Okay, just wondering about a couple of things related to this whole Rapture thing today.
1) This seems to be a Christian thing. What happened to the whole “Chosen People” deal? Seriously, don’t the Jews have a contract?
2) In the unlikely event that I “ascend” (can’t help but think of Stargate here, sorry), what happens to my dog? Or, on the other side, what about if my dog goes on up to doggie heaven (much more likely than the first scenario)? Can I go too?
I’ve just finished scripting, recording, coding, and scheduling the next seven days of my daily Klingon language podcast. jIDoy’qu’.
Still on the “to do” list, packing, loading the car, writing a business letter, and preparing for a television interview.
Tomorrow: Off to the Nebulas!
And yes, we do have a cover ready to go, but because this is a prompt-themed anthology I won’t be showing it to you until all the stories are chosen.
And speaking of prompts, just as a reminder, there are three of them and they are:
watermelon
turtle
sex worker
Now, get back to work and send me a submission.
The annual Nebula Awards Weekend is coming up, and I’ll be in attendance. This year (and next) it’s being held in Washington, D.C., a not uncomfortable car trip for me. That’s especially convenient because it means I can load the trunk up with books I want to get signed.
That’s right, I said “signed.” If you’re in the area, you might be interested in attending the Massive Book Signing that’s scheduled for Friday, May 20th, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Attendance at the conference is not required, and there will be quite a few authors present to sign copies of your books, whether you bring them with you from home or buy them on site.
Here’s the list of authors scheduled to be there, and I suspect more will be added to the list:
John Joseph Adams, Christopher Barzak, J. Kathleen Cheney, Aliette de Bodard, Tom Doyle, Scott Edelman, Timons Esaias, Cynthia Felice, Andrew Fox, Kerry Frey, Laura Anne Gilman, Anne Groell, Joe Haldeman, Peter Heck, Vylar Kaftan, JohnKessel, Alethea Kontis, Mary Robinette Kowal, Geoffrey A.Landis, Allen Lewis, Tom Lewis, Lee Martindale, James Morrow, Catherine Petrini, Stanley Schmidt, Lawrence Schoen, Lansing Sexton, Bud Sparhawk, Allen Steele, Eric James Stone, Michael Sullivan, Robin Sullivan, Michael Swanwick, Brandie Tarvin, Mary Turzillo, Michael Whelan, Alexander Whitaker, Connie Willis
In particular, I want to point out J. Kathleen Cheney and Eric James Stone because along with other things I’ll have in the trunk of my car, I’m bringing assorted books published by Paper Golem, such as Alembical 2, which includes Cheney’s Nebula nominated novella “Irons Shoes,” and Stone’s brand new (and not “officially yet released”) collection Rejiggering The Thingamajig And Other Stories, which includes his Nebula and Hugo nominated short story “That Leviathan, Which Thou Hast Made.” These will be available for purchase during the signing. Also available will be my new novel, Buffalito Contingency, which also isn’t “officially” out either.
So come on down, join SFWA as we celebrate our own, and get some books signed (and, ahem, buy a few new ones too). And be sure to stop by and say “hi” to me.
Last month, in between racking up his Nebula Award nomination and his Hugo Award nomination, Eric James Stone found time to interview me. You can read it on his blog here.
And once you’ve done that, go read his short fiction so you can send him a vote. If he wins a shiny rocket, he might even let me touch it.
Renovation has announced this year’s Hugo (and Campbell) Nominees.
It’s an impressive list, to be sure, but I have some personal favorites and I feel the need to point them out to you even as I congratulate the individuals involved. So…
Read the rest of this entry »
I’m researching barbecue for a new novella I’m writing about my stage hypnotist protagonist, the Amazing Conroy.
At this stage we’re looking at barbecue made using bison (yes, that’s buffalo*, but not buffalito!) and quite possibly thoats as well.
If any of you have thoughts and experiences involving barbecue — in any of its many forms — I’d welcome a comment. Thanks.
| Today was originally scheduled to be a “date night” for Valerie and me. Nothing fancy, just dinner and a movie. But that sort of got bumped because of the Reading that I’m doing tonight for the Philadelphia Fantastic Authors and Editors Series. Except then I discovered that I had today off from the Day Job, so “date night” became “date day” and in just a little bit, we’ll be heading out for lunch and a movie. Then we’ll drive into town for the reading at the Moonstone Arts Center, which in turn will be followed by dinner with the fine folks who showed up to listen to me read.
In other news, Spring has come to Blue Bell. To the right is a picture I took earlier this week of the miniature pear tree in the back yard. It appears to be quite happy. Pretty. Gotta run, sushi waits for no man! Hope to see some of you at the reading tonight. |
 |
