What (and How) to Read to Kids
Saturday 10:00 - 10:50

Reading aloud can be a memorable bonding experience - and big fun - for both adult and child. What genre stories work well when told to pre-readers? To 6-year olds? To 8-year-olds? We’ll discuss book selection and vocal presentation tips for both novice and experienced read-out-louders.

Bruce ( Read more... )

Until applications close for this year’s Viable Paradise. The ferry to the island pulls away from the dock at midnight on June 15 - if you’re thinking of applying and don’t have your application in by then, you’ll have to wait until next year.

(You can submit your application by e-mail in .RTF format, with hardcopy to follow, so you can’t get away ( Read more... )

Macdonald and I have a short story out on-line today, in both text and podcast form: "The Clockwork Trollop," over at this month's Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

Those of you who were at the Arisia before last may recall hearing an early draft at our reading. It's been polished quite a bit since then.

Saturday 11:00 - 11:50, Military Motifs in SF, Harbor I ( Westin)

Saturday 12:00 - 13:00, Kaffeeklatsche, Galleria-Kaffeeklatsch 1 ( Westin)

Saturday 14:00 - 15:00, Safety & Security - Now and in the Future, Harbor I ( Westin)

Saturday 16:00 - 16:50, What If--What's Left?, Burroughs ( Westin ( Read more... )

Friday 20:00 - 20:50, Mythology in Science Fiction, Burroughs ( Westin ( Read more... )

Or, what I posted today on my editorial-services blog ( Read more... )

We've sent back in the contract, so it's official: Himself and I have sold a short story, "The Clockwork Trollop", to Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

Nobody ever gets rich off of short stories, but BCS pays professional rates, so we'll be getting at least a serious grocery-store expedition's worth.

No word yet on when it'll appear.

Doyle's Panels ( Read more... )

...that this year would be a very good year to apply to the Viable Paradise Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop on Martha's Vineyard.

The deadline for applications is 15 June, but the instructors are reading MSS right now as they come in. (Notifications of acceptances all go out in a bunch at the end, but the selection process goes a lot ( Read more... )

A short break from matters book and writing related:

If you're reading this and live in Brooklyn (or Manhattan, or the greater NYC area), and know anything about helping/rescuing stray and injured cats, then you need to go here and read this.

Short version: pnh and tnh have an injured cat on their back steps with an apparent broken leg. They're ( Read more... )