April 23rd & 24th at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, VT. I’ll be there!I’m on a couple of panels (Creating a Character and Writing a Novel.) I’ll also be presenting a magic show. There will be over 85 exhibitors; games; costumes; food, dealers — all those things that make SF/F conventions fun andContinue reading “Vermont Science Fiction & Fantasy Expo”
Category Archives: science fiction
Adventures in the Mageworlds
Not that we ever get to the Mageworlds in this story. It’s an origin story, more or less, for one of our major characters, Beka Rosselin-Metadi. It was supposed to be a light romantic romp with some bumbling criminals adding humor. A farce. And along the way she’d find her first love. That didn’t makeContinue reading “Adventures in the Mageworlds”
SR-F*ckin’-A
What shall I say about the SRA (Science Research Associates) reading program? They’re pretty darned proud of themselves. (Note: this post comes from the discussion here.) When I was young I went to St. Patrick’s Parochial School in Bedford, New York, where our teachers belonged to the Sisters of Charity. I’m sure they did somethingContinue reading “SR-F*ckin’-A”
A Minizine
The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine is very amusing. Check it out. It wouldn’t kill you to support it, either.
In the Mageworlds
So there we were in the Republic of Panama, living in downtown Panama City rather than on base. We were big science fiction fans, and there was only one importer of English language books in the country (Servicio Lewis) and they only got new books once a month, and their SF list was …Continue reading “In the Mageworlds”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 