Daily Archives: February 10, 2011
How I’ve Been Spending My Evening
Posted on February 10, 2011 47 Comments
Standing on a giant scale so that the people running Capricon 31 could find out what my weight is in Coke Zero cans. The answer: 204 cans, or for those of you with metric inclinations, 76.5 liters. A measurement of 76.5 liters is henceforth to be known as a “Scalzi,” as in “Your dad is […]
In Chicago(land)
Posted on February 10, 2011 15 Comments
And here is the obligatory “photo from the hotel window” to prove it. Beyond you see the majestic 294 West freeway, and the parking lot for the mall which has attached itself to the Westin Chicago North Shore, which is where I am because that’s where Capricon 31 is, for which I am author Guest […]
The Big Idea: Karen Mahoney
Posted on February 10, 2011 14 Comments
Folklore has tropes and tales that it comes back to again and again — but today’s readers are a discerning lot, and it takes more than reheating a trope to engage them. How to mine the trope and yet make it fresh is a subject on author Karen Mahoney’s mind, and today she talks about […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying