I'm grateful the editors took a chance on the piece. Very curious to see where the publication goes from here.
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2014 was a great publishing year. Looking back, I'm proud and still in shock. I can only hope 2015 will be even a little bit as fantastic.
For poetry, special thanks to Adrienne Odasso for taking "The Liar's Charm" at Strange Horizons, Elise Matthesen at Apex Magazine for publishing my poem, "Sleep Lives Inside the Bed," and Shweta Narayan and Rose Lemberg at Stone Telling for giving "To the Creature" a lovely home. To John Benson, thank you for accepting Death Defying Stunts to your wonderful Not One of Us.
Also, as previously mentioned, I've begun my monthly New and Noteworthy Short Fiction column at Fantastic Stories with Warren Lapine, Jay O'Connell, and Robert Davis.
You all are fabulous to work with.
This year, I want to keep going and keep pushing forward. You get nowhere without taking risks.
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Arisia 2015 popped up fairly quickly this year, if feels like! I've been busy with work and my social life at the holidays tends to become all-consuming.
Below is my schedule, ending with a killer reading line-up with Sonya Taaffe, Adrienne Odasso (linked above, too), and myself on Sunday. Very exciting!
The Legend of Korra (Fri, 7pm) Marina 1
The third season of “The Legend of Korra” found the show finally starting to live up to its potential and expectations, with mature storylines and character development. It also saw Nickelodeon removing the show from the air and only streaming it online. We’ll discuss the changes on both fronts in this panel about one of the better and more diverse cartoons on the air.
Juliet Kahn, Donna Martinez, Rubi, James A. Wolf (m)
Speculative Fiction: The Year in Review (Fri, 10pm) Marina 2
What books, short stories, and poetry have we read this year? What trends and patterns have emerged in the genre?
Morgan Crooks, Tegan Mannino (I'm moderating!)
Marvel Cinematic (and TV) Universe, 2015 (Sat, 7pm) Marina 1
In 2014, we saw Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America: The Winter Soldier deal with global corruption, while Guardians of the Galaxy took on Thanos and Ronan. As this panel takes place, we’ll have Agent Carter on TV, with a Netflix Daredevil show hitting in May. We’ll talk about where this increasingly complex and connected universe goes from here, and how things are looking after the last year.
Kevin Cafferty, Ed Fuqua, Elektra Hammond, Shira Lipkin (m), Heather Urbanski
Poetry Reading: Gillian Daniels, Adrienne Odasso, Sonya Taaffe (Sun, 4pm) Bulfinch (3W)
If you can make it to the con this year, I hope to see you there!
