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There are many different terms for different discrete sections of time in roleplaying games. For example, a large linked sequence of stories is a campaign or chronicle.
Individual sections of a campaign might be called a story.
Sections of a story might be a session or chapter.
A session is made up of scenes.
Scenes are sometimes divided into [...]

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For anyone thinking about inviting Elizabeth Bear to a future convention: She is a kick-ass moderator.

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Scattered thoughts:
Mris is brilliant.  Seth has some amazing Scotch.   I had an epiphany: when I write a second novel set in a world I created, I’m writing fanfic.  Pretty cool, huh?

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I’m back from Fourth Street.  Near as I can tell, the division of labor is: Lydia and others did the work, I got the glory.  I’m good with that.
I hesitate to try to single out anyone’s contributions, because there are so many I’m going to miss.  But the discussion was consistently at a high level, [...]

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I am in Dallas with Reesa’s mom, Deborah, after flying back this evening. The rest of the Dream Café is headed back by car with TxAnne, driving through the night.
I’m exhausted and my brain is churning in ways I can’t even write about yet. The panels were stimulating and we’re all full of ideas and [...]

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It seems like the revival of Fourth Street Fantasy is a success, if one judges by the first day alone. The two panels today — From Cool Idea to Story and Grinding Buttons and Pushing Axes were entertaining and stimulating. The fascinating discussions that began there spilled over into the bar, the restaurant, and the [...]

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Last night Steve’s friend Tesla hosted a wonderful party with good scotch and better music. We all had a wonderful time. Today 4th Street starts. Steve is already getting ready while Reesa & I are eating some food in the hotel’s cafe prior to opening ceremonies. The hotel is filling up with people in yellow [...]

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Reesa, Steve, Jennifer and Anne got in safely at about 10 this morning, if the datestamp on the phone call is accurate (I was pretty out of it so I couldn’t tell you myself). They are sleeping off the drive in preparation for good times tonight.
As for me, I slept about 12 hours and now [...]

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We’d hoped to make a post before we left, but the last 24 hours have been extremely hectic ones at the Dream Café. We tried, and failed to finish our move from Slutbarn into the new Dream Café — we’ll be finishing it up after the con. After not a lot of sleep we ran [...]

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Early this morning Reesa, Kit, and I finished up the first cut of programming for Fourth Street Fantasy Convention.  As usual, we’ve already found one panelist who can’t be there at the times her panels are scheduled, but that’s part of the gig.
The current plan is to leave for Minnesota on Tuesday, arriving sometime on [...]

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Elizabeth Bear linked to this article in her blog today about how the top authors feel pressure from their publishers to produce a book a year. I don’t have any issue with the main thrust of the article, but what interests me is the first sentence.
In an age when reading for pleasure is declining, book [...]

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Not quite. But we understand that there is a photo of the Dream Café residents, along with the glorious Kij Johnson, in the June 8 issue of Locus (which should already be on the stands). The photo is from the Nebula Awards, which we crashed like the vicious party crashers we are.

Clockwise from Left: [...]

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The Dream Café has finally moved, and everyone has breathing space again. Even better, our new house is haunted! Only benign spirits, the house seems to like being lived in–but still fun for making your houseguests nervous in the middle of the night.
Another plus is that it’s already obvious that the space has [...]

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The Tor/Forge newsletter is featuring Gigolo…uh, Jhegaala…and wants 500-575 words from me about the book, the series, or something related, or maybe something unrelated.  I’m drawing a blank.  What should I talk about?

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I’m back from Las Vegas, the truck is unloaded (many thanks for all the help!), and as of just now I have internet connection.  I’ll be getting caught up on email as soon as possible, then working on Fourth Street programming, on which I’m horribly behind.
Thanks again to those who helped so much with the [...]

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