The YA steampunk novel from Martha Wells (Books of the Raksura), published by Strange Chemistry, does something that nowadays is absolutely extraordinary: its main character, a teenage girl, does not have a love interest. I repeat: This is a YA fantasy without a romance. Where’s the confetti? This deserves confetti! Read more…
So Patrice, what do you do at these cons, anyway? Well, I: Go to panels Talk on panels Visit the dealer room Buy books because…dealers are pushers Sign books Read from my work That’s level one of a convention. Level two is meeting with friends in the hallway and giving Read more…
In a word: overwhelming. I think there were several thousand more people than the last time I went, a few years ago. Jessica Reisman and I drove down on Friday and got in, got our badges, ate something, and did a turn around the dealer room. Then she went to Read more…