All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘writing’
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Read So Hard, Got Paper Cuts
It’s possible you haven’t seen this fine bit of rap from Annabelle Quezada, La Shea Delaney and company. Lyrics are here and a note about author choice is here.
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When Coerced Abortion Is a Sacrament
I keep hearing about people who want to have religious exemptions for contraception in medical policies. Few people realize there’s another side to that coin: a religious exemption for coerced abortions. Well, right, but who would do such a thing you ask? The Church of …
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On the Alleged Separateness of Writers of the Future and Scientology
I have been following the contest (and some of the people involved in its administration) since 1984 when I first worked the combined Battlefield Earth / Writers of the Future booth at the World Science Fiction convention in Anaheim. All Scientology organizations are legally separate …
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Why I No Longer Support the Writers of the Future Contest
Trigger warning for those of you who need such, especially about bullying. For a long time, I supported Scientology’s “Writers of the Future” contest. A couple of years ago, I quietly dropped my support for it as my views on the current state of the …
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Hilo Wednesday (done)
Stuff to do and see: 1) Finish packing (ugh) 2) Farmer’s market (6 am – 4 pm), specifically for jam/honey guy and soap guy 6) Imiloa (9-5, $17.50, but this is the most interesting of the museums for me) 7) Place that sells unrefined Hawaiian …
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Hilo Wednesday (To Do)
Stuff to do and see: 1) Finish packing (ugh) 2) Farmer’s market (6 am – 4 pm), specifically for jam/honey guy and soap guy 3) Zoo, specifically Namaste’s feeding at 3:30 (zoo’s open from 9-4, free) 4) Pacific Tsunami Museum (9-4:15, $8) 5) Lyman museum …
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Hilo Monday
I slept in late (really, I slept 8 hours, I just got to sleep late) and got up and had the same old thing at Ken’s Pancakes. For breakfast, I’m a creature of habit. I’d planned to go to Akaka falls and the Hawaiian Tropical …
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Weekend Wrap-Up
Sunday Morning I gave my reading and about a half-dozen people came. Some of them I didn’t even know. For a 10 a.m. Sunday morning reading, this is successful, as even established authors have difficulty filling a room at most conventions. After my reading was …
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Long Weekend Trip to San Diego
1I was originally scheduled to come to San Diego on Saturday morning so I could go to a work-related event on Friday, but, well, I had an opportunity for yet another medical appointment, so that took precedence and I flew down Thursday morning. Getting to …
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The Fitzhenry & Whiteside Situation
For those of you who don’t know, Doranna Durgin asked for reversion from her publisher, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, and they have stalled despite being contacted by SFWA’s Grievance Committee (aka Griefcom). Griefcom frequently handles issues like reversions when they get sticky, but the situation went …
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