Wow. All done now except the closing party. I’d call this a rousing success. Highlights of the last two days: We attended a great wine social event complete with excellently interesting science people at The Wine Loft last night. I could have kept talking to them for hours. Everyone was interesting and erudite. I’m quite …
Workshops have rhythm. The rhythm for Starry Heaven starts with critiquing the beginnings of each others’ books. Beginnings matter – they are what sells manuscripts to agents and publishers, and what initiates readers into the world of the book. So we have been sitting in a large group sharing impressions of each others beginnings. Today, we move to a new …
A great morning of critiques. Excellent food. We followed that by spending the day hiking. Good thing we went today since they are going to close the forest tomorrow or the next day. The fire is still burning, and has gotten bigger. It is still not too near us, and has burned no structures, although …
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I am in Flagstaff. Arizona, at the Starry Heaven writer’s workshop. That means there are 11 of us critiquing each other’s novel manuscripts. We’ve spend months prepping, and it’s quite fun to meet in person. I knew two of the people from before, and had met a few of the others in passing. Some are …
I’ve missed mentioning multiple appearences of me and/or my work: The story, “My Father’s Singularity” is up at Clarkesworld in issue #45. Note that I share this issue with delightful Nina Kiriki Hoffman and her story is excellent. Two science fiction stories written by women in one issue, and in what is becoming the premiere …
