Author: suzanne

My Final Arisia Schedule

I’m looking forward to attending Arisia in Boston once again! The entire family goes with me, and my kids have fun geeking out with us 🙂  I’m also looking forward to seeing many friends, especially my peeps from Broad Universe.

If you’re attending Arisia, feel free to seek me out after my panels or find me in the Dealer’s Room at the Broad Universe table. I’ll have some books to sell, and I’ll be reading from my novella-in-progress at the Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading (see below for time.)

Geeky Parenting: Raising the Next Generation – Friday 7pm; Communities, Panel – 1hr 15min – Marina 1 (2E)Come join our panel of parents to discuss the challenges and rewards of being a geeky parent. How do you manage attending a con with children? How are you introducing your kids to SF/F? How do you share older, problematic favorites? What are your go-to tips and tricks? Dianna Sanchez (moderator), Danny Miller, David Nurenberg, Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert, David Weingart

Shame on Slut-Shaming – Saturday 5:30pm; Communities, Panel – 1hr 15min – Burroughs (3E)Slut-shaming is the act of treating woman as inferior or shameful for engaging in sexual behaviors that deviate from the norm, failing to uphold gender expectations, dressing in provocative ways, acquiring access to birth control, or even for being sexually assaulted. What are the psychological and sociological causes of slut-shaming? What can be done to change people’s attitudes? Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert (moderator), Inanna Arthen, Abby Hafer, Melissa Perreira-Andrews, Henry M. White

Feminism: What It Is, What It’s Not – Saturday 7pm; Communities, Panel – 1hr 15min – Burroughs (3E)Feminism has had “waves”—our feminism is different from our mother’s, and her mother’s. What are the differences? How has the current social climate changed feminism and our experience of it? Let’s examine how it influences everything from BeyoncĂ©â€˜s career to our everyday interactions. Melissa Perreira-Andrews (moderator), Aaron Heuckroth, Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert, Hannah Simpson

Mad Max & Melissa McCarthy—Genre Film Feminism – Sunday 5:30pm;  Media, Panel – 1hr 15min – Marina 2 (2E)From big action blockbusters to slapstick comedy to more Oscar-worthy fare, there are some amazing things happening with women in film. Are we now in a golden age of feminism in genre films?Does Hunger Games promote this agenda? What about Black Widow? Where are things looking great, and where are they grim? Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert (moderator), Deirdre Crimmins, Ellie Hillis, Genevieve Leonard, Julia Rios

Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading – Sunday 7pm; Writing, Reading – 1hr 15min – Hale (3W)Broad Universe is an international organization of women and men dedicated to celebrating and promoting the work of women writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Come listen to readings by as many authors as we can get in one place at one time.Terri Bruce, Randee Dawn, Larissa Glasser, Justine Graykin, Elaine Isaak, Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert, Dianna Sanchez, Trisha Wooldridge

 

My Schedule from Arisia 2016

Arisia 2016 in Boston

I’m thrilled to have been selected as a panelist at Arisia (scifi conference, happening in Boston) once again this year!

My panel schedule is:

The Walking Dead: Now With Twice As Many Undead Sat 5:30 PM

Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading Sun 10:00 AM (I’ll be reading from something I’ve written, not sure what yet.)

Worldbuilding with the Soft Sciences Sun 5:30 PM

The End of All Things: Sociology and Eschatology Mon 1:00 (I’ll be moderating this one.)

Read more about Arisia!

 

My Old Website Blew Up

If you’ve visited my website before, you may notice it has changed. That’s because the WordPress template I *paid* for stopped playing nicely with the latest version of WordPress.

I tried to fix it various ways, but to no avail. So instead of purchasing a new one–they’re not expensive, but I’m not swimming in cash–I decided to use one of the free templates for now.

Here’s to a more cash-filled 2017–for all of us!

 

Come See Me at Arisia in January

I’m happy to announce that I’ll be at the Arisia conference in January once again. I’ve been placed on a number of great panels, and should be able to publish that soon, once programming is finalized ?

I’ll also be selling some of my books at the Broad Universe table and will be doing a reading at some point during the weekend.

Arisia takes place from January 13 – 16 at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. Hope to see you there!

 

Necessary Writing Tools

I meant to post this on November 1, when NaNoWriMo–National Novel Writing Month–began. NaNoWriMo leads writers through a month of intensive creation, culminating with a draft novel, or 50,000 words spread across other projects.

I’m not participating in NaNoWriMo per se–I’ve tried in the past and I always fall short, and it gives me the sads 🙁   I’ve been trying to write more, though, in between my editing gig.

When I have my writing tools, I’m more successful. My primary writing space is a three-season porch, which creates some difficulties beginning around November:

  • It’s cold
  • I get cold easily
  • The wood-burning stove is in the living room’
  • Did I mention I get cold?

Despite its lack of perfection, I love the porch because it’s sunny and it’s filled with my stuff. If I’m surrounded by the right tools, I find I can still manage to write out here fairly well.

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Necessary writing tool. (This is Isis–her littermate, Anubis, was sitting on the back of my chair with his head in my neck.)

The things on my must-have list for writing out here include:

  • Coffee warmer, to keep the coffee hot (or other hot beverage of your choice.  The writer’s fuel. )
  • Portable heater, pretty self-explanatory. Someday I’ll have more money and maybe I’ll get a faux fireplace out here…
  • Cats.
  • Not pictured because not pulled out yet–fingerless gloves and thick wool socks.

The most important thing you can do is find what works for you!

 

 

Reading in Cambridge in November

I’m so excited to join other authors in the Wicked Witches anthology for a reading in November! All of the authors live in New England and are members of New England Horror Writers.

The reading begins at 7pm at Pandemonium in Cambridge, MA, on Saturday, November 19th.

 

The lineup is:

James A. Moore
John M. McIlveen
Errick Danger Nunnally
Remy Flagg
Doug Rinaldi
Trisha Wooldridge
Morven Westfield
Izzy Lee
Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert

I hope to see you there!

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