He died six months ago:Sunday, June 10th, 2018.He passed away at 4:27PM.It was raining outside. Tye was with him.We were all with him. The whole family was together.He was happy.Tired, but happy. He was tiredand he justwent to sleeponelasttime. Our…
My Worldcon 2018 Schedule
I’ll be in San Jose next week for Worldcon 76, and wonder of wonders, I am actually scheduled to be on some programming items! Here’s where you can find me: FRIDAY, 17 Aug 2018 SFWA Business Meeting08:00 – 10:00, 210DH…
My Norwescon 41 Schedule
It’s that time of year: I don’t know why Norwescon always falls on Easter weekend (probably some combination of hotel contracts and fannish tradition) but it’s happening again! If you’ll be there at the end of this month, here’s where…
2017 Year-End Writerly Post
It’s that time of the year when writers blog about their award-eligible works published in the last calendar year. Well, I only had one work published in 2017: If you read and enjoyed Kangaroo Too, please talk it up anywhere…
My OryCon 39 Schedule
This coming weekend I’ll be at OryCon, a science fiction/fantasy convention held annually in Portland since 1979. This year it’s at the Red Lion Hotel on Jantzen Beach. When not at the bar, here’s where you can find me (moderator…
My Can*Con Schedule
Next weekend (October 13-15) I’ll be at Can*Con, the Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature in Ottawa. And no, I am not Canadian, but they’re letting me crash their party anyway. (Thanks to my literary agent Sam…
Crazy Squirrel
There are lots of squirrels running around our apartment complex. Sometimes we throw peanuts out onto our back patio for them to eat. We try not to do it while they’re watching, because we don’t want them to get the…
Waypoint Kangaroo is an Endeavour Award Finalist!
ICYMI last weekend: my debut novel is one of this year’s finalists for the Endeavour Award, “for a distinguished SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY BOOK written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.” Hearty congratulations…
Kangaroo Cocktails
As you know, Bob, space tourism features pretty heavily in both of my Kangaroo books: the first one takes place mostly on an interplanetary cruise spaceship, and the second book sees Kangaroo going undercover as a civilian on the Moon….
Waypoint Kangaroo is a Locus Award Finalist!
This pleasant surprise appeared in my inbox today (email truncated): http://www.locusmag.com/News/2017/05/2017-locus-awards-finalists/ I’m flattered that enough people voted for Waypoint Kangaroo to put it in the top ten for the first novel category, and I’m honored to be listed alongside these…