Here’s some stuff that’s definitely worth checking out:
Clarion South survivor and fellow Adelaidean L.L. Hannett has just released a deliciously creepy story into the wild, “Their Own Executioners”. This can be found via this link at Chizine: http://www.chizine.com/their_own_executioners.htm
And fresh from the recent Worldcon, Laura Goodin has just posted a very thorough and quote-worthy account on how to moderate panels at SF conventions. This is a great survival guide, and something I wish I had read before my first stint as a panel chair*: http://lauragoodin.blogspot.com/2010/09/moderating-con-panels-introduction.html
*This unfortunate event was marred by the fact that one of my poor panellists broke their ankle the morning of the panel, and that something much cooler was going on next door. Sigh.
Many congrats to this year’s winners of the Ditmar and Hugo Awards! A great year for SF and Australian SF in particular, and it was great to see many folks I admire walking away with well-deserved trophies. Congrats to everyone of course, but special kudos go out to Peter M Ball, Cat Sparks, Robert Hood and Paul Haines, you bunch of magnificent bastards.
A real shame I missed the party in Melbourne, looks like the Worldcon was great fun 🙁 sigh. Apparently a bunch of mags and anthos got launched on the weekend, and I’m watching my mail-box with bated breath, especially for the Fisch-based zombie kangaroo that graces the cover of ASIM #46.
So here I am, unpacked and somewhat caught up on sleep. I have returned from my epic adventure to the USA and honestly? My head is still spinning from the awesomeness of the week just gone. I figure it’s best to just get everything down as I think of it; I know I’ve always enjoyed reading the accounts of previous WOTF winners, and found it inspiring. I’d read these posts and put my head down, determined, sending these guys one solid story every quarter. Perhaps someone will find this account helpful, somewhat amusing, or a cautionary tale. I’ve littered this account with what photos I had the presence of mind to take.
(I know it’s traditional for many folks to recount their WOTF experience day-by-day, but that’s not how I roll. It’s all melded together at this stage anyways)
Caught between a rock and a Hard Rock place…given the opportunity of a lifetime I still managed to squeeze in the odd tourist moment.
Once more I stand on antipodean shores, and the Writers of the Future week is officially over. And what a week it was! I had the time of my life. Still feeling a bit jetlagged, and there are many things I shall retrospectively blog about, but I need to rest, collect my thoughts, and get some photos off my camera. In the meantime, the awards ceremony itself can now be viewed online – for your convenience, here tis!
Not sure where my speech is exactly in this clip, but it’s towards the end of things. What an incredible night! More soon.
