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How I do my Illustrations
Once again, I blog your requests! I was asked how I do my wee illustrations, which is a very flattering thing to be asked when you are Not Very Good at Art. (TM) So I decided the best way to Read more…
Once again, I blog your requests! I was asked how I do my wee illustrations, which is a very flattering thing to be asked when you are Not Very Good at Art. (TM) So I decided the best way to Read more…
I’ve uploaded my slide presentation on the history of Science Fiction in Cleveland for your enjoyment. It was a great presentation, thank you to all the people who came to see it. Here as your reward is the 1955 WorldCon Read more…
I’ve often found myself frustrated that the stories I pick up are always from the point of view of the starship captain and not the person who swabs the decks. Everything seems to be about millionaires and industry leaders, super-stars. Read more…
A friend recently asked me, “I’ve written a short story! Now what? How do I sell it?” There is so much to that question, so many things to learn the hard way. Selling a story is a different process from Read more…
My friend Premee posted to twitter about having spent an entire conversation with a fork in her mouth because she didn’t want the person talking to her to know she wasn’t using a spoon to eat her yogurt. It immediately Read more…
So I’ve been working on this huge and possibly insane data project, where I am trying to count all the women writing as women (psuedonym ignoring) over time in speculative fiction magazines. I started with Astounding / Analog, because I Read more…
You, my loyal fans, in my write-a-thon poll chose for me to write an urban fantasy in first person point of view with bromance/sismance in it somewhere. (I confess some panic at Urban Fantasy winning. Hard SF had an early Read more…