Sasquan was my first Worldcon, and it turned out to be quite the doozy for this first-timer. When we arrived on Thursday, the place wasn’t on fire, but smelled and looked like it. The nearby wildfires in central Washington were sending up smoke, and the wind conditions blew that smoke right across and into Spokane….
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kitchen remodels are base and evil; also expensive.
I have a post about Sasquan and the events of last weekend in the works, and there’s a lot to tell. But it’s not quite done yet because I’ve recently discovered a new form of Introvert Hell: house renovations. Right now, we are having the kitchen remodeled completely. That includes gutting the old kitchen down…
book deal news.
Minions! I have news for you. You will like these news if you’re the kind of person who likes good Frontlines news. Item the first: 47North has bought my next THREE NOVELS in one package deal. This will mean a.) two more Frontlines books after CHAINS OF COMMAND, and b.) a new book that will…
happy fun car.
I used to ride motorcycles. When I met Robin back in Tennessee, I owned a Kawasaki Ninja 250, dubbed “Happy Fun Bike” because it was, well, happy and fun. Alas, when we started having kids (and I almost got cleaned off the bike twice in the span of a week by inattentive drivers), I decided…
in the eye of the husband of the eye of the cow.
Comment spam–usually annoying, but occasionally amusing, in a “Cylon hybrid random stream of consciousness babbling” sort of way. Here’s the latest: What i don’t realize is in reality how you are now not really a lot more neatly-preferred than you may be now. You are so intelligent. You recognize therefore considerably when it comes to…
“be a space marine” update.
Thanks again to all of you who donated to the Semper Fi Fund to get a slot in a Spaceborne Infantry squad in Frontlines #4. I’m happy to report that I managed to slot everybody who made a donation into a squad position in the Ass-Kicker Platoon featured in Frontlines #4, CHAINS OF COMMAND. (In…
GRRM read “angles” and didn’t hate it.
In the wake of my Hugo withdrawal, George R.R. Martin picked up “Lines of Departure” a while ago and had some pretty nice things to say about it. It must have entertained him enough to move on to “Angles of Attack”, which he considers to be better than “Lines”, an assessment shared by quite a…
convention schedule for (the rest of) 2015.
I just got back from Readercon, which was perfectly lovely and fun. Being in New England, Readercon is sort of my home convention, and I go every year to reconnect with friends and keep up the annual traditions we have developed over the years. When I was there, I realized that I had not mentioned…
i went to europe, and it’s still there.
You may not have seen me around on the blog or social media these last few weeks. That’s because I went on a two-week trip to Europe, from which I just returned a few days ago. I had some novel research to do in various places, and the German edition of TERMS OF ENLISTMENT was…
avian squatters.
These little guys are currently costing me $5 a day. We rented a huge dumpster for our long-overdue major spring cleaning and attic junk culling. It costs a flat amount up front that includes the fee for dumping all the trash, and then $5 per day for every day we keep the dumpster beyond the…