Happenings

Still alive. Survived my journey to super-rural Cleveland with relatively minor fuss. It might have been the second-fastest I've ever gone through a security line. Am not safely ensconced in my parents house, where I shall be until next Monday, barring a possible trip to PA.

Had strawberry milkshakes with the lovely yuki_onna, and saw the absolutely gorgeous art for The Orphan's Tales. I heard her read excerpts at Readercon, and they were awesome, so I can't wait to see the book in all its glory, the not-ARC, I mean. Also under discussion were why lately there's a great deal of gay male protagonists in female-authored fiction (current theory - it's largely ellen_kushner's fault), and a dearth of gay females. Sole exception I could immediately think of being Carel Bierce, of Blood and Iron - though she's less of a protagonist and more of a supporting character.

The Lies of Locke Lamora is still in progress, though might be tabled for a bit as I run through a bunch of papers on RNA transcription and splicing (hands up if you know what the hell I'm talking about) so that I can have a leg up on this whole "grad school" concept.

Everything I write lately feels very rambly.