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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 |
