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August 2nd, 2007
03:58 am
"By the time we are women, fear is as familiar to us as air. It is our element. We live in it, we inhale it, we exhale it, and most of the time we do not even notice it. Instead of "I am afraid," we say, "I don't want to," or "I don't know how," or "I can't." --Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946), U.S. feminist critic.
From Laurie:
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Next year's Confluence will again be at the Doubletree in Moon Township. The weekend will be July 25-27 (that's two full weekends before Denvention, next year's Worldcon). Joe Haldeman will be our guest of honor.
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That puts the dates for Alpha at: July 16 - 25, 2008. The deadline for story submissions will be March 1 this time around.
Alpha was smooth and successful--a great crop of students this year. I'm thrilled it went so well. On, Friday, I mailed off twelve stories that were written at the workshop. (Good luck!) Karina and Cassie, our new staff additions, worked out swimmingly. Great seeing Thomas, even if I don't understand him. (By which I mean, if he sought my help in a matchmaking capacity, I'd draw a complete blank, despite having been his friend for years.) I barely started to put up Alpha pictures in my lj gallery here.
The Doubletree Inn for Confluence was lovely; room to breathe after the crowded Sheraton. Places to eat other than the one hotel restaurant. A great stage for big items and the play. Pool and hot tub (which I didn't get a chance to use, despite having packed three bathing suits). Sad to have missed DBK's reading, but I made not one program item at Confluence except those panels I was on. Didn't see the art show or get more than a few feet inside the dealer's room. Missed all the filking, even. I do believe that next year I'll skip being on program and just attend. Lovely seeing everyone, even if the conversations were necessarily brief.
Life is busy. Tomorrow is my last day of teaching summer school. So many plans afoot I can't keep track. One sweet thing: I'm going to see Neil Gaiman's Stardust with Mike and Rachel next week. But to get there, I have to get through this week first.
I can do it.
Current Music: Coldplay
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| Date: | August 2nd, 2007 10:45 am (UTC) |
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I heart you, amazing person, you!
That's a fantastic and compelling quote. And so true. Does Dworkin have any published works I can get my hands on, that you know of?
I am marrying Neil Gaiman. It's decided.
The company makes Confluence worth it. I paid my membership to get into the dealer's room and a couple readings, not much else.
I couldn't pair Thomas up with anyone either.
Also, I've been clicking through what Alpha pictures I can find and boy, am I not photogenic. I'll just have to appear in person, where my animation can work in my favor.
Oh my God! There are, like, five boys in that group shot! There are boys! At Alpha!
We had boys at our first Alpha, dear, remember? :P
I know, but not that many, were there?
We had six including Thomas: Thomas, Welsh Tom, Richard, The Richard, ScottMike, and Xavid.
Oh please don't drop out of Confluence program completely - what if we wind up with the science folks canceling right and left the way they did last year?
Hmm, so deadline is a whole month earlier next year? Any particular reason why?
I vote for Thomas and Kiwi, even if it's necessarily impossible. Stupid geographic distance.
> deadline is a whole month earlier next year? Any particular reason why?
We had a lot of queries for early decisions so people could make summer plans. Those are hard to deal with, because the submission stories have to be spectacular. No one has ever made it in by asking for an early decision, but we keep trying to accommodate. This way, we'll have less of that busywork. The whole early decision process is really a time waster, so that's a good thing.
By the way, you got a few names wrong in the gallery. Kiwi is Rebekah (not Rebekka) and "Rachel writing on the floor in the food suite" is definitely Rebecca. Sorry, I'm nitpicky.
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