Updates

Got to see all kinds of good friends this weekend at the Nebula Awards Conference, and met some new people as well. Arly Sorg was so kind to introduce me to some cool folks: he has an incredible memory and said some nice things (about everyone!) in his introductions. SFWA is doing amazing work, and the Board is super-organized and active. Touched base with Mary Robinette Kowal, who met Heather at the workshop they both attended this spring. Lots of great panels.

So I finally finished going through the line edits and critique suggestions for my novel, and there are some suggested tweaks that are really going to make this book AWESOME! Thanks so much to Sandy, Jeff and Adria for a super-professional and supportive critique!

Thanks, Randy McCharles for your thrice-annual Writers in the House: this is the first one I have been able to make in about a year, but it was super-productive. I finished the outline for my third novel in the Addicted to Heaven series, including a scene list (each with a “because” or “why now” attached), timeline and information. Lots of back-and-forthing to make connections among different plot threads and characters. It’s ready to use!

“For a Rich Man to Enter” is out on Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show! Yay! AND!!! It has its own art work! Happy dance!

I love going to the Calgary Young Writers’ Conference each year. Today I had two great groups of kids to teach, and got to see old friends–writers–that I don’t necessarily see on a regular basis. The convention committee is really well organized and it runs so smoothly every year. A highlight.