Quoth Og Mandino

"When an act becomes easy through constant repetition, it becomes a pleasure to perform, and if it is a pleasure to perform, it is man's nature to perform it often."

My Authorial Debut

The Thrilling Sequel

Steamcon Wrapup

Overall, daughter and I had a great time at Steamcon this weekend, as evinced by this picture by a lovely gentleman named Motobanjo (at least that’s what his email address is … I didn’t catch his badge name).

We costumed like mad, which was intensely fun, but also intensely … intense. As I’ve mentioned [...]

Steamcon II

OK, so my generalized tendencies towards kerflufflage, particularly of the monetary variety, seem to be continuing unabated, if not severely intensifying. This trend I do not like. This trend might drive a lesser woman to stomp her wee foot and take to her bed in a storm of frustrated tears. But I am made [...]

The Redonkulous Purple Dress … Photos!

I knew that the splendiferous Ellen Datlow would come through for me … she always takes the best photos! Here they are from her Flickr gallery:

This is my favorite of all the shots. You can see the hand-stitching on the bodice hem & around the buttons. And the fan [...]

Conventions 2010

Well, that’s that! I’ve made some tough executive decisions regarding how many cons I can afford to do this year. With The Native Star coming out in the fall, I figure it’s the fall/winter cons that are most important for me—World Fantasy (at which I’d *really* like to do a launch party if all [...]