Blathering
First Gear
A friend of mine had recently gotten into cycling, and asked me, “I’m confused. Isn’t it that the lower a gear is, the more you have to pedal to move forward?” “Yes,” I said. “And higher gears allow you to Read more
Blathering
The Complicated Feelings Award
A friend tweeted that they had complicated feelings about writing awards (like the Hugos which just happened last weekend) but that they deleted their thread about it because they didn’t want to be judged for not being 100% happy. And Read more
Life
WorldCon 2022
That was a LOT. Let’s break it down into highlights. Launch Party! The Gods Awoke launched September 1, the first day I’d be at WorldCon, so rather than make any plans for an at-convention Book Launch Party, I publicly announced Read more
Blathering
Benevolent Sexism and Modern Chivalry
This is a memoir piece I wrote for Argot Magazine, which has since been taken down. I’m a nerdy freshman at Case Western Reserve University, hoping to major in Science Fiction and Some Type of Science (I hadn’t picked one Read more
Announcement
The Gods Awoke Book Tour
Guest blog post at Mary Robinette Kowal’s “My Favorite Bit” launches September 1: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-marie-vibbert-talks-about-the-gods-awoke/ Blog post on the Big Idea in The Gods Awoke September 1-4 – WorldCon in Chicago including launch party in the bar Thursday night! September 8 Read more
Life
Confluence 22
Whoops … I had promised to blog about my experience at Confluence this year, but the time has flown. Confluence is a very nice science fiction convention in Pittsburgh, specifically it’s at the Airport Sheraton, which is a smaller hotel Read more
Life
Alpha Young Writers Workshop 2022
My friend Patrick, who went to Clarion with me in 2013, is the president of the Alpha Young Writer’s Workshop, which is a ten-day intensive workshop for teens to learn the craft of speculative fiction. Every year I listen to Read more