After all my anxiety about Covid at WorldCon, I came home healthy and tested negative. Probability, as always, is a jerk and delights in rewarding risk and punishing caution. While I was away, my husband, who has been very careful 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 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 Read more
It’s time for the annual year-in-review / award eligibility post. Let’s start with the award-eligible list for the convenience of those preparing their Hugo or Nebula ballot or, I dunno, Best Midwestern Author Who Used to Play Football Award? In Read more
There is a trope in movies were a gorgeous actress wears glasses and baggy clothes in the first act, then someone gives her fashionable clothes, contact lenses, and does her hair, and she spends the rest of the movie acknowledged Read more
February 9th, 2005, I sent a draft of a story called “The Falls” to my friend and writing workshop-mate Pat Stansberry. Hey Pat… For what it’s worth I did some editing on the Dead story I wrote. I don’t know if you were still Read more
When I first heard about fan fiction, I was … oh let’s be honest, I was a kid and I reacted like all the worst, reactionary blowhards you can imagine. “Why would you do that?? Those are SOMEONE ELSE’S CHARACTERS! Read more