It's not very bad, so I wasn't sure.

Fortunately I have some yummy books to read (and already read & thoroughly enjoyed madrobins' The Sleeping Partner, so fingers crossed for this being one of those illnesses that doesn't knock out my ability to parse text).

Will surface when I surface! *faceplant*

I'm not on any panels.
I don't have an individual reading.

I do intend to make it to at least part of the following, health allowing ( Read more... )

Just a heads-up: if you have any questions about Stone Telling Issue 4 (which is now open to subs, did I mention that yet today?), here's the place to ask 'em!

I just found out I misremembered having sent an email response that I never actually wrote.
One more thing my now-flaky memory is doing.

So er, if I owe you email? I may be thinking I sent it. So please nudge.

Still at a low place and not really here, but wanted to say that. While I *sigh* remembered.

So you guys

I thought this was obvious. People keep proving me overly optimistic. Check your privilege at the door, please

This does not mean "If you can't say nice don't say anything"; that is a sweet and gentle tool of oppression. Besides, I get stuff wrong all the time and appreciate being called on it once I've had a minute to get over ( Read more... )

With awesome stories by nisi_la and nojojojo and saladinahmed and lots of other folks already on it?

including one by me?

The Carl Brandon Society is holding a prize drawing of five eReaders starting November 1st and ending November 22nd, 2010. The funds raised will benefit the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship, a fund that sends two emerging writers of color to the ( Read more... )

You guys, I've seen an upsurge of psychophobic language in my f-list over the last few days. Maybe it's motivated by the bewildering/terrifying actions of the far right. Maybe Jon Stewart's evoking it (Normally I love the guy but wow, this time, ablism much?) I dunno ( Read more... )

You guys, I'm going to say it again: thank you so much, all of you ( Read more... )

Heads up -- Fantasy Book Critic is giving away two copies of Clockwork Phoenix 3! They also have ken_schneyer 's story Lineage posted online for free; Lineage is in CP3, so it's a first-one's-free :).

ObNote: CP3 does contain a story by loud homophobe John C Wright, too, so if that makes it no-go for you, you are warned.

(ETA: Since it looks like it's not ( Read more... )

(And now I have to do diss work! Everyone who responded to my previous post, thank you so much, you made my day! And I'll respond soon, once I've made actual diss progress )

Meanwhile, ACK! I have no idea how I missed this -- Polyphony 7 needs a hundred or so more pre-orders or it won't actually happen. And the Polyphony series is really damn ( Read more... )