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Labor Day Thoughts
Sep. 2nd, 2013 10:19 amWestville
I ended up with more keyboard time then I expected, most of which was used to write the climax of my space-opera WIP Pamelas Ghosts. (Go me!) Here in downstate Illinois, we didn't have as much rain as they did in Chicago, and what we did have came late in the evenings, so it didn't interfere with daytime plans, but it was damned hot. The weather has broken just in time for the parade.
Hugos and Worldcon
In other news, I see John Scalzi won a best novel Hugo (link goes to the whole list). As I predicted, the novel race was between Redshirts and 2312. Neither were top on my list, but at least the winning novel had a plot and action. I checked, and a certain dudebro had no comment on Scalzi's win. I suspect that won't hold.
Poor Seanan McGuire had to be a bit upset - five nominations and only one win, that in the fancast category. I think her best shot had been in the novella category, but there she seems to have cannibalized herself by having two entries. Still, she's young and a prodigious writer, so we'll be seeing her name again.
I also see that Spokane won the 2015 Worldcon slot, and that Montreal is bidding for 2017. Looks like I'll be in Spokane in two years, and my snapshot preference for 2017 is Montreal. I'm also hopeful that KC gets the 2016 nod - the Concom are good people and downtown KC is a good spot for a con. (Airport sucks, but you can't have everything!)
I ended up with more keyboard time then I expected, most of which was used to write the climax of my space-opera WIP Pamelas Ghosts. (Go me!) Here in downstate Illinois, we didn't have as much rain as they did in Chicago, and what we did have came late in the evenings, so it didn't interfere with daytime plans, but it was damned hot. The weather has broken just in time for the parade.
Hugos and Worldcon
In other news, I see John Scalzi won a best novel Hugo (link goes to the whole list). As I predicted, the novel race was between Redshirts and 2312. Neither were top on my list, but at least the winning novel had a plot and action. I checked, and a certain dudebro had no comment on Scalzi's win. I suspect that won't hold.
Poor Seanan McGuire had to be a bit upset - five nominations and only one win, that in the fancast category. I think her best shot had been in the novella category, but there she seems to have cannibalized herself by having two entries. Still, she's young and a prodigious writer, so we'll be seeing her name again.
I also see that Spokane won the 2015 Worldcon slot, and that Montreal is bidding for 2017. Looks like I'll be in Spokane in two years, and my snapshot preference for 2017 is Montreal. I'm also hopeful that KC gets the 2016 nod - the Concom are good people and downtown KC is a good spot for a con. (Airport sucks, but you can't have everything!)
