12.31.17 Arisia 2018 Schedule
Come find me at Arisia in Boston over MLK Weekend in 2018! Here’s my schedule: Friday, Jan. 12, 11:30pm – 12:45am (Bulfinch) Author’s Late-Night Writer’s Cafe Night owls … is the Muse talking, but you can’t go back to your room? Bring your laptops and tap away at your keys, building wonderful worlds and heart-wrenching…
Read More11.20.17 Answers to Award Season Stupid Questions: Kenneth Branagh orients us about Hercule Poirot’s mustache
One of the more wonderful aspects of award season is I get to ask all of the weird questions of directors, writers, producers and sometimes actors about things that often have nothing to do with the reason I got them on the phone. Here’s the first in what I’m hoping will be an ongoing series…
Read More11.10.17 Fame, Fortune and Fifteen (Dollars)
Excitement! Fame! Fortune! OK, well, mostly just excitement. And “fame” if you don’t mind it in quotation marks. And fortune … well, if $15 counts. But I’ll take it! A couple quick updates I wanted to share with y’all, so no one can say they are not in the loop. I’m No. 2! I’m No.…
Read MoreWorld Fantasy Convention 2017
Thursday, November 2 3:30 p.m. Reading WR – ExecSalon 3 I will be reading from a short story or a novel! Saturday, November 4 2 p.m. Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading WR – ExecSalon 4 More reading from me, along with fellow Broads E. C. Ambrose, Elizabeth Crowens, Ellen Denham, J. Tullos Hennig, Paula S.…
Read More09.18.17 Was Sterling K. Brown Robbed at the Emmy Awards … Despite Winning One?
Overall, the 69th Annual Emmy Awards felt like it was doing its level best to underscore diversity on Sunday night. Virtually every set of presenters featured a person of color, or two in many cases; in addition there were several honors that went (most deservedly, but deservedly isn’t always what decides these things) to people…
Read More9.07.17 NYRSF Reading in Brooklyn – Randee Dawn and Cassandra Khaw
In case you missed my New York Review of Science Fiction reading with Cassandra Khaw on Wednesday, September 6, you can now view the whole thing in living color via Livestream! Alas, it doesn’t seem that I can embed it here, but just click through and you’ll do fine! https://livestream.com/thecommons/NYRSFr-170906-Dawn-Khaw/videos/162389753?t=1504759038325
Read More9.05.17 Warning: It may not be the information you seek
Beware anyone who comes after your right to learn. Your right to hear opposing notions. Your right to be among those who see the world differently than you do.
Read More8.21.17 ‘The extent to which you do not see racism does not negate its existence’
Not that this is the definitive answer to any of what is going on in our country today, but I wanted to preserve and share this particular exchange I had on Facebook recently with someone who’d replied to a post a friend shared. Yes, I succumbed to a bit of “somebody on the internet is…
Read More7.27.17 ‘Eyes forward, and beyond’: How to parse the attack on trans military
The attempt to ban transgender people from the military is not to be ignored. But as with anything this administration does, it’s important to think about the why, the why now, and the underlying motive. As we all know, one key MO for this administration is to obfuscate and throw up shiny objects in the…
Read More7.26.17 Read my story ‘The Visitors’ in the new issue of Fantasia Divinity
Huzzah! My story, “The Visitors,” can now be read at Fantasia Divinity, as part of their July 2017 issue. Thanks to editor Madeline Stout, who saw the beauty in the tale. A sample: Tales tumbled from Ma’s mouth like ripe fruit from a summer tree. She would pierce each one open with her voice, sending…
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