We're back, baby!
I think I friended everyone who commented on my previous post. It's all very 2002, isn't it? Still the best way to get lots of comments on LJ is to bring up the subject of LJ friends. If I've forgotten...
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My grandfather has died.
The last picture with my grandfather, in the days after my wedding. He is on the far right of this photo.My poor papou has died. He was maternal step-grandfather, but was a blood relation paternally;...
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Sunday catch-up
I think I friended everyone now.Here's a good pic and story of my grandfather, from my cousin's partner's Facebook:Sorry I missed most of you at Norwescon. Between obligations, I mostly just retreated...
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Some junk
Thanks for all the condolences. I won't be going down for the funeral, which has to happen right away for both logistical and liturgical reasons, but will be attending the mnemósynon in about forty...
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"Flytrap" Magazine Re-Debut Event with editors Tim Pratt & Heather Shaw and contributors MeganArkenberg, Aislinn Quicksilver Harvey, Jessica May Lin, Nick Mamatas, Dominica Phetteplace, and Sarah...
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Here is a Storify Story of some tweets from my sister on the occasion of our grandfather's passing.Yesterday, I was Google-Hangout interviewed by the Lovecraft EZine. It's here on YouTube now. There's...
View ArticleWorld Horror schedule
Am I not retired? I am, but The Last Weekend just came out, plus Portland! Anyway, I'll be at World Horror next week, the 8th through the 11th. Here is my schedule:THURSDAY8:00 PM - 9:00 PM...
View ArticleJust in time for May Day
The Marxist Internet Archive, a website devoted to radical writers and thinkers, recently received an email: It must take down hundreds of works by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels or face legal...
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Weekend and More
Dare I try to write a daily life post?Let's see—my friend was in town so I had an excuse to try Pathos, which is the sort of semi-fancy place beloved of Berkeley: small menu, a teensy bit showy, next...
View ArticleAll You Need Is This Comic Book!
It's release day for my first graphic novel, the dayjob assignment All You Need is KILL, which I adapted from the novel (and soon to be big movie) by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Art by Lee Ferguson! (If you...
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But first, a moment of woo-hoo before the action begins: the queer Poe anthology Where Thy Dark Eye Glances has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award. It includes my story "Eureka!", which is...
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The mass market paperback of Edge of Tomorrow came within 150 copies of being the number one science fiction novel in the country, according to Bookscan this week. If you've not bought it and are at...
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Phew!
New version of Livejournal! Luckily, I found the "Switch Back to Old Version" button right away. I really recommend pressing that button.Anyway, Oliver has always reminded me of someone. Obviously,...
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Science Fiction
For years people have cried out, "Save us!"From what?"From Orson Scott Card! From Hitchhiker's Guide! They've been the bestsellers for decades!"But you like those books. That's why you keep buying...
View ArticleEdge of Tomorrow
I'm going to the New York premiere of Edge of Tomorrow, which promises to be semi-exhausting as I am going to Tampa this weekend. There are no direct flights from the Bay to Tampa, so Saturday and...
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My grandmother, who has dementia, was thrilled to meet her great-grandson for the first time yesterday, all seven first times she met him. She was also very upset the three times she asked where her...
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As detailed earlier, there's been a lot of travel. A week ago, to Tampa. Monday, back to Cali. The baby held up extremely well. On Tuesday, Olivia's students—all of whom either have AS or other,...
View ArticleJay Lake
Jay Lake and I were not close friends. Friendly acquaintances. We worked on a book together—the anthology Spicy Slipstream Stories—and after the first publisher fell through, he actually wrote checks...
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