Norwescon, March 30, 2013–Authors With Volume

This was an interesting nuts and bolts type panel on podcasting, with good perspectives from fellow panelists Angel Leigh McCoy and Tina Connolly and good questions from the audience. I really liked the Norwescon attendees, who were engaged and enthusiastic the whole weekend, and this convention is definitely on my list to attend in the future if my schedule allows.

Origins 2013

This is my second time at Origins, now run by good friend (and writer) Kelly Swails, and if this year is anything like last year it should be a great time.  Last year this reminded me of a somewhat smaller and quieter GenCon, and given how much I love GenCon, that’s high praise.  If you’re […]

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Off to Columbus!

Just a quick post to note that I’m on my way to Columbus, Ohio for the Origins convention, which has now become the unofficial beginning of summer for me–kind of like a smaller, quieter GenCon, but with lots of the same great features (great writers, many of them good friends, interesting panel discussions and readings, […]

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New essay on V.S. Naipaul released

I just received a copy of A House for Mr. Biswas: Critical Perspectives, a new collection of critical essays from Pencraft International Press (you can find a good rundown of the book’s contents here).  I contributed “‘His Own Portion of the Earth’: The Rhetoric of Alienation and Separation in Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas” […]

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And we’re back!

Hi all,      I’m happy to report that thanks to the tremendous work of webmaster extraordinaire Kevin Grinberg, my website is fully back online after a database collapse, and we’ve taken the opportunity to make some overhauls to the look and feel of the site.  Those tweaks will continue over the next few weeks, but […]

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And we’re back!

Hi all,      I’m happy to report that thanks to the tremendous work of webmaster extraordinaire Kevin Grinberg, my website is fully back online after a database collapse, and we’ve taken the opportunity to make some overhauls to the look and feel of the site.  Those tweaks will continue over the next few weeks, but […]

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Ad Astra 2013

I’m back for the fifth time (hard to believe that, by the way) at Ad Astra, one of my favorite conventions.  Stop by and say hello if you’re in the Toronto area!  My schedule is as follows: Friday, April 5th: 9-10 p.m.:  Panel–HOOK: Reeling in Your Reader with Robert Boyczuk, Suzanne Church, Max Turner, Michael […]

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