Category: News update

Mermaid’s Hook can now be read over at Apex magazine. I sold this story around the time Leonard died and wrote the story just after Clarion, so the proceeds will go towards the Leonard Pung Memorial Scholarship. It’s an honor to be part of this issue. It’s full of writers I admire AND non-fiction that…

Wow, Emerald City Comicon, I love you. It’s hard to write about. I’m exhausted, I’m overstimulated and shattered, I’m happy, I’m teary, I don’t know how to write about you. 1. Cosplayers Wow, they were a wonderful part of the atmosphere and performance art experience of the convention. I loved the diversity, the creativity, the…

When I was at Readercon, Nicole Taylor and I battled with public transport (slow slow bus in the burbs and then navigating America’s oldest subway system) to see Amanda Palmer do a ninja gig that was her audition tape/first practice for the TED talk. It’s amazing to see how she developed and honed her talk…

Emerald City Comic Con is here! It’ll be great to see folks and be overwhelmed by all the great comics (artists’ alley ftw). I’ll be working at the Rat City Roller Girls booth on Friday until 5.30pm, on Saturday from 4pm until close and maybe other times too (I like being behind a booth). Come…

Hi all, travel seems to knock the stuff out of me these days, but I’m getting my equilibrium back. Sorry Portland, I feel like you’ve been short changed and I should have blogged about you more, you were grand! Portland The Portland trip was a lot of fun. It made me want to make sure…

I made it, but forgot to share it. I think it’s rather nice. Cultivate and maintain the beginner’s mind. I won’t be becoming a Zen Buddhist, although I must thank various buddhist/taoist texts as well as marshal arts instructors for giving me this vocabulary and encouraging this practice. I will be trying to maintain joyful,…

I’m glad I spent an hour getting my calendar in order (even if it’s a little bit scary to see September filling up). Dear Ms Moon shall be performed on the stage for the first time on January 26 in Portland – I must book bus tickets! I love what the Pulp Stage did with…

Yesterday was a nice, gentle, thinkey kind of practice from Mike Hammer. I certainly felt more graceful afterwards. A big takeaway is that I need to work on my left foot in crossovers. I kick back when I should be pushing sideways. Which might have been feedback I’ve heard before (certainly I try to avoid…

I make my own war paint.

Last night on my way to crit group I joked that I wished I’d brought a flashlight and pocket knife. West Seattle doesn’t do much in the way of streetlights. I have a flashlight app on my phone that works rather well and I used it extensively last night. It may have got me into…