Toni and Katie and I spent the day on horseback riding above the rim of the Wai’pio valley on Kona. Â The lunch stop was a lovely spot with a waterfall, a lovely pool, and benches to sit on. Â There were only three family groups on the ride – us, a Japanese family who did not …
Just wanted to close the loop on this one. Â Clarion West – and the write-a-thon – are both finished now. Â In total, the write-a-thon raised over $20,000 for the program, which is fabulous. Â So no matter whether you sponsored me or another writer, thanks for the support! Â It will go to a great cause. I …
Well, I’m reduced to my portable computer at the moment. Â My Sony all-in-one gave up the ghost yesterday morning and refused to turn on. Â No, I didn’t lose any writing files – I back those up. Â But I decided I needed my email badly enough to pay to get it transferred (I could do this …
I’m safely back from Wellspring, where a good time was had by all. Certainly, by me. I loved meeting the other participants, my foot allowed a little more walking than I expected (yeah!! Getting better is good). I managed to get out two stories….so that actually meets the story promise for the write-a-thon. I won’t …
Wellspring continues to be fabulous.  Last night, we read at the Hopleaf Bar in Chicago – a lovely event that Bill Shunn put together for us.  Six of us each did short pieces and Bill read a poem.  Every reader got ovations, and the beer (or cider in my case) was great!  The next to …
Okay – so I’m almost 2,000 words into the story, and a little bit stuck. Â I need a bridging event to get me from the set-up to the end. Â So I decided to stop for this check-in and let my hind-brain work on it. Â There are a few more writing hours today, anyway. Crit on …
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Well, this is officially part of the Clarion West write-a-thon. Â At the moment. I’m in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, at the first full day of the Wellspring writing workshop. Â So like the Clarion students, I’m trying to learn and write and socialize and adjust and get used to new sleeping quarters all at once. About half …
I’m one of many participating writers in the Clarion West write-a-thon. My personal page for the write-a-thon lists my goals. I usually sponsor writers, but don’t actually participate. This year Nisi Shawl asked me so nicely I agreed. This is good: external goals always push me. Here’s what I hope to accomplish: I start out …
I’m at Norwescon, and one of the panels I was on posed the question, “Can science fiction save the world?” Much discussion ensued, most of it excellent. Conclusions: Maybe. It has (think of Orwell, Bradbury, etc). It’s often the stories and books that are written with no agenda to save the world that have an …
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In case you want a break from the generally disturbing news, here is the transcript of a lovely hour-long chat I had on Twitter at the hashtag #sffwrtcht. Thanks to Bryan Thomas Schmidt for hosting an excellent event. Topics included my next book, Mayan December, writing, collaborating, and dogs. Well, you know, there has to …
