A new Miss Bennet

The Unexpected Miss Bennet has come out in a large-print edition, and once again, the cover is lovely. I was given a few copies so here is your chance to win a copy that is easy on the eyes, both literally and figuratively. Tell me in the comments what you think of the three covers of Miss Bennet and I’ll pick a winner from the answers.

Armadillocon-Saturday and Sunday

I have total con brain but I will do my best to make this sound coherent. Starting from the end, Sunday afternoon my final panel was Private Space Development. With two NASA employees on the panel we had a far-ranging discussion of the commercialization of space travel, including the recently announced plans for asteroid mining (which I blogged about for the day job over here) and the proposed Mars colony reality show. One of the Read more…

Armadillocon 34: Friday night

From Twitter: After 2 pretty stupid #armadillocon panels, thanks to @PatriceSarath for moderating a thoughtful panel on writing strong female characters. Well, it’s what I strive to do. Armadillocon this year started at the pizza lunch at Mangia on Friday afternoon. I took off from work and had lunch with about 15 other congoers including organizer Lawrence Person, Steven Gould, Fred Stanton, Urania and Cynthia Fung, and a host of others. Mangia pizza is pretty Read more…