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Over the years, I’ve read many a blog post from an emerging writer talking about how freaky it is to get blurbs for their book covers from really great authors whom they admire a lot. And I’m always like, “Yeah, I can spot a humblebrag. Nice try.”

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I have my “final” schedule (in quotes because schedules are always subject to change) for Con-Volution, Oct. 2-4. It looks like it’s going to be a very fun con, with some amazing guests. I hope to see y’all there. Don’t be afraid to say hi. I’ll have badge ribbons!

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I’m going to confess that I adore ’60s and ’70s movie and television space opera. Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, even Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Seriously, I can’t get enough. But, dear readers, I’d like your help figuring out what the appeal is.

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I got back yesterday from five days in Disneyland. It’s changed a bit since I was there last. Star Tours has been completely re-done (the old pilots now sit like taxidermy trophies in crates in the queuing area). But what hasn’t changed is that after the ride, you get dumped ( Read more... )

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With the usual caveats that convention schedules are always in flux to some degree or another, I’ve got my schedule for BayCon: ( Read the rest of this entry » )

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I signed the contract today, so I think it’s safe to announce this. I’m going to have a short story, “Birth of a Pantheon,” in an exciting new anthology called Touching the Face of the Cosmos: The Roots and Future of Human Space Exploration in Religion edited by Paul Levinson ( Read more... )

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So, the final proof of the ARC (that’s the uncorrected copy of the book that is produced for people - like reviewers and proofreaders - who need to read it before it comes out) arrived today. I was initially ecstatic.

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So, you may have noticed I’ve been quiet lately. There’s a reason for that: I’ve been busy. And though I’m not sure how real it really feels, I think I’m ready to break the news as to what’s been occupying my time: ( Read the rest of this entry » )

Grad school is done ( Read more... )

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Well, Ryan Boudinot’s piece in The Stranger continues to prompt discussion, which I suppose means that it’s doing its job. And my own assertion that there’s nothing impeding authors who don’t take writing seriously as teenagers from succeeding is, shall we say, not meeting with ( Read more... )