My parents are both vets, and I always visit their grave around the dates of their respective deaths. Yesterday’s visit to commemorate my dad was particularly bittersweet, because I’m getting ready to publish my first …
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Heading to Balticon
Thanks to Amy Kaplan, I’ll be back at Balticon this year. If you’re in Baltimore this Memorial Day weekend and want to sample some of the best #SF, #fantasy, & #horror around, check it out …
My Preliminary Schedule for Dragon Con 2022
It’s starting to feel real. Dragon Con just sent my preliminary schedule for this year’s con. The panels, dates, and times may change, but my final schedule will be close to what you see here. …
Withdrawing from Balticon
You may have been surprised by my silence about this year’s Balticon. It’s taken me this long to write calmly about it. Like everyone who knows her, I was shocked and appalled by what happened …
What to See in DC (Notes for DisCon III)
As I mentioned in my earlier post about Discon III, Wednesday afternoon at 4 PM (opposite the Opening Ceremonies, alas), I’ll be part of a panel of locals sharing our favorite sites and sights in …
My DisCon III Schedule
I’m really going to do it this time. I’m going to attend a con, and not just any con, but DisCon III, the first Worldcon to be held in Washington, DC, since 1974. They even …
My 2021 Balticon Schedule
All hail the SFF highlight of my Memorial Day weekend: Balticon! This year my panels span bureaucracy, history, worldbuilding, monsters and a reading. Hope you’ll check them out, as well as all the other wonderful …
My 2020 Capclave Schedule
October isn’t just Halloween. It’s also Capclave, the Washington DC area’s hometown science fiction and fantasy convention. Like so many cons, they’ve gone virtual this year, but that doesn’t mean the guests or the programming …
My 2020 Dragon Con reading
One of the nice things about Virtual Dragon Con 2020 is we get to share some of the things that usually go no further than our audience’s ears, like my reading from four of my …
Someone’s in the kitchen with Arturo
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 …