The First SF Book I Ever Read

The First SF Book I Ever Read

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....

PhilCon 2013: Day 3 – Back to the Present

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...

Time Warp: PhilCon Day 1

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...

PhilCon 2013

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,...

Star Trek: Into Improbability

Last night, we had a family movie night upstairs and finally watched the latest Star Trek movie, Into Darkness. First, I was a little confused, when the final credits rolled, as to what darkness we were talking about. Second, well, spoilers. Click on the thingie...

NaNoWriMo? Nah.

Lots of folks are gearing up for NaNoWriMo, aka National Novel Writing Month. According to the website, there are over 200,000 people registered. Thatsa lotta books. I’m not one of that 200,000+, and I feel guilty for some strange reason. Not that I feel some...

Point of View

I’m trying a new thing in Farryn’s War: limiting myself to two point-of-view characters, and writing alternate chapters in each. As much as I like to head-hop, this is a challenge. I have to rein myself in and NOT write a scene from some interesting minor...

RIP

No one likes to talk about the death of a child.I learned that the hard way, by losing one and then finding that no one wanted to hear about it. Thirty years ago today, I lost a ten-month-old son to congestive heart failure. He was born tiny and sick, and he never...