Sorry! It’s been something of a whirlwind here. I’ve got to say, a lot of Romantic Times would be very familiar to the habitual SF con goer. The panels are all called workshops, and there are way more women, but … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2010
It is a very different place today, but as a child going over to Riverside with my grandmother, I was afraid of the high walls and gates and big grass lawns and “barrack” type buildings of the Sherman Indian Institute. … Continue reading
Sorry last week’s post should have been August 7 August 8, Monday morning, the last day of the con. I need to make some decisions. I have the room for another night if I want, or I can pick up … Continue reading
I’ve successfully arrived at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention. The drive went fine, check-in was very organized, in fact we were the first in line. I’ve met many nice people, including my first cover model, went to first room party, … Continue reading
Have you been to any of these? I hadn’t before. Last Saturday was my first. I heard about these things back in the late nineties. Indie bands were advised to use the power of the Innanet to organize a series … Continue reading
One of the logic puzzles of the last decade was, how do you prove a vanity press is a vanity press? The outfit in question was Publish America (PA), which insisted that they rejected many ms and upheld high standards … Continue reading
Becoming a romance writer in some ways has been entering into a new world. The major themes of romance novels tend to be very different from, say, science fiction or mystery novels. On the list of the things you are … Continue reading
Guilt is the bane of the writer’s life. Part of this comes from the Writer’s First Commandment – to succeed, thou must write x words every day – and part from the ever present feeling that, financially, you’re not pulling … Continue reading
August 8, Had breakfast again with my three musketeers. They had diverse schedules and planned to head over to the SECC later than I wanted. So I walked again. Had trouble finding my panel location. They had divided the vendor’s … Continue reading