by Christie Meierz | Aug 25, 2015 | WorldCon
Sasquan was not my first WorldCon — that honor goes to Constellation, which took place in Baltimore in 1983, and where I met my husband. Our first date was cruising the art show, and discovering we liked all the same pieces of art. So, 30 years later, we went to...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 18, 2015 | Guest Post
This week, award-winning author Veronica Scott shares a snippet from her latest book and talks about how disaster movies inform her writing. Take it away, Veronica! STAR CRUISE: MAROONED by Veronica Scott or Why I Love Disaster Movies I love disaster movies, the...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 6, 2015 | Writer's Life
Windows 10 finally came to my machine this morning, a little late in the game, to be sure. At first, the promised jump lists did not function. For Word, for example, a little arrow appeared beside its entry on the start menu, but neither mousing over it nor clicking...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 28, 2015 | Guest Post
Authors talk about worldbuilding, but have you stopped to think about the why of it? SF&F author Betsy Dornbusch tackles that question. Writing in Secondary Worlds Betsy Dornbusch I write all my current work in secondary worlds, short fiction and novel length. My...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 22, 2015 | Writer's Life
I have, at various points in my life, been a knitter of some small skill. I learned the art while I was expecting my third child, and took to it like a house-afire, knitting sweater after sweater for those I love, some of which are still in use. They say that when you...