All right, even I am having difficulty at times keeping up with all the news, so if I repeat something here, it just means you’re paying attention, well done, here’s a cookie! Soon I have to leave the glories of Alba for the um, gories? of Albany. Alas. Which means I have to figure out…
Category: weird stuff
Biscuits & Pillowman
Short fiction: there’s something fun about it. An idea from head to page in a flash and then — at least sometimes — on to publication. Here’s my story “Biscuits” that I wrote for a contest. I got it back with the note that while some of the judges had voted for me I did…
Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V: Penda’s Fen
Big birthday wishes to my li’l brother, Bertie. He wouldn’t want me posting a picture that was not pre-approved or artfully touched up, so I will refrain from posting that pouty school photo from when he was about seven… Much as I might be tempted. Today’s overlooked A/V owes a big thanks to Mr B,…
Know-vember: The Other Marko
Jeez, now we’re doubling up on entries! Where were you folks at the beginning of the month? I know, I know, everyone’s a last minute Charlie. I couldn’t get Marko to do the question thing, but his evil twin Bizarro Marko AKA Pony Boy has given me his responses. He’s one of the handful of…
Know-vember: Todd Mason
Todd, of course, shows up here frequently whether as a fellow participant and sometime host of Friday’s Forgotten Books and the host of Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V or just as one of the regular kibitzers. He’s on the left in this picture from a family wedding. 1. What’s the first thing you do upon waking in…
Know-vember
Ah ha! I woke up with an idea this morning to do another round of interviews on the blog (inspired by Alan Partridge of course). I’m always taken aback when I realise how many of my friends don’t know each other — not surprising I suppose with my globe-trotting ways, but I always seem to…
Readercon: Of Tin Foil Hats
Among the events today was the Tin Foil Hat event, where strange theories were floated as possibilities. As you can see, one intrepid panelist actually produced a tin foil hat, too. It was a “you had to be there” kind of event. Many theories both bizarre and plausible were floated. My own consisted of the…
Are You Anybody?
I had a rather surprising piece of mail this week, that made my head spin around for a minute and then re-read the message. I’ve been invited to be a keynote speaker. Huh? Me?! Apparently so. It’s the eleventh annual Craft Critique Culture Conference at the University of Iowa next April. You can see this…
Publications: The Last Ant and High Plains Lazarus
Good news of late: two rather difficult to place items both found homes. “The Last Ant” is a short humor piece than amused me to no end, but apparently bemused a number of editors who turned it down flat. I am an acquired taste, as always. It will be appearing in a future issue of…
K. A. Laity 