Out and about:
Looks like I'll be attending Westercon for the first time. If you see me roaming around please say hello. I'm social though a bit shy. I'll probably say "Hi!" back to you.
I tried to juggle going to WisCon again this year but unfortunately, I just couldn't manage the cost. I would have loved to go - next time *grumble*.
I decided (last minute of course) to attend the writers conference at WesterCon. I'll have to workshop an old piece unless I can hurry up and finish one of the short stories I'm currently working on. That's a bit doubtful since I don't exactly have an ending worked out. Oh endings, so over-rated.
Writing:
Lately, I've been writing more "literary" fiction than speculative fiction. I write what pops into my head and that's what has been bubbling up. Sometimes, I find that I come up with a story idea that's fantastical in nature and as I start writing it, it becomes more literary and less speculative. It happens the other way around too but that happens less often I find.
Many of my stories don't require an element of speculative fiction or as often happens, I can't figure out how to blend aspects of speculative fiction with the story concept that I have when I wish that I could. There are writers who dart in and out of the hazy light that purportedly falls between straight "fiction" and "speculative fiction". Jorge Luis Garcia comes to mind first but there are so many wonderful writers who can. I hope with time and experience that I will be able to occupy and develop this in my writing as well.
