A conversation on Sunday with a couple of writer friends over brunch led me to think about my goals and aspirations. One author said that his goal was to sell a few books and entertain people. He was not as interested in awards or writing the kinds of books that win awards; too lit’ry, he opined. What do I want? I want to write books that entertain people AND win awards. I want a rocketship, Read more…
Note: This blog post from August just up and disappeared; Luckily, I was able to recreate it because my blog also posts to my Goodreads page. If someone could tell me why WordPress does that, because this has happened to me before, I’d love to hear it. Note the second: And at this point I read the anthology and truly enjoyed the poem that kicked off this journey and the rest of the stories. I Read more…
It might have been the best kept secret of WorldCon. There was an entire track about NASA, the astronaut missions, working in aerospace, asteroid detection, and more. I didn’t get a chance to see as much as I would have liked, of course. Shuttle and Science Astronaut Cady Coleman gave a talk on her missions and showed video of everyday life on the International Space Station. She also spoke on another panel about women in Read more…