There were two men who reminded me of my father: Leonard Nimoy and J. Robert Oppenheimer. As a teenager I conflated the three of them so much that I think I may have intertwined details of their lives and thoughts with that of my real dad. I of course came to know Nimoy through Spock, but it was never Spock that I was thinking of. It was always Nimoy. And after I did Read more…
One of the best little conventions in Texas, ConDFW 2015 was a success as usual. I got to the con late on Friday and so I missed what looked like really great programming, but made up for lost time on Saturday. This year I was tapped to do the guest of honor interview and had the good fortune to chat with Rachel Manija Brown, who co-authors YA (Stranger, Hostage) with Sherwood Smith and writes a Read more…
When a local Austin theater puts on a play about changelings, you know I have to be there. Fellow sf- fantasy author Jessica Reisman came along and we had a great time. In Changelings, playwright Reina Hardy put a slightly different spin on the tale of fairies stealing babies, and it was absorbing and fascinating, and by turns poignant and comical. Both Jessica and I agreed that we would have done some things differently (occupational Read more…