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...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 15, 2015 | Guest Post
How do you make an alien alien enough without making them too alien? SFR author Jael Wye has some thoughts on that topic in our second guest post. Edit: I apologize for any delay in approving comments; I have a family member in the hospital and I’m spending the...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 14, 2015 | SF Conventions
Confluence is Pittsburgh’s local science fiction convention, so of course I’m going! Here’s my schedule: Friday, July 24 9pm Confluence for Introverts Mars KT Pinto (moderator), Mike McPhail, Christie Meierz, Brea Ludwigson Convention-going advice...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 7, 2015 | Guest Post
Starting this month, I’m hosting guest articles! To start us off, my first guest is author and Geek Mom Corrina Lawson, on how to create balance when you’re writing powerful characters. Balance. Readers always need it in fiction. A protagonist has to be...
by Christie Meierz | Jun 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
You may have noticed the new look. This blog has moved to WordPress, where it can be attached to my official website. This will take some getting used to on my part; I spent an embarrassing 5 minutes figuring out how to log in with sufficient privilege to post....
by Christie Meierz | Apr 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
In a typical year here in Pittsburgh, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. This year, the “out like a lamb” memo seems to have been waylaid. April, however, which also came in like a lion, might have stolen the memo; the weather beans call...
