Updatery

And...here we are again, with a surprisingly peaceful start to the summer semester. Honestly, I've been stood up 3 times today, and I don't mind. I thought I should get caught up here a bit while I had a chance. So, let's do a few posts.

Writing: I'm working hard, still, on getting the stupid out of my novella. And by the stupid I mean two things: all those silly typos that I always make and some logic flaws. Two readers have been instrumental in helping me find them, and I'm sure I'll still find some more when I comb through the darned thing ONE MORE TIME. The logic flaws? Well, the internal logic of the story isMike Underwood and will be writing the lioness share of my novel over the course of my vacation. I will be a writing machine! And upstairs and outside, people will be working on my house. Yay? But I want that first draft to be done by Detcon. I would like to have something to talk to agents and editors about.

Health: Man, running last night was easy. I was stunned. I mean, it is only orienteering on the Wii, so it's not like I'm training for a 5K, but I feel so much better. At this point, still needing to lose 51-53 pounds, depending on the day, you may not notice when you see me at cons, but the quality of my life is much, much better, even at this level of things.

Paradise Icon: Almost got the planning for this in hand. I'm waiting for a flier, and then the usual promo will go up.

So, Wiscon. This weekend. Next post=Wiscon pre-game.

Mirrored from Writer Tamago.

Wiscon Pre-Game!

I'll be at Wiscon this weekend, from Friday through Monday. I'll be happy to kibbitz with old friends and new, show off my 20-pound lighter self, talk writing, and buy lots of books that I'll probably take another year to get to. I'm excited to be involved in 3 events.

Event the first: Cultural Grammar of Experience.

Essentialisms aside, one's culture(s) creates a particular context of experience and understanding of the world. There is a grammar of seeing and perceiving that comes from being from a specific culture." One of the many things that inspires Hiromi Goto in her writing is her Japanese culture. References to Japanese folk legends and myths, inclusion of non-translated Japanese words in the text, are some ways that Goto destabilizes a reading that refuses to be "exotic". How have other writers of colour and Indigenous writers included their cultures into their speculative fiction tales? In what kinds of ways?

This I'll be on talking about student culture and the sub-cultures I've been involved with, plus making commentary on glowing examples of literature that meet these criteria. I also hope to talk about the creative writing efforts of some of Kirkwood's community of second-language writers.

Event the second: Clockwork Lasercorn

Come see us read at Michelangelo's on Sunday!

Event the third: The Sign-Out

What we do at the end of Wiscon.

In three short days!

Mirrored from Writer Tamago.