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Okay, so a lot of us feared that WisCon wasn't going to happen at all this year, but that is not to be! There will be spontaneous programming, discussions about WisCon's future, the Otherwise Award auction and other stuff! Registration is sliding scale, just follow the link.

So, the other stuff. A lot of the dealers and artists who go to to WisCon every year make a solid chunk of their annual income from it, so having it not  be in person (and the economy tanking and all) twice in a row means that everyone is taking a hit, including Queen of Swords Press. Therefore, we're having a virtual Art Show and Dealer's Room Show. I expect to be adding more folks to this list, but here's the initial round. We might get something up at the Queen of Swords Press Discord, but it will be less grand than I originally imagined. But there are deals to be had and cool things to acquire! We'll be boosting on Twitter and else where using the hashtags #VWisconArtShow and #VWisconDealersRoom. In the meantime, please check these folks out and consider buying a thing or two.

Art Show:
Lots of cool stuff to look at and be sure to check out the WisCon feed and blog for other fun things as they get added!
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Things are sort of settling down here, in the sense of not actually being on fire. Still lots of demonstrations, a permanent memorial going up in our neighborhoods, lots of needs, lots of destroyed and damaged building and businesses. Fewer gunshots and cars with out of state plates driving very fast on the residential streets, or at least on ours. Lots of hot debate about what it means to "defund the police," lots of discussion around "who will protect us?," etc. Still navigating the virus and things sort of reopening and trying to support everything I can. On the brighter end of things, some stuff that looked like it wasn't coming back is, Chicago Avenue is likely to be renamed "George Floyd Avenue" or equivalent and people are paying a lot more attention, much of it in good ways. There was some of this awakening around Philando Castile's murder, but this is much more pronounced and stronger. Here's hoping it leads to good things.

So speaking of helping things recover, I'm doing my annual talk on running a small press at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis tomorrow night. Dreamhaven has reopened but repairs are still in process from the burglary, vandalism and attempted arson. They can allow up to 10 people wearing masks into the store at a time so you can attend in person if you're in the area (but will have to scatter around the store in any case). I will be broadcasting live on Facebook from the Queen of Swords Press page though so you won't be missing anything if you opt to watch and listen there. In the meantime, please consider supporting the store's Go Fund Me and buying books online or in person, particularly Queen of Swords Press titles (they carry all our print titles), but anything helps, really.

Then, this weekend, I'll be at Rainbow Space Magic, a new online LGBTQ+ sff con for writers and readers. I'll be doing a reading with some other authors on Saturday evening (depending on your timezone) -


Then I'll be on this panel on Sunday morning:

Sunday June 21st

How Does Our Queer Past Influence the Queer Sci Fi Future?

Sunday PT 8:00am / MT 9:00am / CT 10:00am / ET 11:00am

With Trevor Barton, RR (Bob) AngellCatherine Lundoff, and Michael G Williams

Description: The queer community has historically suffered oppression and discrimination, and still does in many places. When writing about the future, how do we honor that past without recreating it? Let’s talk about what the queer future might look, and how it can honor our past.


Looks like fun! And it's free so please register and join us!

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 I gave a talk on the several years of planning and start up that has gone into Queen of Swords Press a few weeks ago at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis. Local author Conrad Zero was amiable enough to provide his time to record and edit and thus we have a video of my talk available here. I promised a short resource list as well and will post that in a few days as I get caught back up. Many thanks to Conrad, DreamHaven and the many nice people who attended!

On a related note, I'm thinking of pulling together a basic class, probably online, on publishing a book in ebook and print. Nothing super fancy, just the steps I follow for demystification purposes. Cost would be pretty low. Anyone have thoughts about things they'd like to know more about in terms of physically publishing a book?

Apart from that, recovery from the Great Norovirus Holiday Disaster of 2017 continues apace. I'm crawling back upward on energy level and beginning to remember that I like eating occasionally so that's all good. I'm trying to get writing back on track with a couple of new stories and some work on Blood Moon. More regular updates coming soon!

EDITED: I finally got the resource list added!

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