Newsletter Week of 8 May 2020
- Rule of Five episode 2.20 now available for Patreon supporters
My preliminary schedule for the upcoming Virtual Balticon arrived. Free registration is required for each session, but most sessions will be available later on YouTube. Details will be posted here.
- Fri 22 May 7 pm: Panel: I Read For The Worldbuilding with Don Sakers (Moderator), Elaine Isaak, Ada Palmer
- Fri 22 May 9 pm: Panel: So You Want To Build A Galactic Empire with Jennifer Povey (Moderator) Bill Laubenheimer, Arkady Martine, Karen Osborne, Don Sakers
- Sat 23 May 2 pm: Panel: Time Travel and Paradoxes with Don Sakers (Moderator), D.H. Aire, Daniel Kimmel, Valerie Mikles
- Sat 23 May 7 pm: Panel: Post-Apocalyptic Fashion Dos and Don’ts with Jennifer Povey (Moderator), Thomas Atkinson, Don Sakers
- Sun 24 May 1pm: Panel: The Mandalorian with Thomas Atkinson, Don Sakers, others TBA
- Sun 24 May 5 pm: Panel: Cultures Are Not Monoliths with Don Sakers (Moderator), John Wiswell, Stephanie Burke, Melissa Scott, Vivian Shaw
- Mon 25 May 11 am: Readings by Jennifer Povey, Don Sakers
Things may change between now and then, so check the official schedule.
- Ripped 9 DVDs to mp4
- Legion of Super-Heroes website: Completed cataloging comics through April 1997
- Scanned 40+ books
- Added 800 words to my memoir
- Worked on the next gay erotic short story
- Wrote 500 words on Hunt for the Dymalon Cygnet
Azaleas in bloom at Meerkat Meade
The Madwoman of Chaillot (movie)
I've mentioned that I'm working on a memoir, and some folks have asked for more details. This is a work-in-progress; I'm aiming to have it finished around the last half of 2022. Right now I'm thinking of releasing it as a Patreon project after The Rule of Five is completed, with both free and paid components, however, plans may change.
My tentative tile is Resident Alien: Memoirs of a Gay Autistic Science Fiction Writer. Here's a small sample to wet your whistle,