While out walking yesterday, Barry Malzberg asked me, “So what did you learn this year?” Well, I couldn’t really answer him at the time, but having given it some thought, here are ten things I learned from Readercon 22: Being a panelist can be fun. This was my first time, but I really enjoyed being…
I woke up at 4am and discovered that my flight to Readercon had been canceled and I had been automatically rebooked on the next flight out of Dulles. I was originally supposed to depart at 12:30 and now my flight is scheduled to leave 2-1/2 hours later at 3pm. That gets me into Boston at…
I leave for Readercon the day after tomorrow and I feel like I have a lot to do between now and then. The biggest challenge, however, is finishing the first draft of this novelette that I’ve been working on. I promised myself I’d have the draft done before I got on the plane. I did…
I received my final Readercon schedule today. Here it is, for those interested: Thursday, July 14 at 8:00 PM G We All Produce, We All Consume. Paul Di Filippo, Gemma Files, Robert Killheffer, K.A. Laity (leader), Jamie Todd Rubin. In a 2008 blog post, Leah Bobet connected the dots of increasing media interactivity and increasing independent…
I attended the first two days of Balticon 45 this weekend, and it was nice to be able to attend another convention so quickly on the heels of the fantastic Nebula Weekend. Most of Friday night I spent in the bar after enduring a horrific 4 hour drive over the space of a mere 50…
Because of the traffic from hell, I missed the first couple of panels I wanted to see. By the time I finally got up to the convention hotel, I needed a drink, so I headed to the bar, which was fairly packed, found a table, and ordered a beer. Eventually, folks seemed to find me…
I left the house at 12:45 thinking I’d get up to Hunt Valley just before 2pm and be able to hang with friends for a few hours before the panels started. It wasn’t until just before I left that I was reminded that it was a holiday weekend. Now, it’s about 60 miles from my…
I will be at Balticon on Friday and Saturday. I’m not on programming, but I’m there mostly to hang out with my science fiction peeps. I’ve read through their pocket program and selected some panels that I thought might be interesting to attend. Keep in mind that I might change my mind, especially if engrossed…
Well, the Nebula Weekend is over for me now, but I still had a blast at the various events this morning. I arrived at the hotel at about 9:30 and ran into Allen Steele and (the Nebula Award-winning) Eric James Stone and chatted with them for a little while. Then I grabbed a quick breakfast…
By now, the whole world knows who won the Nebula Awards. But just in case you’ve been under a rock somewhere, the winners were: Short story: “Ponies” by Kij Johnson and “How Interesting, A Tiny Man” by Harlan Ellison (TIE) Novelette: “That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James Stone Novella: “The Lady Who…