by how many of the places we visited had a touring memory attached to them. I played in elementary schools all over the place and we were very much in my old stomping grounds this weekend. At one point, we needed
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I’m back from Seattle, where I had a lovely time visiting with writerly type folks. I took the train back. It was half an hour late pulling into Seattle, but made up time so we were only about fifteen minutes late arriving in Portland. Now… let me explain why I take the train instead of
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I came up on the train today to be a Mystery Muse at Clarion West. I didn’t want to mention that I was headed toward Seattle just in case the students — who should be writing — noticed that I was coming and guessed. Nisi Shawl and I chatted with them for a little over
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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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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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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?
Have a lovely 4th! Read More »
No, really. Rob’s family lives in one of the towns that Garrison Keilor based Lake Woebegon on. So, I’m sure you are wondering how this installment of #marygoround went. Our flight out of Portland was mostly on time and made up the loss on the way to Denver. The REALLY AWESOME thing though was that
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Technically, Friday was the first day of the con but since I got here on Thursday it feels like Day 2 for me. We started with the opening ceremonies which were short and simple. The various GoH’s introduced themselves and said, “hello” to the audience. Martin Young, the Toastmaster, gave me the straight line of
I’m at BayCon and I have to say they are treating me very nicely. Fresh fruit in my room. Dark chocolate. Mmm… Yesterday was lowkey. Tobi Schneider met me at the train station and took me around to get me oriented. I saw John Picacio, Artist GoH last night and we caught up. I also
I’m hopping on a train to Santa Clara TODAY for BayCon, where I’m one of their Guests of Honor. I’m looking forward to seeing the always fantastic art Goh John Picacio and to meeting Fan GoH Bobbie DuFault and Toastmaster Martin Young. I’ve got my schedule below, but wanted to point out a couple of
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After a very productive and immersive weekend, I’m heading back to Portland today. John Scalzi is also flying into Portland within half an hour of me. Given our combined travel karmas, I fully expect the airport, and potentially, all of Portland to implode under the combined weight of Things That Go Wrong when we travel. I