Ad Astra 2011

This is my third time at Ad Astra, one of my favorite conventions (and my only regular international one).  The schedule is as follows: Fri 9 pm    Salon 343    Travel, Research and Writing    Tony Pi (m), Jana Paniccia, Gregory Wilson Sat 10 am    Salon 243    Exposition    Matthew Johnson, Claude Lalumiere,  Marc Mackay, Gregory Wilson Sat […]

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Return to Canada?

Well, so to speak.  Next weekend is Ad Astra, one of my favorite conventions (and my only regular international one), so I’ll be heading north of the border on Friday.  I’m going to be a panelist and a reader (with some cool company on both fronts), with a schedule that looks like this: Fri 9 […]

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Updates of all shapes and sizes…

Things have been a little quiet here lately, but not in any way from lack of information–it’s always (as usual) related to lack of time.  But things are going well, if hectic.  Some of the recent highlights: 1.  Grayshade is finished and on submission.  I feel pretty good about it on the whole–it came out […]

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Speculate with us!

Just a quick update to let people know that the first episode of a new podcast I’m co-hosting with fellow Codex and Writers’ Symposium member Brad Beaulieu, Speculate! The Podcast for Writers, Readers and Fans, has just gone live at www.speculatesf.com.  To quote from the About page: Speculate! is a podcast for writers, readers, and […]

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World Fantasy Convention, October 31, 2010–What is Left to the Imagination

My only panel at WFC 2010, this was a really interesting panel on what is unsaid in the best speculative fiction. Lawrence Connolly, Madeleine Robins, Delia Sherman, Martha Wells and I held forth (so to speak) to a room with really great turnout…even for a Sunday morning!

World Fantasy Convention 2010

I just got back (well, on Monday, but you get the idea) from the World Fantasy Convention, my second in three years and first since Montreal.  I was curious about my experience from 2008, actually, and took a look back to find out what I thought then–and found things have changed quite a bit for […]

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World Fantasy Convention 2010

I’m heading back to the World Fantasy Convention for the second time, this time in Columbus, Ohio.  I’m going to be on the “What Is Left to the Imagination” panel on Sunday at 11 a.m. with Lawrence Connolly, Madeleine Robins, Delia Sherman, and Martha Wells; if you’re in the Columbus area, please stop by and […]

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Gen Con, August 8, 2010–Writers’ Symposium–The Next Step

My final Symposium panel at Gen Con 2010, this one on the next step in building your career after you’ve made your first pro sale. I was joined by Don Bingle, Lawrence Connolly, Steven Saus, and John Helfers (who was also the editor for THE THIRD SIGN)…some good advice and good fun here, particularly about Don’s “evil canvas.” (You never knew to be afraid of the big tent ITSELF, did you?)

Gen Con, August 7, 2010–Writers’ Symposium–Beat the Clock

This Symposium panel at Gen Con 2010 concerns deadlines, external pressures, and other things which bedevil authors just trying to get their next book finished. I joined Anton Strout, Don Bingle, and Tobias Buckell for this one, which had some good information mixed with some frightening revelations about Anton and Toby’s love for Excel spreadsheets. Be afraid…be very, very afraid.