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not dead. If Gwenda actually explains what she means by such a ridiculous statement, I'll explain why she is wrong.
For those of you who do not fritter away countless days of your lives going to science fiction conventions: a panel is a discussion consisting of a few people (usually about five) sitting behind a desk in front of an audience nattering on about something for (usually) an hour.
wiscon
Posted by Justine at 18:59, May 31st, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings |
A number of people have asked if they could see the original photos
Scott and me took that were used for the cover for
Magic Lessons.
Here you go. (The majority of the photos were taken by Scott.)
Camperdown Cemetery is one of my favourite cemeteries anywhere in the world. Enjoy!
Posted by Justine at 18:39, May 31st, 2005 under Magic or Madness trilogy, Sydney/Australia |
Tonight I have managed staying awake until 2:50AM. Well, that is the time at this moment. I am bedward headed, but not quite there yet. (Shelly, I am but a sliver of my former self. Apologies.)
Things I learned at WisCon today (or, er, yesterday):
Robin McKinley and Scott Westerfeld have completely different modes of writing. Scott's is more sensible, but Robin's sounds like a whole lot more fun.
Ex-friend Mely might possibly regain friend status. maybe. If Serenity is never mentioned. Ever.
Doselle is the same age as me! And Lauren.
Good wine that costs money is way better than free cheap beer, especially when drunk with the likes of Chris & Gwenda.
Elad is a darling.
Pan Morigan is amazingly talented and, on top of ...
Posted by Justine at 3:58, May 29th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Listening |
It's 1AM at Wiscon (no, I haven't bothered to change this blog to Madison time, it's still on NYC time) and I'm about to go to bed despite the many parties raging on the 6th floor. This is because I am old now, not because I'm avoiding ex-friend Mely and her Serenity keychain of taunt.
Things I learned on the first official day of Wiscon:
Frank Lloyd Wright was crazy.
The cover of Kelly Link's new book is beautiful.
Pan Morrigan went on tour with Bobby McFerrin and she's giving a free concert here at WisCon on Saturday at 10:30PM.
Ted Chiang starts stories by writing the last paragraph first.
Maureen McHugh starts at the beginning and has no idea where she's going until she gets ...
Posted by Justine at 2:16, May 28th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings |
So here I am back in Madison, Wisconsin for the annual feminist sf convention,
WisCon. I just figured out that this is my seventh WisCon, while that's nothing compared to the folks who've come here since the very first one way back in the olden days, it's pretty damned amazing. There's no other gathering like this of any kind that I've been to that many times. Such a committment!
Not only have I been coming here since 1996, I've also been actively involved on the convention committee. First organising the academic programming, and for the last few years, the readings programme, (that is organising the writers who want to read their work aloud for the enjoyment of the rest ...
Posted by Justine at 17:12, May 26th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Listening |
I was once a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan, but then along came season seven which I disliked so much I haven't been able to watch it since. (Actually that's a lie. I had to watch it a tonne immediately after the end, in order to wrap up
essays on it for Roz Kaveney and Glenn Yeffeth. Talk about painful! Having to watch Buffy while I was in deep mourning for it. Like going to a wedding with your ex immediately after breaking up.)
Anyway, I was very reluctant to go near Firefly. I wasn't ready for Joss Whedon to break my heart again. I didn't watch for a very long time, not till it was out on DVD in ...
Posted by Justine at 17:48, May 25th, 2005 under Viewing |
So I just started this new blog thingie and now I'm going to the "leading feminist science fiction convention in the world" known as WisCon. I'll be away for a week and I haven't made up my mind whether to take my computer or not. I've taken it in the past and done bugger all work. Anyways I'm unlikely to blog, but you never know.
Here's my schedule for anyone else who's going:
Promoting Your Novel
Sunday, 2:30-3:45 p.m. in Senate B
John M Scalzi, James F. Minz, Justine Larbalestier, Eileen Gunn, M: Liz Gorinsky
Everyone knows that the vast majority of published novelists do not get sent on book tours or make appearances on "Oprah" and "Good Morning America." So what should the rest ...
Posted by Justine at 15:21, May 25th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings |
Awhile back Gwenda called on me to do this meme thingie. However,
my musings are too high-class a location for such low-brow frippery (that's right, Mely, I mock your mock!). But now that I'm slumming in blogland with the rest of youse . . .
1. The person (or persons) who passed the baton to you.
Gwenda the Spenda
2. Total volume of music files on your computer.
10.89 GB. Not a tonne . . . Haven't managed to get done ripping all my cds on account of them all being in Sydney in a storage unit. Sigh. I am missing my seventies Elvis. I surely am. And Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play the Blues. Double sigh.
3. The title and artist ...
Posted by Justine at 11:18, May 25th, 2005 under Frippery, Listening |
a blog, a real genuine blog
Posted by Justine at 1:14, May 25th, 2005 under Bloggery, Musings |
So apparently it's
de rigeur for the first entry of a brand new blog to feature the cover of the blogger's latest book. I mean, if the blogger in question happens to be a writer with a brand new cover to display to the masses, which this particular blogger does. To wit the cover for the second book in the Magic or Madness trilogy:
Colour me very happy indeed. Aside from anything else, that photo of the tree there? I took it! It's a moreton bay fig. In fact it's the fig tree just past the front gates of Camperdown Cemetery in Sydney, which cemetery makes an appearance in both Magic or Madness and Magic Lessons. The photo on ...
Posted by Justine at 0:09, May 25th, 2005 under Admin, Bloggery, Magic or Madness trilogy |
I've had a number of emails on
the agent question, some from folks wondering how the search is going, wishing me luck or offering advice, and others wondering what on earth it is agents do anyway.
Thanks for the advice and agent suggestions and all the good wishes. Much appreciated. Here's the answer to the two questions:
1) How's the search going?
...
Posted by Justine at 1:15, May 23rd, 2005 under Musings, New York City/USA, Publishing business, Writing life |
I recently parted ways with my agent. It was very amicable. She was, and is, a wonderful person, a great agent and a good friend. I'd have no qualms recommending her. She's dedicated, smart and very good at what she does. But for all sorts of reasons it didn't work out. So now I'm looking for a new agent.
Gulp. Much much easier said than done.
First of ...
Posted by Justine at 1:18, May 12th, 2005 under Musings, New York City/USA, Publishing business, Writing life |
Scott's website relaunched last night with a (
mostly) whole new look. And guess what? We did it all by ourselves!
Deborah Biancotti, who designed this site and the
Midnighters section of Scott's site, was too busy to do it, so we did it. Scott came up with a design, showed it to me, and I used my puny Dreamweaver skills to turn it into a reality that had a passing resemblance to what he wanted. And I think it looks pretty much okay. Yay us!
Of course, ...
Posted by Justine at 1:17, May 12th, 2005 under Musings, Scott's books |
fun at MSG and Books of Wonder
Posted by Justine at 1:18, May 9th, 2005 under Basketball, Musings, Sport |
what to do this Sunday
Posted by Justine at 1:19, May 6th, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Musings |
Posted by Justine at 1:21, May 2nd, 2005 under Magic or Madness trilogy, Musings, New York City/USA, Sydney/Australia, Words & Language |
Yes, this site was down for almost forty-eight hours and my jlATjustinelarbalestier.com address with it. Yes, I was tearing my hair out. And my beloved stats took quite a dip (sob). If any important mail to me was returned, you can resend now.
Even without the whole site going off air, you'll have noticed I haven't been musing a whole lot of late. And if you're a mate, you'll notice I haven't been so great about email. I've been
deadline busy,
volunteer work busy, and
travelling far too much. This month things should calm down and I should be able ...
Posted by Justine at 1:22, May 1st, 2005 under Cons & Other Gatherings, Magic or Madness trilogy, Musings |
