yuki_onna , aka Catherynne M. Valente, author of The Orphan’s Tales , is suffering from a sudden and sharp Expedia-related financial crisis . She also has a donation button . (Scroll down to the bottom.) (Crossposted to SarahPin.com , Dreamwidth , and LiveJournal . You can leave comments at whichever.) ( Dreamwidth crosspost : comments )

There's so much to say about WorldCon, but I thought I'd briefly mention the Rhysling Award Ceremony. Although it wasn't well attended (we didn't do a good enough job at getting the word out, we were up against Neil Gaiman, and the WorldCon grid listed it as a "Rhysling Award Panel"), it was wonderful to actually be able to present the awards in person. I began by talking a bit about the Rhysling...

yuki_onna , on making a slight change of genre: "I've been trying to think, since about January, when I wrote Golubash for the Federations anthology , of a good analogy. A swimmer competing in the long jump, or an equestrienne suddenly riding an elephant. But in the end, the best way I can think of to tell you about switching from fantasy to SF is... It's like switching to Vista. Look,...

So I'm going to make things worse for myself (see what I mean?) by posting about some new Clockwork Phoenix 2 reviews. (There's actually a pretty big thing started up that I've just set in motion, but I'm going to wait until a time when more people are reading to blog about it. Although you might be able to figure out what it is if you're paying attention.) SF Site published TWO reviews of...

Things bound in Fairyland: Wings. Changelings. A Panther. Marids. One Heart. The Lonely Gaol. A Room Full of Clocks. The Way In. The Way Out. The pygmy Wyverary ( Wyvernus libris, ssp. parvus ) is a very rare creature, infrequently sighted in the back stacks of the Municipal Library of Fairyland (see: The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland by Catherynne M Valente) and other great repositories...

Science lectures, Abney Park, cool links and sparkly fairy business. Just look below... Attention science geeks! There will be a series of science lectures in Seattle this fall. The lectures are jointly sponsored by the Pacific Science Center and the University Bookstore. learn more over on our sister blog , including more about the guest lineup and where to get tix! And the steampunk gods, Abney...

when I opened live journal today this community was in the spotlight onaleopard  it should most definitely be something you check out.  discription: Fans of novelist Catherynne M. Valente (aka yuki_onna ) flock to this community to discuss the latest chapter in her online novel, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making . later when I have more time I will...

Updates from our sister blogs plus a lot of NWSFS events coming up - there's a social tomorrow (Aaarrrgh matey!) plus the joint NWSFS- norwescon meeting Sunday plus an outing to see the Muppet Exhibit at the SFM! Oh, and a lot of author updates too. These newsbytes came courtesy of our sister blogs: *IMAX goodies at the Pacific Science Center - wizards, robots, cocktails and more! *A...

Okay, so I was perusing my F-list yesterday, and I came across this blog entry of Catherynne M. Valente. I was watching the author of Eat, Pray, Love talk about writing on YouTube the other day. About demystifying writing, to be specific. It was great--right up until she ran full-speed into the wall of the most mystifying of writerly myths, one that sends me up the wall and around the block...

Once in a while, the internets throw me a gem. Thanks to LJ Spotlight, I just stumbled upon a most wonderful story: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. It's by this lovely woman, yuki_onna , and I highly recommend it. One of my very favorite books is the Phantom Tollbooth, and this story reminds me of it in strange and wonderful ways. It's brilliant piece...