I want to write a "What I Did Last Summer" report, only it's better because it wasn't summer; it was Escapade 25. I had an incredibly good time, which began with getting Killa all to ourselves (and her mad skilz) for a couple of days pre-con. The weekend was a dream: manageable logistics were, friends I hadn't seen in years, the con team which ( Read more... )

Escapade is in 9 days, 20 hours, and 20 minutes. I am--I'd say "unreasonably," but it's completely reasonable--excited about this, our 25th anniversary convention ( Read more... )

Somebody has created the Oz Beecher/Keller Love Story excerpt, in 20 parts, on youtube ( Read more... )

Amazon is dipping into the fannish pool in hopes of soaking up money ( Read more... )

I just read the most marvelous diatribe to "professional authors" about this idea: "Dear Author of the Week. Fanfic is not about you. Fanfic is not about you. Fanfic is not about you."

Go here for the lovely dissertation, including many, many and more examples: Bookshop's "I'm Done Explaining Why Fanfic Is Okay".

Really. Go read it. It's ( Read more... )