The Wisconsin Book Festival was here a couple of weeks ago, and I didn’t go. I just wasn’t interested. Even last year, back when we first moved up here and I first learned about it, it just didn’t grab me. Not like the Midwest Literary Festival in Aurora, which sadly closed due to low attendance. [...]
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14 Aug
I wasn’t able to make it to WorldCon, but got a little taste of it anyway…
Thanks to Neil at Clarkesworld for providing a picture of what I can look forward to as a birthday present in 2011…hopefully.
Because surely one can dream of winning a hugo in two years…yeah, that’s the ticket.
4 Jun
Thoughts on Wiscon 33
It’s been a pretty eventful couple of weeks for me. Last week, we took a vacation to Cedar Campus and it was the first time that I actually had fun with Daniel there. I mean, I’ve enjoyed my time up there before, but for the most part, Daniel didn’t seem to care too much about [...]
30 Apr
Oddcon Thoughts
So this past weekend, I attend my first science fiction/fantasy convention ever.
It’s not like I’ve actively avoided cons when I was living in Chicago. I knew about WindyCon and Duckon and Anime Central (my sister went to that—kudos to her). It’s just that I thought they looked sort of…weird. I had no great desire to [...]
24 Mar
Weekly Cafe update and a little Writing News
Another bunch of links for you. I’m finding it easier to squeeze these kind of posts in between writing and real life.
First, an update on Willow: going slow, but I expected that to happen. I want the first three chapters of this book to really pull readers in, so I’m taking my time to make [...]
1 Oct
October Scheduling (or time to get down to business…eventually…)
October already, huh?
It amazes me how time simultaneously crawls and speeds. When Kaleidotrope sent me the acceptance note for my story “Click” back in April, I didn’t think I could wait until October for it to be published. And now, here it is, October 1, and it feels a little weird.
It’s not just a new [...]
12 Aug
Some MWW Author Links
My last ‘official’ post about the Midwest Writer’s Workshop.
A few days ago, I wrote a post on the Writer’s Block about the need for writers to reach out to other writers for support. I thought it would be nice to post some links to some writers I met at the conference. Check them out, won’t [...]
29 Jul
MWW Aftermath
That Matrix dial-tone is back.
I had promised myself not to write anything when I got home. I didn’t even want to blog. It’s not that I don’t want to talk about writing, period. It’s just that, I have a whole lot to think about. It’s like when I finish writing a story–I need to let [...]
28 Jul
3rd Day at MWW: With a loud snap, down will come everything: laptop, bookbag, both shoulders and all…
This was a good day for cuts.
I cut the first twenty minutes of the first session because I didn’t sleep too well last night. Note to self: watching VH-1 is not good for one’s health. Remember when it used to…nawww…I’m not going to get into it now. Too easy.
The reason why I cut it was [...]
27 Jul
2nd Day at MWW: I think I’ll sit here and cross my eyes for a while….
Feeling much better now that I had a pretty decent night’s sleep. Which is good, since I’ve been in workshops since 8am…
These sessions are shorter than the ones yesterday; they last about an hour, whereas yesterday was one long session broken into 2-1/2 hour slots. So there’s a lot of moving around, lot of information [...]
