Balticon 2011 Day 2: The Durian Tasting

I attended the first two days of Balticon 45 this weekend, and it was nice to be able to attend another convention so quickly on the heels of the fantastic Nebula Weekend. Most of Friday night I spent in the bar after enduring a horrific 4 hour drive over the space of a mere 50 [...]

Balticon, Day 1: The bar

Because of the traffic from hell, I missed the first couple of panels I wanted to see. By the time I finally got up to the convention hotel, I needed a drink, so I headed to the bar, which was fairly packed, found a table, and ordered a beer. Eventually, folks seemed to find me [...]

I have arrived at Balticon

I left the house at 12:45 thinking I’d get up to Hunt Valley just before 2pm and be able to hang with friends for a few hours before the panels started. It wasn’t until just before I left that I was reminded that it was a holiday weekend. Now, it’s about 60 miles from my [...]

What I will be doing at Balticon

I will be at Balticon on Friday and Saturday. I’m not on programming, but I’m there mostly to hang out with my science fiction peeps. I’ve read through their pocket program and selected some panels that I thought might be interesting to attend. Keep in mind that I might change my mind, especially if engrossed [...]

Nebula Weekend 2011, Day 3

Well, the Nebula Weekend is over for me now, but I still had a blast at the various events this morning. I arrived at the hotel at about 9:30 and ran into Allen Steele and (the Nebula Award-winning) Eric James Stone and chatted with them for a little while. Then I grabbed a quick breakfast [...]

Nebula Weekend, Day 2, Part 2: The Awards

By now, the whole world knows who won the Nebula Awards. But just in case you’ve been under a rock somewhere, the winners were: Short story: “Ponies” by Kij Johnson and “How Interesting, A Tiny Man” by Harlan Ellison (TIE) Novelette: “That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James Stone Novella: “The Lady Who [...]

Nebula Weekend 2011, Day 2, Part 1

Today started earlier than yesterday. I had the crazy notion to attend the 10am SFWA Business Meeting, simply because I’d never attended one before and I wanted to see what they are like. I’m glad I did. In addition to getting to hear all kinds of promising updates about the organization, I got to meet [...]

Nebula Weekend 2011, Day 1, Part 2

I had so much fun at the first day of the Nebula Weekend. Let’s see, where did I leave off yesterday…? Around 3pm I went to one of the hotel bars where people were hanging out. A short time later, I saw Stan Schmidt, editor of Analog walking by and he eventually joined me. We [...]

Nebula Weekend 2011, Day 1, Part 1

I left the house at 10am and made my long trek to the Nebula Weekend hotel. Okay, it wasn’t such a long trek. I drove to my office in Pentagon City and caught the Metro the rest of the way. Made it to the hotel just before 11am. Right away, I saw Steven Silver at [...]

What I’ll be doing at the Nebula Weekend

Today is the first full day of the Nebula Weekend. For my non-science fiction friends, the Nebula Awards are science fiction & fantasy’s equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are the awards that are voted on by your peers, the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. This was the first year [...]

Some upcoming appearances

I can’t seem to find a good “Events” plug-in (at least one that I like) for WordPress, so in the meantime, here are some upcoming appearances I’ll be making over the next several months. Nebula Award Weekend (May 19-22) Even if I didn’t live just outside of D.C. I would go anyway. I’ve never been [...]

Tenetative convention schedule for 2011

As I mentioned in my previous post, here is my tentative convention schedule for 2011. Obviously this can change, but this is where I am planning on being: RavenCon (Richmond, VA), April 8-10 Nebula Awards Weekend (Washington, DC), May 19-22 Balticon (Baltimore, MD), May 27-30 Readercon (Burlington, MA), July 14-17 Capclave (Rockville, MD), October 14-16 [...]

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Home and in bed. Post on Nebula Weekend, day 1 will have to wait because I am beat! #Nebs2012 6 hours ago
Ran into Stan Schmidt as I was leaving the hotel. Heading home from a fun evening at #Nebs2012 7 hours ago
Here is @Scalzi and @MykeCole in the uke. See what you are missing @scottedelman. #Nebs2012 http://t.co/9HTltEsu 8 hours ago
Just finished a fun interview with @NancyFulda for @sfsignal. 11 hours ago
Heading back to my office to park the car, and then I'll be walking over to the #Nebs2012 hotel. 12 hours ago
RT @NancyFulda: Attention VA residents: It's not too late to plan for the #nebs2012 signing session. Snag a date to impress with how man ... 15 hours ago
Heading off to get ready for the Nebula Weekend. Have some things to do first. Should arrive at the hotel around 4pm. #nebs2012 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith Some people post videos (with permission, of course). I'll see if I can find out... 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith Of course! :-) 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith It does sound fascinating and it's good a good set of panelists to go along with it. Should be fun. 17 hours ago