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,...
by Christie Meierz | Nov 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
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...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
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...
