Not that anyone but me cares, but I checked the online program for my schedule and this is where you can definitely find me at Balticon this weekend. The descriptions of the panels will be in your program book. Friday, May 28: 4PM. Getting Published 101 (Belmont Room) All your publishing questions answered; including how […]
Malice Domestic 22 – Friday 1:10 p.m. The Poison Lady – Luci Zahray The highlight of Malice Domestic for many members (based on the attendance at the panel) is the talk on poison that is given by Luci Zahray, affectionately called The Poison Lady. Zahray is a pharmacist in a very busy hospital in Texas. […]
It’s that time of month, and this time things are really, really, tight. Hyperion and I will be covering Malice Domestic, a wonderful mystery convention held in Arlington, VA this weekend. We’ll also be at Maryland Sheep and Wool on Sunday — the biggest sheep and wool event on the east coast. And, we’ll also […]
Okay, I’ve posted here a few times about the fact that I’m chairperson for Capclave 2010 which is the annual convention for WSFA, the Washington Science Fiction Association. This year’s guests of honor are Connie Willis, Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer. The convention is being held at the Rockville Hilton in Rockville, Maryland from October […]
The flight home from San Jose was much nicer than the one going to San Jose. For one things the flight home didn’t have two screaming babies. I really wish there was some no-fail method of seeing that babies didn’t have to suffer from blocked ears. I understand the crying and feel so sorry for […]
Just got back from the banquet and World Fantasy Award Ceremony. Winners in BOLD: Best Novel: This category had a tie. The House of the Stag, Kage Baker (Tor) The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow) The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HaperCollins; Bloomsbury) Pandemonium, Daryl Gregory (Del Rey) Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf) […]
Finally got some sleep last night. Got up in time to get to the 10 am panel. 10 AM: Who, What or Why Done It. Panelists: J. Kathleen Cheney, Laura Anne Gilman, Thomas S. Roche, Danel Paul Olson (Moderator), Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Panelists talked about mystery in the sense of the original Greek — that […]
From 1989 to 1992 WSFA Press published one book each year to honor the Guest of Honor of its annual convention, Disclave, and now for Capclave 2009, WSFA Press lives again, returning to its roots, with a new website, wsfapress.com, a renewed focus, and a new project: a limited run of Reincarnations by Harry Turtledove, […]