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The move back to Southern California has, not surprisingly, been very hard on our finances. As a result, I’m not going to be attending FOGcon this year, though it’s one of my favorite conventions. I’ve told the good people at BayCon not to count on me, though I’m still hoping ( Read more... )

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SFWA’s Nebula Awards ballot had something interesting happen this year. After the final ballot was announced, one of the novelettes was determined to be only 7,070 words long, and was removed from the ballot because novelettes are works that are at least 7,500 words but less ( Read more... )

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By now many of you have heard through other channels, but it’s time to make it official. My husband has accepted a job in L.A. County. Today we came to terms with someone selling a house in the high desert city of Lancaster, California, and so I’m going to be moving to one of ( Read more... )

I'm once again seeing a lot of folks bashing on small-government conservatives, invariably in the form of rants that are based on a lot of presuppositions about what small-government conservatives believe. I can't speak for the myriad philosophies that come together under the "small government" coalition, but I can take a moment to explain ( Read more... )

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BayCon 2016 is happening, and I will again be there!  With the usual “schedules change” caveat, I’m doing three panels this year: ( Read the rest of this entry » )

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Yes, I’ve been quiet. I’ve managed to hobble together full-time employment across two different colleges, and as a result my semesters are crazy, and I’m not being paid nearly enough for the number of hours I’m putting in. That said, adjunct work does pay better than short- ( Read more... )

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I will be attending FOGcon 6 in Walnut Creek, CA the weekend of March 11-13. For those who aren’t familiar with it, FOGcon is a fun, literature-oriented SF/F convention. It’s a lovely place to hang out with writers and discover amazing books.

I’ll be doing three panels: ( Read the rest of this entry » )

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Wow, is it February already? Where does the time go?

But since it’s February already, that means it’s Hugo nomination season. Don’t like what the final ballots have looked like in the past? Head over to the MidAmeriCon website, and participate! Higher turnout means better ( Read more... )

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Well, it’s that time of year again, when every author should post the list of what they published that can be nominated for various awards. I encourage everyone to do this, even if, like me, they don’t think they’re writing on the same level as the folks who do get nominated. ( Read more... )

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I got the e-mail today that the Kindle edition of Touching the Face of the Cosmos, featuring my story “Birth of a Pantheon,” is now available. The print edition is coming in 2016. ( Read the rest of this entry » )