Benjamin Rosenbaum http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/ Benjamin Rosenbaum's unregenerate musings on writing, parenting, technology, politics, speculative fiction, fabulism, imaginary friends, and shiny gumballs. en-us 2008-07-21T03:31:48+01:00 Juvenalia Meme http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_07.html#000646 Elsewhere Mr. Moles inaugurates a meme: "Post the oldest piece of your writing you can find that isn’t completely embarrassing."... Writing benrosen 2008-07-21T03:31:48+01:00 Valley of the Giants http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_07.html#000645 My story "Valley of the Giants", originally published in Argosy, is now online at Fantasy Bookspot... enjoy!... Writing Announcements benrosen 2008-07-20T03:16:57+01:00 Worldcon Schedule http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_07.html#000644 From August 6th to 10th I'll be in Denver, Colorado for the World Science Fiction Convention, where I'll be launching... Writing Announcements benrosen 2008-07-13T20:20:44+01:00 The Story So Far http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_07.html#000643 I'm a bit stuck on the novel I'm writing, Resilience. It may be a good kind of stuck. At any... Writing benrosen 2008-07-09T18:48:23+01:00 Yowza (various book-shilling news) http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_07.html#000642 Much happenings on the promoting-The-Ant King front: Publisher's Weekly has a very nice review of the Ant King and Other... Writing benrosen 2008-07-03T16:52:45+01:00 Better Late than Never http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_07.html#000641 Due to my lack of clue, I have forgotten until now to link to the Strange Horizons Fund Drive, which... Other Things That Happen benrosen 2008-07-02T06:36:21+01:00 Worldcon Suite Sublet Bleg http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_07.html#000640 So does anyone out there have a suite they've rented for a party at Worldcon, on (ideally) Friday or Saturday... Writing Announcements benrosen 2008-07-01T15:37:10+01:00 Literary genres I would like to see #1: The Premoir http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_06.html#000639 (The first in a possible occasional series....) A premoir is a speculative memoir, detailing the imagined future life of the... Writing benrosen 2008-06-24T11:50:37+01:00 "Science Fiction is a way of reading" http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_06.html#000636 (Says Samuel Delany, in About Writing.) So I've subscribed to One Story, which has a clever conceit, and, so far,... Writing benrosen 2008-06-10T19:28:39+01:00 Noah on the World Economy http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_06.html#000635 Noah: Credit cards are metaphorical cash, and cash is metaphorical credit cards.... Children benrosen 2008-06-09T19:10:49+01:00 The Chore List http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_06.html#000634 All right, I liked to a discussion of our chore list system esewhere recently, but the system has changed since... Children benrosen 2008-06-05T12:00:04+01:00 Interview at Bibliophile Stalker http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_06.html#000633 Charles Tan kindly interviewed me over at Bibliophile Stalker (is that a stalker who happens to be a bibliophile, or... Writing Announcements benrosen 2008-06-04T10:43:51+01:00 Table of Contents for "The Ant King" http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_06.html#000632 I believe the table of contents for my forthcoming collection is pretty set, barring last-minute permissions hassles: The Ant King:... Writing Announcements benrosen 2008-06-02T20:15:23+01:00 "Let's Build A World!" notes now online http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_05.html#000631 More glory from wiscon: This was one of the funnest panels I have ever been on. It was game-show style,... Writing benrosen 2008-05-31T14:11:20+01:00 Zombies at Wiscon http://www.benjaminrosenbaum.com/blog/archives/2008_05.html#000629 There was a major zombie outbreak while I was at Wiscon, the world's leading feminist science fiction convention, this past... Writing benrosen 2008-05-28T11:12:07+01:00