I’m a week out from BayCon and going through my last minute panic rituals. It involves a lot of comments along the lines of “Oh thank God! It fits!” as I work on the last minute details of my costume. I’m also making so many lists of things I need to get done before I […]
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I’m back online. I haven’t devoted much time to writing over the last two weeks. I have been writing a little every day, but most of the time has been devoted to preparing my costume and researching for my panels for BayCon 2016. Speaking of which, my schedule is — Costuming With Nontraditional Materials And
I had a fun weekend at FOGcon, hanging out with friends and making new ones. There were a few times where I had to hold back my inner fangirl and remember that I was there as a professional. Oh, who am I kidding. I fangirled. I also met a lot of new people, all of
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I’m working on my schedule for this year. “By working on” means that I’m preparing to ask for those days off of my day job. This is tricker than it sounds because I work for a private utility reporting to a state agency. There are days I cannot ask for off due to when reports
So last week I wasn’t very good at time management. I completely blanked out that Con-Volution is this weekend. I’m not a guest this time, but I will be participating in the Masquerade I have to make a few modifications to my Maleficent costume and make sure that the music and costume description are ready
This week I haven’t gotten much done, and yet I’ve accomplished a lot. My word count for this week is in the toilet. I know I won’t be reading my minimum average word count of 500 words per day this month. Part of that is due to me being physically burnt out after Worldcon and
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I went to my first Worldcon this year, and it will not be my last. Because my friend Jennifer Carson has access to a vacation rental in Klamath Falls, I decided I would make this a two week vacation. This involves, I kid you not, about six months of prep work making sure that Mom
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I’ve been running around like crazy getting ready for WorldCon. I’m at the point of preparations where I question why I do this when it takes so much work to get ready for a vacation. On the plus side, I do have the latest draft of Chaos Wolf finished and out to my beta readers.
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In mid August, I will be driving to Spokane to attend Worldcon. In addition to attending panels and hanging out with awesome people, I will be participating in the Masquerade. I’ve got a lot I need to get done before I go — make sure the Klingon costume is properly packed, prep music and documents
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I spent the last weekend at BayCon, participating on panels and in the Variety Show. It was a blast. This convention I use as time to meet up with friends I only get to see two or three times a year. I will spend time with Melissa Snark, Elanor Hughes, Denise Tanaka, Jennifer Carlson, Arley
