Woman in blue headscarf and 1950s shirt-blouse posing for a portrait on a quiet streetcorner at dusk

What does success change?

At WorldCon, I got to meet up with one of my Clarion Classmates, Kodiak Julian, who asked me, “What’s it like, attending a convention like this, now that you’re this successful, published author, I mean with multiple books and everything?” I wanted to say it wasn’t different at all from Read more

Marie at a table with her books on it with a banner behind her with the Dragon Con logo and the words "Fantasy track"

OMGXYZ Dragon Con

A number of friends have been urging me to go to Dragon Con in Atlanta for many years, and I confess, I was biased against it. “That looks so BIG. I bet it’s soulless and commercial, like San Diego Comic Con. I’ll be lost in a sea of spectators and Read more