What I Learned on my Autumn Vacation

So, 25 days early, here I am, sitting down at the ole’ compy with a cup of tea and Janis Joplin (Pearl) on the Wi-fi Hi-fi. I’m feeling slightly sheepish about coming back so early, but mostly relieved. I need blogging like I need bad black tea. Not like, I’ll die without it, but I [...]

Read Full Post »

Apples and the Coming Hiatus

Mood much improved by remembering that tomorrow I’m going apple picking with my friend and occasional beta reader Sarah and her lovely little kiddo. Hopefully we’ll get a bushel full of apples, and won’t get rained on too much.
Incidentally, and apropos of nothing, I’ve decided to make something official today: I’m taking the month of [...]

Read Full Post »

Pick Your Battles

So, some drunk fools were running around trying to pick a fight, and decided they’d pick on two guys dressed in lady’s clothes. Easy target, right? Wrong. Turns out the two, erm, victims are professional cage fighters.
Drunken Dean Gardener and Jason Fender taunted the pair who were tottering along the street in wigs, short [...]

Read Full Post »

The News (II: The News’s Revenge)

Obviously I should have read my news feed before I posted the news. Ahem. Here’s round two:
All hell is breaking loose in the GBLT community. I, um, was busy looking at my interior decorating blogs. Fortunately, Hayden Thorne pays attention to these things.It looks like people are freaking out because the Lambda award is now [...]

Read Full Post »

The News (in very brief)

Someone noted that they couldn’t find any indication that Tenth Man has been nominated for an Aurora award. Erm. That’s because it hasn’t. The dude is right, the wording is ambiguous if not misleading, and as a writer I’ve got no excuse. So I’ve fixed that blurb on the side bar and I think it’s [...]

Read Full Post »

Just Heard

Back from very enjoyable dinner with Steve and Shannon. Saw the bat coming back to his little place up above the balcony (I thought he would be going out this time of night) and settled down to do the last email check of the day. Just heard that edits for Field Guide are to start [...]

Read Full Post »

Charles N Brown

The man behind Locus magazine has passed away. Details here.

Read Full Post »

P&E under threat

Preditors and Editors is being sued. This is probably because they are the most up-to-date and most comprehensive listing and ranking of genre publishers in the US. This makes them the bane of sharks and scammers and incredibly valuable to writers who don’t want to be taken to the cleaners. Here’s what they say:
Unfortunately, there [...]

Read Full Post »

Chaucer stands in solidarity with Iran. No, really.
Via Hayden Thorne

Read Full Post »

Oh, Canada

European and Australian embassies are opening their doors to the wounded Iranians. Canada is not. Change this. Make a phone call. 1-800-267-8376
*Edit*
Sigh.
According to several Twitter posts and emails to CTV.ca, the Canadian embassy is closed but is looking for a doctor so that it can take in the injured. The Department of Foreign Affairs has [...]

Read Full Post »