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ladybusiness2025-07-08 12:36 am
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Let's Get Literate! July 2025 Hopefuls
Well, I made a reading list last month...how did I do? ( Read more... )
Mely (coffeeandink) wrote2025-07-06 08:44 am
coffeeandink) wrote2025-07-06 08:44 amGhost Quartet (Green-Wood Cemetery, 7/28/25)
Ghost Quartet is a band: Dave Malloy on keyboard, Brent Arnold on cello, Gelsey Bell and Brittain Ashford on various instruments, and everyone providing vocals. Ghost Quartet is a song cycle, a concert album performed semi-staged, a mash-up of "Snow White, Rose Red," The One Thousand and One Nights, the Noh play Matsukaze, "Cruel Sister", "The Fall of the House of Usher", the front page photo of a fatal train accident, and a grab bag of Twilight Zone episodes. The ghost of Thelonious Monk is sometimes invoked, but does not appear; whisky is often invoked, and, if you see the show live, will most certainly appear. "I'm confused/And more than a little frightened," says (one incarnation of) the (more-or-less) protagonist. "It's okay, my dear," her sister/lover/mother/daughter/deuteragonist reassures her, "this is a circular story."
Once upon a time two sisters fell in love with an astronomer who lived in a tree. He seduced Rose, the younger, then stole her work ("for a prestigious astronomy journal"), and then abandoned her for her sister, Pearl. Rose asked a bear to maul the astronomer in revenge, but the bear first demanded a pot of honey, a piece of stardust, a secret baptism, and a photograph of a ghost. (The music is a direct quote of the list of spell ingredients from Into the Woods.) Rose searches for all these ingredients through multiple lifetimes; and that's the plot.
Except it is much less comprehensible than that. The songs are nested in each other like Scheherazade's stories; you can follow from one song to the next, but retracing the connections in memory is impossible; this is less a narrative than a maze. Surreal timelines crash together in atonal cacophany; one moment Dave Malloy, or a nameless astronomer played by Dave Malloy, or Dave Malloy playing Dave Malloy is trying to solve epistemology and another moment the entire house of Usher, or all the actors, are telling you about their favorite whiskies. The climax is a subway accident we have glimpsed before, in aftermath, in full, circling around it, a trauma and a terror that cannot be faced directly; the crash is the fall of a house is the failure to act is the failure to look is the failure to look away.
There are two recordings available. Ghost Quartet, recorded in a studio, has cleaner audio, but Live at the McKitterick includes more of the interstitial scenes and feels more like the performance.
In Greenwood Cemetery, there were three slightly raised stages separated by batches of folding chairs, one for Dave Malloy, one for Brent Arnold, and one for Gelsey Bell and Brittain Ashford, with a flat patch of grass in the center across which they sang to each other, and into which they sometimes moved; you could sit in the chairs, or on cushions in front of the first row, or with cheaper tickets you could sit in the grass on the very low hills above the staging area, among the monuments and gravestones, and, presumably, among more ghosts. The show started a little before sunset; I saw a hawk fly over, and I could hear birds singing along when the humans sang a capella. It was in the middle of Brooklyn, so even after dark I couldn't see stars; but fireflies sparked everywhere.
sanguinity (sanguinity) wrote2025-07-05 10:37 am
sanguinity) wrote2025-07-05 10:37 amEntry tags:
[heron fic] Hegesistratus
Been reading a lot of Herodotus lately. The flight of Hegesistratus made me think of Ewen.
...now back to finishing Book IX before book group tomorrow!
Hegesistratus (100 words) by sanguinity
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Jacobite Trilogy | The Flight of the Heron Series - D. K. Broster, The Histories - Herodotus
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Ewen Cameron
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Drabble, Angst
Summary:Ewen Cameron, lame and hunted after his escape at High Bridge, remembers his childhood daydreams.
...now back to finishing Book IX before book group tomorrow!
gwynnega (gwynnega) wrote2025-07-04 03:27 pm
gwynnega) wrote2025-07-04 03:27 pmEntry tags:
hey baby, it's the Fourth of July
I think this is the first 4th of July that I've gone to a protest. Today's Los Feliz protest was smaller than the No Kings one, but still sizable and raucous. Many motorists honked their support. (At one point there was an "ICE OUT! LET'S GO!" chant to the tune of "Blitzkrieg Bop.") I'm so glad I went. Afterwards I stopped in at Skylight Books, which had a signboard outside reading: "BRING THE HEAT. F*CK ICE."
Now I'm listening to X's See How We Are, as is my 4th of July tradition.
Now I'm listening to X's See How We Are, as is my 4th of July tradition.
catherineldf (catherineldf) wrote2025-07-01 08:18 pm
catherineldf) wrote2025-07-01 08:18 pmEntry tags:
Sales and other updatey things
Spent the weekend peddling books at TC Pride and it was a....LOT. Hot, sporadic rainstorms (with a big one overnight that trashed some folk's tents) and other wackiness. Full writeup here. Short version: terrible location, lower sales than last year, a state funeral next door with all that goes with that, primo people watching, good chats, nice folks and TC Pride in all its gigantic glory. Also, vendor pals gave me a piece of really tasty homemade coffeecake and Alexa (my assistant) is a champ.
The other cool thing that happened was that the Queen of Swords Press reissue of the classic gay fantasy, Point of Hopes (Astreiant #1) by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett, won the Midwest Book Award from the Midwest Independent Publisher's Association! Very pleased about this. Hopes was our third title to be a finalist for these awards and is now our second award-winning title after The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater, winner of a Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collection. :-D
2 days left on the Pride StoryBundle! Melissa and I got a really great lineup this year and we've raised $770 for Rainbow Railroad so far. I might add that the proceeds from this will also be a nice help to the participating publishers and authors, including my own press, and that, seeing as I will be unemployed by Thursday, my half of the curator's fee will help cover my travel expenses for Readercon which would be super helpful. If you're in a position to get one and it looks appealing, maybe pick one up?
The Summer/Winter Smashwords Sale has also kicked off today and you can get a great deal on Queen of Swords Press titles, including my own books. This is traditionally a solid sale for us and it means that I can pay myself more this month if it goes well. Also, speaking of sales, the audiobook for my second Wolves of Wolf's Point novel, Blood Moon, is on sale right now through 7/15. The narrator that Tantor hired is really good - I've been enjoying listening to her reading my books while I get regrounded for/in Book 3.
What am I going to do for the next couple of weeks? Honestly, rest. Write. Read. Get caught up on projects like the developmental editing class I paid to take online...last year. Clear some stuff out of the house. Put some things up for sale. Spend time with people who I've wanted to see for quite a while. Spend some time with my kitties (I don't think Shu will be around a whole lot longer). Can I afford to retire? Alas, no. But I have got to unglue from the ceiling and the last 8 months of this job have been toxic with a cherry on top. I will need to start job hunting soon after I get back from Readercon though and possibly exploring other areas of endeavor if IT has dried up for me so lots of uncertainty ahead. In the meantime, if you are in a position to support me recovering for a bit, consider pledging the Patreon and buying a book or two. I also have a Ko-fi and will be more active out there soon. Stay tuned! More updates ahead.
And hugs to everyone who needs them.
The other cool thing that happened was that the Queen of Swords Press reissue of the classic gay fantasy, Point of Hopes (Astreiant #1) by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett, won the Midwest Book Award from the Midwest Independent Publisher's Association! Very pleased about this. Hopes was our third title to be a finalist for these awards and is now our second award-winning title after The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater, winner of a Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collection. :-D
2 days left on the Pride StoryBundle! Melissa and I got a really great lineup this year and we've raised $770 for Rainbow Railroad so far. I might add that the proceeds from this will also be a nice help to the participating publishers and authors, including my own press, and that, seeing as I will be unemployed by Thursday, my half of the curator's fee will help cover my travel expenses for Readercon which would be super helpful. If you're in a position to get one and it looks appealing, maybe pick one up?
The Summer/Winter Smashwords Sale has also kicked off today and you can get a great deal on Queen of Swords Press titles, including my own books. This is traditionally a solid sale for us and it means that I can pay myself more this month if it goes well. Also, speaking of sales, the audiobook for my second Wolves of Wolf's Point novel, Blood Moon, is on sale right now through 7/15. The narrator that Tantor hired is really good - I've been enjoying listening to her reading my books while I get regrounded for/in Book 3.
What am I going to do for the next couple of weeks? Honestly, rest. Write. Read. Get caught up on projects like the developmental editing class I paid to take online...last year. Clear some stuff out of the house. Put some things up for sale. Spend time with people who I've wanted to see for quite a while. Spend some time with my kitties (I don't think Shu will be around a whole lot longer). Can I afford to retire? Alas, no. But I have got to unglue from the ceiling and the last 8 months of this job have been toxic with a cherry on top. I will need to start job hunting soon after I get back from Readercon though and possibly exploring other areas of endeavor if IT has dried up for me so lots of uncertainty ahead. In the meantime, if you are in a position to support me recovering for a bit, consider pledging the Patreon and buying a book or two. I also have a Ko-fi and will be more active out there soon. Stay tuned! More updates ahead.
And hugs to everyone who needs them.
sartorias (sartorias) wrote2025-07-01 10:03 am
sartorias) wrote2025-07-01 10:03 amEntry tags:
Robert and Gracia Fay Ellwood
I think one or two old Mythies might still be reading here; at any rate, these old friends had been on my mind this spring. Came back to discover that they died a week apart at the end of May/beginning of June.
They met in the very early sixties at the U of Chicago, where both were studying. Robert was a bit on the spectrum; he said, and he stuck with it, he would never date anyone who couldn't read and love Lord of the Rings, which had blown him away when it came out. In retrospect I don't even know how he stumbled across it because to my later knowledge of him he didn't read fiction. Maybe he thought it was a northern saga when he stumbled on the first volume? Anyway, his field was religion and Japanese literature, and I remember him sitting in his rose garden reading copies of ancient Japanese texts for pleasure.
She was also blown away by it, but not especially by him. But he'd fallen hard for her, and when she also loved LOTR, he wasn't about to give up. They married around 1963, I think; by the time I met them in 1967, they were living in West LA, he a professor of Religious Studies at USC. They used to host many meetings of the early Mythopoeic Society; he'd disappear while she socialized with us gawky teens. She was a great role model for us; she was a scholar, married to someone who respected her brains, which was tough to find during the mid and late sixties.
I was on hand to deliver both their kids, now middle-aged. He married my spouse and me in 1980. They became Quakers later; they were firm pacifists and human rights advocates.
Time is just so relentless! But they used theirs well, living gently and kindly, always loving beauty, grace, and laughter.
They met in the very early sixties at the U of Chicago, where both were studying. Robert was a bit on the spectrum; he said, and he stuck with it, he would never date anyone who couldn't read and love Lord of the Rings, which had blown him away when it came out. In retrospect I don't even know how he stumbled across it because to my later knowledge of him he didn't read fiction. Maybe he thought it was a northern saga when he stumbled on the first volume? Anyway, his field was religion and Japanese literature, and I remember him sitting in his rose garden reading copies of ancient Japanese texts for pleasure.
She was also blown away by it, but not especially by him. But he'd fallen hard for her, and when she also loved LOTR, he wasn't about to give up. They married around 1963, I think; by the time I met them in 1967, they were living in West LA, he a professor of Religious Studies at USC. They used to host many meetings of the early Mythopoeic Society; he'd disappear while she socialized with us gawky teens. She was a great role model for us; she was a scholar, married to someone who respected her brains, which was tough to find during the mid and late sixties.
I was on hand to deliver both their kids, now middle-aged. He married my spouse and me in 1980. They became Quakers later; they were firm pacifists and human rights advocates.
Time is just so relentless! But they used theirs well, living gently and kindly, always loving beauty, grace, and laughter.
Elizabeth (the delinquent, ecumenical) (hermionesviolin) wrote2025-06-30 10:05 pm
hermionesviolin) wrote2025-06-30 10:05 pmEntry tags:
culture consumed (June, 2025)
The last few months (March, April, May) I keep just posting a draft private-locked because I get overwhelmed trying to write up something or other from the month. But I think I managed a publishable June one.
film
books
live music
tv
***
Currently Reading:
[bff book club] Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction by Shira Hassan (with Foreword by adrienne maree brown & Introduction by Tourmaline) (2022)
Changelings: An Autistic Trans Anthology edited by Ryan Vale and Ocean Riley (2023) -- a trans-masc and non-binary anthology, though apparently Extraterrestrials, the trans-fem and non-binary anthology they worked on next, is in fact in progress (I reached out to Ryan over the weekend, and he said, "We are currently in the editing stages and are hoping to publish by the end of 2025.")
Reading Next:
As mentioned above, potentially more of the Amelia Temple books (the Beneath Strange Lights sequels).
This month I definitely leaned into some less brain-heavy reading, and I think that will continue. I got a bunch of queer YA and some trans memoirs from the library, since that was the closest I could figure out to what my brain was wanting.
I'm gonna be traveling for most of July and don't have much book club reading for that month. Though I also have a week until I travel, so I can't actually save all my library books for my travel -- plus I'm not in transit that much, so I shouldn't over-expect how much reading I'll get done in transit.
my one book club book for July:
[July 30 "June" DEI book club -- Pride Month] The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (2020) -- YA fiction, graphic novel, gay son of Vietnamese immigrants
and for August:
[Aug 10 feminist sff book club] Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (2023)
[Aug 14 local library rainbow book group] The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy (2024) -- my suggestion! (and The Transfeminine Review 2024 Reader's Choice Award winner for Outstanding Fantasy -- and shortlisted for TFR’s Best Transfeminine Fiction of 2024 Award)
[Aug 22 work book club] Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao (2025)
[edit: I have not actually asked if we wanna do DEI book club in August. June's meeting got pushed to late July because of people's vacation plans, so I'm imagining we'll punt August and just do September. It doesn't feel like it makes sense to try to discuss August plans when people's being-around overlaps so little, since it would then be a very long asynchronous conversation process.]
So I will definitely potentially try to do some book club reading during my travels since my August is front-loaded with book clubs (and the first two August book club books are both kinda long).
film
As mentioned [in the private-locked May entry], I got a virtual pass for NewFest Pride (May 29 - June 2).
- Heightened Scrutiny
A riveting documentary that sees ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio, veteran journalists, and unwavering activists show strength and resistance in the face of an actively unfolding story around anti-trans legislation
I'm glad I managed to see this film before the Skrmetti decision dropped, because I think it would have felt a lot harder to watch it afterward.
From the intrepid filmmakers behind the groundbreaking DISCOLURE, this riveting documentary traces the arc of an epic legal battle alongside a revealing breakdown of anti-trans mainstream media bias. Follow Queens-based ACLU attorney, father, and cat lover Chase Strangio – the first out trans person to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court – as he strategizes to fight a 2023 Tennessee state law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, with a consequential decision expected in June 2025.
Resistance and logic are key as veteran journalists and activists – along with Strangio – lucidly dismantle distorted, panic-inducing rhetoric and collectively respond to the shocking complicity hard-won trans rights being rolled back. HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY compelling captures the timely fight against anti-trans legislation all the way to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court and provides a powerful call to action for bodily autonomy, civil rights, and truth. - I was bummed that Enigma didn't show up as available for me in the virtual pass, even though it was originally listed as included in that pass. I know the film fest indicated that due to licensing agreements, virtual screenings could also "sell out," so it's possible that happened? But I would have thought it would say that -- rather than just not showing up at all. I guess I could have tried to reach out at someone at the festival about it, but apparently I was not that invested.
books
- skim-read 4? picturebooks
- After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti by Edwidge Danticat (2002)
- [June 11 climate change book club] The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton (2022, speculative fiction)
- read Abby 7 picturebooks -- many of which we were disappointed by
- We both really liked Abolition is Love (written by Syrus Marcus Ware and illustrated by Alannah Fricker, 2023), though.
- [June 12 local library LGBTQ+ Book Group] Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: a memoir by Curtis Chin (2023)
- Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens (2024) -- YA urban fantasy (from the "Most Anticipated Queer Young Adult Fiction: January-June 2024")
- [zine] Being Trans in Philosophy Issue #0
- Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline (2025)
- On Community by Casey Plett (2023)
- Beneath Strange Lights by Vivian Valentine (2023)
K.J. Charles' review says, in part: "Our Nancy Drew team, battling 1950s America as well as the SSOO and the tentacles, is made up of a young Black woman, a white lesbian, and a part-Lovecraftian-horror trans girl, which is what I call diversity."
Turns out there are 2 more books in the series so far (and the author says, "Don't worry, there will be a new book next year!"). So near the end of reading Book 1, I ordered Books 2 and 3 on Bookshop.org.
- The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation by Raquel Willis (2023) -- black trans woman memoir
live music
- Kinsey Scales Pride Concert 2025! at my local library with Abby
🏳️🌈 Come join us at the Medford Public Library for our free annual Pride Concert! 🏳️🌈
Yes, they legit did an a cappella arrangement of Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name." (It was the last song before the intermission, and they warned people that they might wanna take their kids out to intermission early.)
Saturday, June 21st, at 4:30pm
The theme of this year's concert is POWER! We will be performing a cappella arrangements of music from artists like Rage Against the Machine, Diana Ross, and many more, centered around reclaiming power and celebrating strength in community.- Masking is strongly encouraged
- Be advised that some songs may not be appropriate for small children
See you there! 🌈🎶
A bunch of the songs are conversations, and I thought the acting was particularly good in "The Wedding Song" from Hadestown (though generally good overall).
tv
- Ironheart episodes 1-3 with Abby
It's the new Marvel mini-series -- starring the black woman MIT student who has a part in the second Black Panther movie. The first 3 episodes dropped last Tuesday, and we watched them over the weekend. The next 3 episodes drop tomorrow night, and we'll probably watch them separately (Abby left town tonight for some travel, and we won't see each other for over 2 weeks -- and we'll first see each other while visiting my family for a few days).
***
Currently Reading:
[bff book club] Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction by Shira Hassan (with Foreword by adrienne maree brown & Introduction by Tourmaline) (2022)
Changelings: An Autistic Trans Anthology edited by Ryan Vale and Ocean Riley (2023) -- a trans-masc and non-binary anthology, though apparently Extraterrestrials, the trans-fem and non-binary anthology they worked on next, is in fact in progress (I reached out to Ryan over the weekend, and he said, "We are currently in the editing stages and are hoping to publish by the end of 2025.")
Reading Next:
As mentioned above, potentially more of the Amelia Temple books (the Beneath Strange Lights sequels).
This month I definitely leaned into some less brain-heavy reading, and I think that will continue. I got a bunch of queer YA and some trans memoirs from the library, since that was the closest I could figure out to what my brain was wanting.
I'm gonna be traveling for most of July and don't have much book club reading for that month. Though I also have a week until I travel, so I can't actually save all my library books for my travel -- plus I'm not in transit that much, so I shouldn't over-expect how much reading I'll get done in transit.
my one book club book for July:
[July 30 "June" DEI book club -- Pride Month] The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (2020) -- YA fiction, graphic novel, gay son of Vietnamese immigrants
and for August:
[Aug 10 feminist sff book club] Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (2023)
[Aug 14 local library rainbow book group] The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy (2024) -- my suggestion! (and The Transfeminine Review 2024 Reader's Choice Award winner for Outstanding Fantasy -- and shortlisted for TFR’s Best Transfeminine Fiction of 2024 Award)
[Aug 22 work book club] Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao (2025)
[edit: I have not actually asked if we wanna do DEI book club in August. June's meeting got pushed to late July because of people's vacation plans, so I'm imagining we'll punt August and just do September. It doesn't feel like it makes sense to try to discuss August plans when people's being-around overlaps so little, since it would then be a very long asynchronous conversation process.]
So I will definitely potentially try to do some book club reading during my travels since my August is front-loaded with book clubs (and the first two August book club books are both kinda long).
sanguinity (sanguinity) wrote2025-06-28 09:10 am
sanguinity) wrote2025-06-28 09:10 amFederal Funding Update, the NPR version
Pursuant to yesterday's (locked) post where I discussed federal public health funding:
'Where's our money?' CDC grant funding is moving so slowly layoffs are happening (NPR)
God, that's eerie, to see NPR saying the same thing I was saying.
The grants mentioned in the article are all national in scope, btw: it's everybody who's not getting these grants, not just Texas or North Carolina. These grants aren't flashy or sexy, but they absolutely save lives.
'Where's our money?' CDC grant funding is moving so slowly layoffs are happening (NPR)
God, that's eerie, to see NPR saying the same thing I was saying.
The grants mentioned in the article are all national in scope, btw: it's everybody who's not getting these grants, not just Texas or North Carolina. These grants aren't flashy or sexy, but they absolutely save lives.
catherineldf (catherineldf) wrote2025-06-27 10:27 am
catherineldf) wrote2025-06-27 10:27 amEntry tags:
Readercon schedule, TC Pride and more!
It's Twin Cities Pride this weekend and I'm headed in to do some preliminary setup this morning. It's been raining for days, with some more expected this weekend and 3 of the interstates are closed - what could go wrong? No, don't answer that. At any, Queen of Swords Press will have a table in the Queer Writes Test/Zone (called different things on the map), space #496. I'm "between jobs" (out of work/taking a short break) as of 7/3 so if you can't make it to Pride and are up for buying a book or two, now would be a great time. Library requests help a lot too!
Readercon 34 - I will be attending (please buy a Pride StoryBundle if you can! My half of the curator's fee is funding my trip cash for July and these are some great books. We're also raising money for Rainbow Railroad too!). My schedule is here and I'm on everything from small press publishing to aging in sf to erotica and horror to doing a reading. Looking for ward to it! Will I see you there? Let's get a meal/snacks.
I am also adding an October trip to Iowa City on 10/11 to accept a posthumous Laura Young Award for Jana from Guild of Bookworkers at their Standards Conference. That will be something of a whirlwind, but if you're in the area, breakfast on Sunday could be a thing.
I have a Seattle Worldcon schedule but it doesn't look quite baked yet. I also apparently promised a debut reading of Blood Moon, (Wolves of Wolf's Point #3) from some months back when I had 10K words...then had to revise and reset in a different character's head. Apparently, there will be a lot of writing in the next couple of weeks to get some things ready for readings at both cons!
Readercon 34 - I will be attending (please buy a Pride StoryBundle if you can! My half of the curator's fee is funding my trip cash for July and these are some great books. We're also raising money for Rainbow Railroad too!). My schedule is here and I'm on everything from small press publishing to aging in sf to erotica and horror to doing a reading. Looking for ward to it! Will I see you there? Let's get a meal/snacks.
I am also adding an October trip to Iowa City on 10/11 to accept a posthumous Laura Young Award for Jana from Guild of Bookworkers at their Standards Conference. That will be something of a whirlwind, but if you're in the area, breakfast on Sunday could be a thing.
I have a Seattle Worldcon schedule but it doesn't look quite baked yet. I also apparently promised a debut reading of Blood Moon, (Wolves of Wolf's Point #3) from some months back when I had 10K words...then had to revise and reset in a different character's head. Apparently, there will be a lot of writing in the next couple of weeks to get some things ready for readings at both cons!
Hello, Ladies (helloladies) wrote in ladybusiness2025-06-26 10:24 pm
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Sidetracks - June 26, 2025
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catherineldf (catherineldf) wrote2025-06-24 07:51 pm
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How am I viewing my looming unemployment, you ask?
Well, I'm hella tired. So sleep and doing odds and ends are looking very appealing. Also writing and editing. I'm signing up for various workshops and classes and just came across a developmental editing class that I signed up for...a year ago. I should probably finish that. In a couple of weeks, I will be looking for editing, teaching, speaking, writing gigs, but I definitely need to recharge a bit. Let me know if you're interested in my sundry nonIT skills. For the IT end of things, my contracting company will keep looking and the very large healthcare co. that currently rents my services has expressed interest in having me back in another capacity so we'll see if anything works out there. In the next couple of weeks, I have vending at Twin Cities Pride this weekend (500,000+ people, 3 day marathon - come see us at the Queer Writes Tent in Loring Park!), the Inbound Book Fair for Grownups in 2 weeks (4-5000 people last year, 2 day marathon - come see us at the Fairgrounds in the Education Building!), followed immediately thereafter by Readercon (my schedule is lit!). Then back for a couple of weeks, then off to Seattle for Worldcon. Somewhere in there, I will freak about money if I haven't figured something out, but I also figure I've been planning for this for the last year and if I don't seize the moments where I can, when will I?