In other news, word reached me at 3am this morning that the Farsi translation of “Buffalo Dogs” is all but completed.
I’m just doing my part to bring about global harmony (and world domination).
Happy Monday!
News
The Buffalito World Outreach Project goes to Iran!
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Written on November 5th, 2012 by Lawrence Schoen
Categories: News
Tags: BWOP, Conroyverse
Categories: News
Tags: BWOP, Conroyverse
Weather Aftermath Update
Still cloudy, but the rain has stopped.
As the Klingons might say, QaDlu’meH QaQ jajvam “Today is a good day to dry”
Living in the Future: Late October 2012 edition
Wow! For the first time ever, I’ve gotten the “Hotspot” capability on my new phone to actually work. Easily. This could be a real game changer.
Woo hoo!!!
“Have you tried that new mexican restaurant?…”
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Written on October 25th, 2012 by Lawrence Schoen
Categories: News
Tags: Traveling, Valerie
Categories: News
Tags: Traveling, Valerie
In the back of my mind is a joke from WKRP In Cincinnati that has someone asking that question, setting up Les Nessman to respond with something like “The last time I ate at a New Mexican restaurant I was in Albuquerque.”
Anyway…
Valerie and I are toying with the notion of moving to New Mexico. Some folks have recommended Truth or Consequences and others have suggested Albuquerque.
I thought I’d open it up for discussion, since the internet if chock full of varied views just waiting to be expressed (and also because I seem to be awake at 4:00am).
Thoughts?
Brisk Autumn Morning
The temperature dipped down the other morning, into the mid-30s.
I don’t know about you, but I always sleep better in colder weather. Sounder and deeper. There’s something very restful about being buried under a massive pile of blankets and down comforters and all the rest.
My dog, on the other hand, does not like being under the covers. Fortunately, we’ve managed to work it out.
Sigh.
This is what happens when you have digital cameras built into phones.
BUFFALITO BUFFET – According to Publishers Weekly
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Written on September 28th, 2012 by Lawrence Schoen
Categories: News
Tags: Books, Conroyverse, Reviews
Categories: News
Tags: Books, Conroyverse, Reviews
Coming out in time for Thanksgiving (surely a great time to buy books!), Buffalito Buffet is the third book in the Amazing Conroy series.
Here’s what Publishers Weekly had to say about it:
Starting with 2001’s “Buffalo Dogs,†this collection reprints all seven of Schoen’s short stories featuring the Amazing Conroy, a hypnotist turned entrepreneur, and his pet buffalito, Reggie (last seen in 2011’s Buffalito Contingency), along with the all-new “Barry’s Tale.†The emphasis is on sly humor and social chicanery as Conroy uses hypnotism, subterfuge, and old-fashioned people skills to interact with a universe teeming with oddball aliens and their oft-confusing customs. He breaks an alien monopoly on buffalitos, dog-sized creatures that eat anything and fart pure oxygen; learns the secret of the galaxy’s greatest recluse; gets caught up in a murder; gambles for extremely high stakes; and pursues a legendary culinary delicacy. Schoen is clearly in his element and there’s a pleasant preposterousness to the whole thing, like a series of good-natured tall tales that end too soon.
“Pleasant preposterousness.” Yeah, I’ll take that.
My-Almost-Certainly-Final Capclave 2012 Schedule
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Written on September 27th, 2012 by Lawrence Schoen
Categories: News
Tags: Appearance, Buffalito Wrangler, Conroyverse, Conventions
Categories: News
Tags: Appearance, Buffalito Wrangler, Conroyverse, Conventions
I’ve had this information for a few days now, but I’ve been letting it sit and settle (and dry and bake and gel) in case there were any surprise changes. There haven’t been, so I’m feeling fairly confident that this is will be my schedule for Capclave next month.
Friday, October 12th:
4:00 – 4:55 (Rockville/Potomac) Comic Relief
How much comic relief can you put in a book before it gets shifted into the humor category? Does humor hurt or enhance a serious novel? Does it throw you out of the story if you expect Song of Ice and Fire and get a line right out of Xanth? What are examples of writers who get it right/wrong?
Doug Fratz, Larry Hodges, James Maxey (M)
5:00 – 5:25 (Readings Room) Reading
In an act of tempting fate, I’ll probably read something from a Conroy story. It’s also likely that I’ll be giving away a plush buffalito to someone who shows up. Yeah, shameless.
9:00 – 9:95 (Readings Room) Paper Golem Book Launch: Cucurbital 3
Nine Authors, Three Prompts, One Anthology! Drop by and help celebrate the audacity of the small press!
Saturday, October 13tht
10:00 – 10:55 (Salons A & B) As you will (M)
Anything goes? A panel without preconception or plan. Panelists talk about anything and everything.
Inge Heyer, Bud Sparhawk
5:00 – 5:55 (Rockville/Potomac) FTL what the hell (M)
Space the final frontier, how do you get characters there? Does the feasability of the described propulsion make or break a story?
John Ashmead, John G. Hemry, Yoji Kondo (Eric Kotani), Bud Sparhawk
7:30 – 8:25 (Salons A & B) Mass Signing
This is the mass signing held before the presentation of the WSFA Small Press Award.
Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Eric Choi, Brenda Clough, David Louis Edelman, Andrew Fox, Ron Garner, Morgan Keyes, Dave Klecha, Jonah Knight, Yoji Kondo (Eric Kotani), Dina Leacock, Edward M. Lerner, Craig Alan Loewen, James Maxey, Mike McPhail, James Morrow, Diana Peterfreund, Darrell Schweitzer, Alan Smale, Bud Sparhawk, Jean Marie Ward, Lawrence Watt-Evans
8:30 – 10:25 (Salons A & B) Small Press Awards
My Amazing Conroy story, “Yesterday’s Taste,” has been nominated. Competition is very stiff, and I’ve been practicing my “it’s an honor just to have been nominated” speech. Pretty easy, because it’s true.
All in all a pretty full weekend. And of course, Barry will be there too, eager to meet people and garner a few more photos for his Facebook page.
Mechanicsburg or Bust!
This coming Saturday, September 22nd, I’ll be one of the speakers at Sci Fi Day. The annual event is organized by a local group, the members of the USS Susquehannock, and takes place at the Olde Town Books and Brew in Mechanicsburg, PA.
An assortment of guests will be on hand, each taking a turn to speak to the assembled masses. Stories will be told, books will be sold, autographs will be obtained.
In addition to myself the participants include: Michael Jan Friedman, Phil Giunta, Darrell Schweitzer, Jay Ansky, Beryl the Catian, the Capital City Jedi Knights, Doc the Klingon, the folks behind Fortress Publications, and MJ Rogers.
The event starts at 2pm (though you can show up earlier to schmooze) and runs until 9pm when the shop closes up. So, all in all, a fun-filled day in Mechanicsburg. You should come on by!
