Iiiiiii…have been meaning to post, and just not doing it because I’ve been working, and don’t want to distract myself from work. But! I got an extension on the book so I’m going to take a minute to do a short blog. I went to Eastercon the last weekend of March, and it was WONDERFUL, but I haven’t had enough time to blog about it. Hopefully next week when I’m done with this book, which… I’m ALMOST done with the 6th Dublin Driver book. There I was, 60K into a…
Let’s see. Friday I had a 10:30am thing, which I know because I couldn’t have breakfast with the family. Oh, yes, it turned out to be what Geoffrey Landis said might have been the most fun he’d ever had at an ICFA panel! laughs It was a panel with myself and Kate JohnsTon, moderated by Novella, and Kate read an incredibly funny piece from the point of view of a genetically engineered modern T-Rex who was very, very horny, followed by two more very funny pieces, after which I read…
Ok, I’m going to try an actual con writeup here, before I forget everything. We got into Florida on Tuesday evening, collapsed into bed around 11pm, got up at 8am, and as I kept telling people all week, “I’m doing really well right now, but as of about 6pm, I make no promises for the rest of the evening!” Which was pretty prophetic: I hit a wall hard around 6pm every night, but also usually had a dinner or other activity planned, and since I can keep going forever as…
I’ve developed the bad habit of watching stupid little “styling” reels on FB, very few of which are any good at all. This last one was “what I thrifted vs how I styled it” – literally a shot each of the dress, jewelry, handbag & boots, which she then…put on. There was no ‘styling’. Why do I do this. I mean, in this particular case, it was actually a good look. She’d made good choices. But I think ‘styling’ is a wild overstatement for what she was doing. I was…
The Hugo nomination window ends on, I believe March 9th. I am eligible in the following categories for 2024’s awards: ~Best Novel~ Witchmaster (The Guildmaster Saga #5) by C.E. Murphy ~Best Novella~ Somebunny to Love (The Virtue Shifter series) by C.E. Murphy writing as Zoe Chant ~Best Series~ The Guildmaster Saga by C.E. Murphy The Virtue Shifter series by C.E. Murphy writing as Zoe Chant ~Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (Not a Hugo)~ Witchmaster (The Guildmaster Saga #5) by C.E. Murphy I’d also like to suggest: Best Editor…