The reigning Grand Dame of Science Fiction, Anne McCaffrey is known to many as “The Dragonlady.” To me, she is the permanent resident of at least two entire bookshelves crammed full of cherished (and often re-read) titles. I leapt at the chance to interview this fascinating woman who has done more in her 81 amazing years on this planet…
his month, Genre Chick Alethea Kontis puts on her best cowgirl hat and learns how to wrestle sandworms from real-life superhero Kevin J. Anderson. Whether master of ceremonies, mentor, or writing machine, this “Mister Anderson” is always at the top of his game. ********************************** New York Times-bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson is a fantastic guy and a machine, all…
Here it is — I still can’t get used to it. Imagine this picture with ten feet of trees above every piece of that back fence, obscuring the view of any other house. No one could see me from my porch. Normally, at 4:00 in the afternoon the entire lawn would be in shadow. This is what I get…
I finally had the time to get my pics together from LA and Trinoc*Con — I’ll post more of them later (or, more likely, Seamus will). But I had to share this one — I had been at the convention for maybe half an hour. I swear, it’s getting to where you can’t take me anywhere…without having to call…
I think I’ve had more comments and emails than I’ve ever had for any other post before — thank you all so much for the tremendous support. I can’t say how muh I appreciate all your advice and input and love. It was sorely needed. I had no idea how physically ill the removal of a bunch of scrubby…
I got back from LA at 2am. I had told my boss I was going to sleep and come in late this morning. So I was making breakfast, when I looked out my kitchen window…and just about passed out. While I was gone, sometime over the last 5 days, the Electric company cut down all the trees behind my…
Maurice‘s wife Sally put these great pics on her blog, along with a fabulous write-up of the weekend. Chesya & the gurney Out the front door
Top Ten things overheard at Mo*Con II: 1.) “Everyone is the hero of their own story.” –Maurice Broaddus 2.) “There are no heroes in my stories.” –Wrath James White 3.) “It doesn’t matter where they get their appetite, as long as they come home for dinner.” –Becca Hay 4.) “I grew up going to hell.” –Brian Keene 5.) “…and…
The ambulance just left. Again. I have GOT to get some sleep. It’s probably a really good thing we’re all going to church in the morning.
The first time I saw Patrick Rothfuss, he appeared on my desk, cloaked all in black, with one of the largest post-it notes I’ve ever seen plastered to him. The novella-length sticky was handwritten from the publisher rep specifically to me, gushing about how this new guy was the greatest thing since sliced bread and would I pleasepleaseplease read…
My dark retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little…
I’ve been a lot of things in my life,…
I’ve been waiting for over ten years to finally…
