I have two panels at BayCon this year, which will be held from May 27-30 at the San Mateo Marriott San Francisco Airport (this is a change of hotel from the previous years). BayCon Guests of Honor Writer Guest of Honor: David Gerrold Artist Guest of Honor: Chris Butler, F.R.A.S Fan Guest of Honor: Anastasia […]
Campbell Award Eligible Writers Anthology
Up and Coming, the 2016 anthology of science fiction and fantasy writers eligible for this year’s John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, is now available. This award is the only award given at the Hugo Award ceremonies that is voted on by the Hugo Award voters but is not itself a Hugo Award. […]
BayCon Panels and Notes
I may make it to BayCon tomorrow, but I might not, so I thought I’d go over some of the panels I was on while everything was still fresh. Friday’s Panels Writing Handicapped Characters There was a lot of great discussion about various handicaps though, with the panelists in question, we had more discussion of […]
My BayCon Schedule
BayCon’s coming up this weekend, Friday through Sunday in Santa Clara, California. This year’s theme is Women of Wonder…and the people who love and appreciate them. Normally BayCon is four days; this year it’s three due to a hotel snafu. The con starts earlier on Friday (10 am) than usual and runs late on Sunday, […]
Hugo Awards Voting Packet Now Available
The Hugo Awards voting packet is now available. You’ll need your registration number and Hugo PIN in order to download the packet. Haven’t yet registered? Here’s the registration page. What’s in the Hugo Awards Voter’s Packet The next two paragraphs are from the press release: This free download is supplied by the creators and publishers […]
We’re Skipping RT Booklovers Convention
This was supposed to be my first year attending the RT Booklovers convention. I booked my membership and hotel early, Rick decided to come, and we booked our flights. Naturally with my mother in the ICU, that has to come first. Rick volunteered to stay behind, but I know that I’d be constantly fretting if […]
Getting Past the Attack Narrative
When does something become an “attack” online? Serious question. Let’s say that two people, Jane and Cait, are both authors. Jane says something that involves Cait, only she uses a word incorrectly. Cait responds that, hey, that word used that way and applied to me in that context is offensive. And Cait’s right. Why is […]
My Comment Goes Viral, Escalates, and I Apologize
tl;dr: A comment I made 2-1/2 weeks ago got tweeted, escalated, and lots of feelings were hurt. As two people have made statements about my motiviations, this post is about context from my perspective as well as apologies for my part. Backstory, Before Eastercon 2015 If you’d asked me who Kari Sperring was, I’d have […]
Hugo Awards: Eric Flint Speaks, and Final Nomination Changes
Summary of what’s in this post: the final Hugo Awards nomination changes, a discussion of a great post about the Hugo Awards from Baen author Eric Flint, and a constructive suggestion to those who, like the puppy sympathists, feel their own favorite works are being left out of the big table. And, at the end, […]
Is There a Statute of Limitations for Being an Ass on the Internet?
Note: the front half of this post was originally going to be separate from my post about the Best Fan Writer Hugo Award. Rick pointed out that the light opening could be seen as minimizing the subject, which was not my intent. Is There a Statute of Limitations for Being an Ass on the Internet? […]
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