And while I’m at it and not talking about writing (I am very busy editing the time travel romance story, thank you very much, and thanks to my critiquers it’s coming together nicely), I’d like to point out that the yogurt shop murder case is still going on. At this point, the victims will never receive justice. The murderers will never be punished. The evidence and the trial has been tainted by bad police work, Read more…
Even before Neda Soltan was gunned down and became the face of the Iranian protests, you had to have noticed the women taking part in the demonstrations. They were there in their headscarves and burkas, their exquisite faces showing in defiance of the religious police (just as Middle Eastern men have cornered the market on physical beauty, so have the women). An NPR reporter said that they were in many cases braver than the men. Read more…
Friday 9-10 pm. Religions in SF. The use and representation of religion in science fiction. Patrice Sarath, Kandy Jarvis, Linda Donahue, C. J. Mills Saturday 9 am – 12 pm. Writers Workshop. Saturday 3-4 pm. Reading. Sharing a reading time slot with Bradley Denton. Saturday 5-6 pm. Autographing, with Kimberly Frost and Martha Wells. Sunday 10-11 am. West Sidhe Story: Fairies in Urban Fantasy. The fairies in today’s urban fantasy bear little resemblance to Tinkerbell. Read more…