Because Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys (my main blog) is taking on a life of it's own and becoming a psuedo-magazine, I'm gonna have to stick more specific stuff about me elsewhere. Hence, this blog entry -- the first since late April!

I thought my OryCon schedule should exist somewhere. OryCon is in Portland Oregon 11/11/11. The theme this ( Read more... )

This week at Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys: Engrossing scenes, memorable characters and link to free story by Robert Sawyer ( Read more... )

I've been very neglectful of this blog of late. Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys has been getting a lot of attention lately, to the detriment of this LJ blog. I'm sorely tempted to post a brief synopsis of my posts over there with a link rather than have to come up with three posts per week. I do two over there religiously. I've also just posted ( Read more... )

I reviewed Battle for Terra over at Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys. I have another author interview coming up on Friday over at SFOO.

And here's our word of the week: literarily. As in, last week was great, literarily speaking. :)

My last submission to Asmimov's Science Fiction earned me a personal rejection from the editor in which she ( Read more... )

My interview of the fabulous fantasy writer, Irene Radford, is now available over at The Broadsheet (http://www.broaduniverse.org/broadsheet.html). Broad Universe, mind you is the place to be if you're a woman who writes spec-fic. Awesome international organization. Go ( Read more... )

Another writer friend has agreed to share her insights. I met Paula on Other Worlds Writers Workshop, and online critique group full of resources, specifically for dedicated spec-fic writers. When you're done here, (unless you've just come from there) head on over to my primary blog, Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys for my interview of Paula.


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We all have buzz words we wish we'd NEVER hear again. One of mine isn't even a word. And I don't mean it's just not in the dictionary. Some of my favorite words aren't in the dictionary yet (the word I recently created for example -- are you still remembering to use the word "procrastinatable ( Read more... )

I had the privilege of being my daughter's birth coach last night. Her beautiful baby boy, Trey, was born at 12:26 this morning.

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Just got my panel and workshop schedule yesterday for OryCon. It's going to be a busy, but fun weekend. Hope to see some of you there.

I'm trying to get my sequel to Awesome Lavratt done in spite of the new job. I've made a commitment to myself to write at least 700 words per day on it. I know that's not much. The point is to keep writing on it ( Read more... )

First off, Fringe - awesome! If you missed the pilot Monday night, it's on again on Sunday. Then expect it on its regular slot on Tuesday nights on Fox.

We buried our beloved 18-year-old kitty yesterday. Very sad.

I'm behind on reading, writing, reviewing. And it doesn't help that I just took on more reviewing duties. >sigh< But oh, the books I ( Read more... )