I didn’t win a Hugo.
Those of you who follow this blog will know that I had a work on the Hugo ballot for the first and only time in the thirty-one years since my first published story.

“The Martian Obelisk” was on the short story ballot, and enough people went out of their way during the convention to tell me how much they’d liked it (and that they’d voted for it!) that I dared to think just maybe…

Alas for me, it was not to be. The honor went to Rebecca Roanhorse for her story “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™” which you can read at Apex Magazine. Huge congratulations to Rebecca, who also won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. What a night! And what a great way to start off a career!

Thank you, thank you, to everyone who read, supported, voted for, or just had good thoughts about “The Martian Obelisk.” You are appreciated!

The Convention
I rarely go to conventions. I attended Worldcon 76 because of the Hugo nomination and because it was an easy distance from home – a nonstop flight direct from Maui to San Jose. (That turned out not quite as planned. Ask me about it sometime.)

I’m not very good at conventions. I’m one of those who has difficulty with facial recognition and it can take me a while to work out the identity of people I’ve met before but haven’t seen in a while – which gets really embarrassing. And I don’t do all that well in crowds.

Nevertheless, there were a lot of positive aspects to Worldcon 76. (more…)

This is a very short post to let you know where I will be at the upcoming Worldcon in San Jose.

Click here to see my scheduled events.
(Link opens in a new tab and goes to the Worldcon website.)

If you’re planning to attend, I hope you can make it to one of my events — and do say hello!

As a reminder, I’ll have some books for sale at the SFWA table in the dealers room. See this post for details.

Yes, I will be there!

I don’t attend very many science fiction conventions but I will be attending Worldcon 76, which takes place next month in San Jose. I’ve never before been a finalist for the Hugo award, so I had to go, right? I don’t have my schedule yet, but I’m hoping to do a reading and a book signing.

I’m also going to have both old and new print books to sell at SFWA’s “Book Depot.” SFWA — short for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America — is hosting a table in the Dealers Room where authors can sell books on consignment.

Here are the titles I’ll have for sale:

Memory (Tor hardcover) – 4 copies @ $12 each

Limit of Vision (Tor hardcover) – 3 copies @ $8 each

Skye Object 3270a (MIP/trade paperback) – 4 copies @ $11 each

Deception Well (MIP/trade paperback)– 1 copy @ $10

Vast (MIP/trade) – 1 copy @ $10

Light and Shadow (MIP/trade paperback) – 1 copy @ $10

The Dread Hammer (MIP/trade paperback) – 2 copies @ $12 each

Hepen the Watcher (MIP/trade paperback) – 2 copies @ $12 each

“MIP” stands for Mythic Island Press, my company imprint. These are print-on-demand editions, 5.5″x8.5″ in size.

If you’re attending the convention and you’re interested in any of these books, stop by SFWA’s Book Depot to purchase them and then track me down. I’ll be happy to sign them for you. And of course if you have other books of mine you’d like me to sign, I’ll be happy to do that too.