I don’t do a lot of significant day posts, because frankly, I usually forget the day is significant until it’s over. But today, as I read the news, I was struck with a correspondence I couldn’t ignore. Today is the sixth of June, the anniversary of...
Memorial Day weekend is coming up fast, and so is Balticon. This year we won’t be traveling to Baltimore for our annual dose of Memorial Day weekend joy. But never fear. Balticon is coming to you. Check out the website for the details. There will be panels, filking,...
Like a lot of folks in these locked down times, I think about food. A lot–what I can find, what I can persuade people to deliver, and what I can cook. There is a school of culinary thought that says all US cuisine derives from African-American cuisine, and...
Where did the year go? Dragon Con is here. This week, and I’m not WORTHY—I mean READY!!! But my schedule is. Hope you’ll come and join the fun in Atlanta, August 29 – September 2. Looking forward to seeing you and your cosplay there! Title: Killjoys: Reboot after the...
It’s official. (I mean it’s in Locus Magazine. You can’t get more official than that, right?) I can now happy dance in public. “The Wrong Refrigerator” is one of the finalists in the novelette category of this year’s Asimov’s...
I thought the 2018 awards nomination season passed me by. But on Friday the good folks at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) sent out a reminder that the Nebula nomination period remains open until Friday, February 15—to say nothing of the Hugo...
Oops! I meant to post this earlier this week, but my current writing project had other ideas. I’m just glad it released its grip before the con began. Capclave did me proud this year: six panels, an autograph session and two readings. It all takes place Friday-Sunday,...
Mom was a Jungian—sort of. A World War II-era psychiatric nurse, she understood there are times when talking through a problem simply wasn’t enough. She knew the health of the mind was inextricably linked to the health of the body. She’d seen firsthand the devastating...
Dragon Con is almost here! I’ll be heading out Wednesday, abandoning spouse and house panther to their own devices. (They’re afraid…very afraid. 😉 ) I can’t wait to see my friends—and learn what author and Falstaff Books publisher John Hartness is planning for the...
Memorial Day Weekend is just around the corner, and we all know what that means—Balticon! Celebrate the real start of summer with a couple thousand of your favorite friends at Baltimore’s Renaissance Harborplace Hotel. Oh yeah, I’ll be there, too, with a wonderful...
