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FenCon Schedule
Here is my panel schedule for FenCon, coming up this weekend (Sept. 25-27, 2015) in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If you've never been to this con before, you're missing out! Click here for more information.
PANELS
Saturday 11:00 AM - Trinity VI - "My Other Job"“Don’t give up your day job” is no longer a joke, but a sound piece of advice these ( Read more... ) -
August 2015 Short Fiction Reading
In August I read 37 stories (311 for the year to date). Here were my four favorites from the month:
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Worldcon report
Rather than re-paste it here (because it's late and I'm too tired to re-check all the formatting), here is a link to my somewhat lengthy Worldcon report ( Read more... ) -
ArmadilloCon schedule
EDITED TO ADD: Alas, no ArmadilloCon after all, due to an infected wisdom tooth. Surgery on Monday. Wish me luck!Looking forward to ArmadilloCon in Austin this coming weekend. I've got some fun panels, two of which are timely considering I'm doing a lot of reading this days, especially short fiction ( Read more... ) -
Found Chihuahua -- looking for a home
Edited to add: puppy has found a home! -- Amy (May 2015)Apologies to my friends who've already seen this on Facebook ( Read more... ) -
Organic Produce Co-op / QuarterReads
Paul and I joined an organic produce co-op a few weeks ago, and I'm really enjoying it, as it's inspired me to try a bunch of new fairly healthy recipes. I posted about it on my reviews blog hereIn other news, I now have five stories up on QuarterReads, the site where readers buy a "roll" of virtual quarters, browse the free preview beginnings, ( Read more... ) -
Blogging Top Chef
I don't know if anyone on my LJ friendslist is a fan of Top Chef, but I'm blogging this season and wanted to mention it in case anyone is interested. I don't mean live-blogging, but rather posting in-depth commentary the morning after the episode airs.
My review blog is here (I review books, movies, TV shows, the ballet, the opera, film festivals ( Read more... ) -
"Sci Fi Shorts" at Worldfest-Houston
This past weekend, Paul and I went to the Worldfest-Houston film festival to see "Sci Fi Shorts", including the short film based on Michael A. Burstein's short story "I Remember the Future". My review of all five short films appears here: Leave a comment 1SFWA Young Adult / Middle Grade closed list-serv
For anyone who is a SFWA member, you may be aware that the SFWA board will be deciding soon whether to allow the Young Adult / Middle Grade closed list-serv to continue past its six months' trial period. I've been pretty vocal about my opinion that it's inappropriate to set up a sub-group within SFWA that is closed to fully qualified SFWA members ( Read more... )A Year in Books
I read 109 books in 2012, not including picture books. The reading time on the commute has definitely led to an increase, although I find it much harder in the winter months when it's dark both coming and going. The commuter buses (as opposed to city buses) are equipped with reading lights at each seat, but I find it to be an eyestrain ( Read more... )