I don't often comment on current events, but the story about the passenger that United Airlines beat bloody and dragged off a flight -- for no reason but to accomodate some of their own deadheading employees, and despite the fact that he had a ticket that he'd bought and paid for and was doing nothing but sitting peacefully in his assigned seat -- ( Read more... )

I am back home again in Santa Fe, after two weeks on the road in Baltimore and New York City ( Read more... )

I am off to Baltimore tomorrow for Balticon 50, which promises to be a real blast. In honor of half a century of great cons, the fans of Baltimore are bringing in lots and lots of their past GOHs, along with me, their current GOH, so we should have an amazing crowd on hand. Connie Willis, Joe Haldeman, John Varley... oh, the list goes on and on ( Read more... )

I am back in New Mexico, after an eventful week in Spokane.

Lots to report.

I will have more posts soon.

A couple of posts down, I announced that I had decided to cancel a couple of my planned appearances for 2015, namely the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga and the San Diego Comicon ( Read more... )

The lovely and talented SIBEL KEKILLI -- best known to all you GAME OF THRONES fans out there for her amazing portrayal of Shae -- came to Santa Fe last December.  We celebrated her visit by screening HEAD ON, the breakthrough German film that gave Sibel her first starring role and won her the Lola (the German Oscar) for Best Actress, but that was ( Read more... )

If you have the chance to visit Santa Fe, but have only thirty-six hours to spend here, what should you see and do ( Read more... )

Parris and I returned last night from LA, courtesy of Southwest Airlines Cattlecar in the Sky ( Read more... )

Speaking of things that go bump in the night....


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San Diego Comicon was great fun... but exhausting beyond belief. Somehow I survived, however. Spent all day Sunday on airplanes crossing the Atlantic, and today finds me, jetlagged and weary, in Madrid. I arrived in the morning and slept all day. Just ate some dinner, and am about to go to bed again. By tomorrow morning I should be well-rested ( Read more... )