Despite my frailty, which has included an inability to stand upright for more than 15 minutes, I went to the Cleveland Inkubator today at the main branch of the Cleveland Public Library. This is billed as an “UNconference” a free day-long event of workshops and lectures for aspiring writers. One Read more…
Hello, darlings! I’ve just returned from the 2017 Nebula Conference. It was in Pittsburgh this year, which is an easy drive for me, and my dearest Clarion baby brother Patrick lives in the ‘burgh and our Clarion-sister Alyssa was nominated for not one but TWO categories so I had to Read more…
I’m so pumped to be a part of the programming at Cleveland ConCoction, March 1-3 in Aurora, Ohio! I first participated two ConCoctions ago when my friend Steve found himself all alone on the “Rule 34” panel and asked if any fellow Hamsters could fill in. It was my very Read more…
Last week, I attended my first Game Developers Convention (GDC). It was also, with the exception of IndieCade, my first game developers’ convention of any kind. GDC is… it’s big. Worldcon? Tiny in comparison. Like 6,000 people go to Worldcon. 28,000 people attended GDC last year. That’s about the population Read more…
I’m at WorldCon in Washington DC from now until Sunday. Looking forward to seeing and hanging out with many of my dear distant friends. Here is my schedule for those interested in finding me: Thursday 10am: Changing Genes – can we, should we?Thursday 10pm: drinks with friends at the hotel Read more…
I felt my hubris, heading to a huge, international event in the midst of a pandemic that is very much heating up. Heck, I was downright terrified, especially for the safety of some of my favorite fellow attendees whose health is more fragile than mine. But I just … HAD Read more…
I was in college, and hanging around Theta Chi fraternity was my major pass time. I had this belief these boys my own age were somehow older, wiser, more sophisticated than me, and I wanted to be like them. [Ah, past me, have more self-esteem!] It was a boy named Read more…