by Christie Meierz | Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Pretty much a relaxicon for us — I wasn’t on the programming. They’d had a glut of authors volunteering this year, so they were full up by the time I volunteered (months ago, in what would have been plenty of time any other year, even). So, we pretty...
by Christie Meierz | Jan 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m a seat-of-the-pants sort of writer. When I start a book, I have in mind a character, a situation, and a direction it’s going, but that’s usually all. After I wrote the first draft of The Fall, I had this idea: take a particular character from...
by Christie Meierz | Dec 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
The vuvuzela made the news in recent years when it began to give South African soccer enthusiasts hearing damage. For those who don’t want to follow the link, a vuvuzela is basically a plastic horn that plays one — just one — note. Loudly. This...
by Christie Meierz | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller are over on Clan Korval’s Home on the Web doing a free giveaway of an audiobook of their latest release, Trade Secret! Star-spanning galactic trader Jethri Gobelyn’s story continues in the seventeenth entry in the Liaden Universe®...
by Christie Meierz | Nov 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Over on Blog Without A Name, author Sharon Lee makes some very good points. Read what she has to say here.
by Christie Meierz | Nov 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
It was 1973. I checked out a book from my junior high school library because it had an interesting cover and took it home to get sucked into a story about a female character who had some kind of adventure taking a ride in the past in someone else’s memories....
by Christie Meierz | Nov 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Nothing like talking about sex at 10am on Sunday morning. Wearing Purple: Female Writers of a Certain Age was a blast. My own conclusion is that having your kids leave home is the ultimate aphrodisiac, and who said sex after 50 isn’t hot, anyhow? The Future of...
by Christie Meierz | Nov 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
My Saturday morning panel, They Aren’t Out There After All, was loads of fun. The rest of Day 2 was spent trying to convince the hotel that the heat in my room was out again. Day 1 actually turned out pretty much like I predicted, except for fighting with the...
by Christie Meierz | Nov 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve got a panel at 11pm this evening, so I thought I’d write up my Day 1 summary ahead of time, cuz I’m probably going to be too tired after midnight. Unless I’m at a party. Does PhilCon have parties? (We’ll find out!) Around 3 or 4 this...
by Christie Meierz | Nov 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m going to PhilCon this coming weekend, and here’s my schedule as of 10/31/13: Fri 11:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three (1 hour) “THEY SAID WHAT ABOUT MY BOOK!?” MISLEADING OR EMBARRASSING BLURBS [Panelists: Stephanie Burke (mod), D.L. Carter,...
