Dwelling in Probabilities - C. Lundoff's Journal

2012's upcoming readings, cons, interviews and what not (in progress--I'll add to this/change the list as more things turn up).

January:
        "Do's and Don'ts of Author Self-Promotion" - January 5th. Guest blog post on Morgen Bailey's writing blog.
        Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Event. Jan 7 -Jan 21. I did a guest post on host author K.T. Grant's blog on lesbian characters in sf/f.

February:
         "Lavender Ink: Writing and Selling LGBTQ Fiction" - February 18th, 9-noon, The Loft Literary Center. Workshop on writing and selling queer fiction.
          "Readings Goes to the Wolves" - February 18th, 4PM Eastern. Readings in Lesbian & Bisexual Women's Fiction Blogtalk Radio Show with host Lara Zielinsky and guests Naomi Clark, Nene Adams, Meghan O'Brien, Allison Moon and me talking about lesbian and bi werewolves.
             "Love Stinks: Writing Dysfunctional Relationships" - February 26th, 1:30-2:30, MinnSpec Writers Meetup, Uptown Lunds Community Room. Panel discussion with Rebecca Chesin, Sherry Merriam, Lyda Morehouse and me.

March:
        Marscon - March 9-11, Minneapolis, MN. I'll be doing local writer guest type things here, which in this case includes panels and a Broad Universe Rapidfire Reading.
        Speculations Reading Series - March 14th, 6:30-7:30PM, DreamHaven Books, Comics and Art, Minneapolis.
        Women's Reading Event - March 18th, 1-4PM, Quatrefoil Library, St. Paul. I'll be reading at the annual women's month reading, along with other local authors.

April:

May:
       Guest blog/interview on author Tracey S. Morris' blog.
       As You Were: Metal, Mayhem, Monsters - May 16, author interview for Werewolf Wednesday.
       Women and Children First Bookstore Sappho's Salon author reading - May 19th, Chicago, IL.
       Outwords Books, Gifts and Coffee, Milwaukee, WI. May 22, 7PM. Author reading.
       Whatever: The Big Idea, everywhere. May 24th. Guest blog.
        WisCon - May 25 -28, Madison, WI. Release for Silver Moon, my debut novel, at the Outer Alliance Party, plus a panel/discussion on Feminist/Outsider Cyberpunk and a reading, also with Outer Alliance.

June:
        Skiffy and Fanty Podcast - In which I talk about werewolves and Silver Moon and related stuff with hosts Shaun Duke and Jen Zink.
        Broadpod podcast - Pride Month Broad Universe podcast reading featuring Jennifer Pelland, K.T. Pinto, Julia Rios, Trisha Woolridge, Sarah Ettrich and me.
        Golden Crown Literary Conference - June 13th - 17th, Minneapolis, MN. Conference for lesbian fiction - workshops, readings and awards. I'll be moderating a panel on were creatures and shapeshifters.
         Pride Week Book Release Reading with Catherine Lundoff and Jessie Chandler - June 21st, 7:30PM. Magers and Quinn Booksellers. Mystery author Jessie Chandler will be joining me to read from her new book Hide and Snake Murder.

July:
       Broadpod podcast - Alternate History Broad Universe podcast reading featuring Jean Marie Ward, Kelly A. Harmon, Kathryn Hinds, Kathryn Villyard and me.
      CONvergence - July 5-8, Minneapolis, MN. Panels.
       #FeministSF Twitterchat - July 15th. Aging in Feminist SF and F.

August:
        Diversicon - August 3-5, St. Paul, MN. Reading and panels
       Worldcon - August 30th -September 3rd, Chicago, IL. Panels.

September:
     
October:
        Gaylaxicon 2012 - October 5th-7th, Minneapolis, MN. The conference for queer fandom. I'll be doing something in the way of programming.
        Twin Cities Book Festival - TBD

November:
         
December:
        

In the sense of being a supergrainy iPhone photo of a box of books. But it is my book and I am thrilled! :-D

Because Nature abhors a vacuum and all that. But mostly because John Scalzi will be there and I figure that if he's being kind enough to host my book for a Big Idea, the least I can do is stop by when he's in town and say "thanks." I've also been assured that it'll be more fun than the first time I went, though in fairness to the con, I was also quite sick that weekend so that certainly played a big part in how I remember it. At any rate, 4th St. Fantasy, featuring an all-star cast (seriously, check out the Attending list) - http://www.4thstreetfantasy.com/2012/programming/

Apart from that, lovely belated Mayday Parade yesterday - many kudos to Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater for pulling it together not once, but twice, due to weather conditions. I'm packing for the big trip (Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison - yes, there will be people at our house so burglars need not take note), and scrambling to get both my Big Idea and a new interview out the door. Lively days ahead!

Apparently, having a "speaker" at a Dell summit in Denmark who congratulates the (mostly) male audience on keeping women out of IT and exhorts them to tell the women in their lives, "Shut up, bitch!" is a-okay. Truly appalling description of the event - http://elektronista.dk/kommentar/dresscode-blue-tie-and-male/

Looks like it'll be fun. :-)

2:00pm

Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
Saturday, July 7

11:00am

Female SF Authors: The Early Years Margaret Cavendish and Mary Shelley. Claire Harris and Andre Norton. C. L. Moore and Leigh Brackett. Come celebrate the works and histories of these and other acclaimed female SF writers from the early days of SF (Pre-1960). Panelists: Catherine Lundoff, Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear

12:30pm

@#%@ Writers

2:00pm

The Importance of Strong Heroines Damsels in distress used to be the mainstay trope of SFF but now stronger heroines are not only in demand but even common. Why is it important to avoid stereotypes in writing women characters? Are there any limitations? What are the pitfalls? Panelists: Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Catherine Lundoff, Melinda Peterson, Tamora Pierce, Kathy Sullivan

And the rest of the schedule, which looks pretty fun: http://schedule.convergence-con.org/
They're trying for a Wonder Women theme so this could be the year to attend if you've been putting it off.

My story "Spell, Book and Candle" from my collection, "A Day at the Inn, A Night at the Palace and Other Stories" is available as a free read on the Lethe Press website (click Free Lesbian Story). http://www.lethepressbooks.com/

GCLS will be in Minneapolis this year for the first time, at the Doubletree South (the hotel formerly known as the Radisson South) on June 13-17th. The Conference focuses on lesbian literature in all genres and there are workshops with Ellen Hart and Jewelle Gomez, panels, readings and the Awards ("Hellebore and Rue" is a finalist, just saying :-). It's been an interesting and fun time when I've gone before and I'm sure this year will follow in that tradition. You can register for one or more days, buy tshirts, sign up to volunteer, check out the schedule and so forth here - http://www.goldencrown.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1265412

I'll be moderating a fun-filled discussion on lesbian werewolves and shapeshifters on Saturday afternoon, with panelists Jewelle Gomez, Megan Cooper and Carrie Devall.

Author Tracy Morris interviews me about "Silver Moon," menopausal werewolves and related topics - http://tinyurl.com/ckejugn

Been quite the week. Between the thunderstorms and mild insomnia, headaches in various degrees of intensity have been galloping through my head on an almost daily basis. The weather is so bad that Heart of the Beast's Mayday Parade got postponed until next week, which is sad on the one hand, but better for me since today's migraine was what is known in our household as an "eyeball-melter" (read: startlingly unpleasant, with upchucking) and I wouldn't have made it down there anyway. We did have a lovely brunch with friends though, once I got the pain and queasiness under control. And I'm just about done with a guest blog interview for writer Tracy Morris' blog. Tracy runs an excellent interview series and writes good stories so I recommend checking out both her blog and her work.

Apart from that, I caught The Avengers with mr-bad-example on Friday night and it was a really good time. I'm not a love-everything-he-does Joss Whedon fan, but I think this is definitely one of his hits.

Now to go try and get a few more things done before Once Upon a Time and Sherlock Holmes.

Just got my contributor's copy of "Sky-Tinted Waters" edited by Michael Merriam (Sam's Dot Press, 2012), which includes my Spectrum Award finalist story "At the Roots of the World Tree."  This is the second collection of short spec fic from Minnesota authors and well worth checking out. Http://Www.sdpbookstore.com