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A couple of recent newsletter posts:

This one has a link to my Romancing the Vote offering, an annotated copy of North Continent Ribbon, and a couple of photos of model ships made during the Napoleonic Wars.
This one starts with some notes about why newsletters cost money and ends with information about how to criticize a proposed rule that would give US political appointees total control over science funding.

I'm writing a story for What Elegant Stars, an anthology of stories about space opera and fashion (or textiles!) that's Kickstarting right now.

I'm on A Meal of Thorns this week talking about Melissa Scott's Burning Bright: why I love it, what makes it space opera or cyberpunk, and the mystery of the ending.

At seven days post-Paxlovid, I am reasonably confident in saying that I'm going to be at Worldcon! I look forward to seeing some of you there.

Thursday, Aug 14th

Poetry Readings Thursday
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Room 445-446

Reading: Ursula Whitcher
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Room 428

Interstellar Flight Press reading
7 PM
Seattle Beer Company, 1427 Western Ave

Friday, Aug 15th

Queering History
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Room 423-424

Poetry in World-building
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Room 433-434

Saturday, Aug 16th

Science Non-Fiction (Poetry)
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Room 447-448

Hugo Awards
8:30 PM
Ballroom 1, fifth floor

Sunday, Aug 17th

By the Numbers: Mathematics in Science Fiction
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Room 334

My local library interviewed me about North Continent Ribbon!

It was an interesting conversation because the interviewer isn't a habitual science fiction reader. I'm always curious about what non-genre readers focus on.

North Continent Ribbon is shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin prize, along with Rakesfall, Sapling Cage, The City in Glass, and a bunch of other fascinating-looking books I haven't read yet.

I am so, so, so thrilled.

I have acquired a literary agent! I'm going to be working with Lauren Bajek, of Liza Dawson Associates, who represents both science writing and science fiction.

I'm tremendously excited and a little bit boggled--I'd been keeping an eye on this agency because I'm acquainted with Hannah Bowman's husband in my mathematician guise, and Lauren's literary taste sounded a lot like mine, but I didn't expect anything to happen this fast.

My latest newsletter contains a couple of things I'd like you to know about:

An old friend has a story in Clarkesworld about a knitting mathematician. (Similarities to your correspondent are probably intentional! :) )
The audio from my KGB books reading is live!

If any of you are looking for a last-minute thing to do in NYC, I'm reading at the KGB bar tonight!

My most recent newsletter has good news about a friend and a bunch of book and story recommendations.

Also, Neon Hemlock is running a celebratory 50% off ebooks sale with the code ALLEMPIRESMUSTFALL. If you'd like a personalized rec, let me know what sort of mood you're in or what kind of representation you're looking for!

2024 was an exciting year for fiction!

short story collection

North Continent Ribbon was released by Neon Hemlock Press.

novelette

The final story in North Continent Ribbon, "A Fisher of Stars," is an original novelette. (If you're reading for awards nominations and would like a review copy, let me know!)

short story

Frivolous Comma published Flannelfeet, a Wisconsin covid-era portal fantasy.

poetry

My poem "Hexavalent" was in Analog in January 2024, and "Beyond the Standard Model" is in Analog in January 2025.

essays about writing

The Poet’s Toolbox: Three Strategies for a Vivid Prose Voice (SFWA blog)
A Depth of Taste (writing about food in space opera), for Frivolous Comma
My Favorite Bit of North Continent Ribbon.

essays about math

Elliptic curves come to date night talks about a fun result combining economics, number theory, and algebraic geometry.

My latest newsletter has a poem and interesting readings of North Continent Ribbon.

The poem is "Beyond the Standard Model," currently up at Analog, which I'm really proud of. And there's also a podcast with our very own

sabotabby!

North Continent Ribbon is on Esquire's list of best sci-fi of 2024!

It's a really interesting list overall--is there anything you're particularly curious about?

I'm over at My Favorite Bit today talking about North Continent Ribbon.

My favorite part of North Continent Ribbon is the beginning of a crime: a hasty courthouse wedding...

North Continent Ribbon comes out on August 20!

I'm doing a Zoom release event at 7 PM Eastern time on August 22 with Argo Bookshop in Montreal and a bunch of writer friends. We're going to knit/embroider/craft and talk about the connections between prose and other ways of making things.

An hour of Zooming with me (and an extra hour for subsequent research dives) is part of the Romancing the Vote auction!

Proceeds go to US voting rights organizations (there are options for people who want to bid but aren't based in the US). Take some time to browse! There's lots of cool stuff, including gorgeous quilts and books from Naomi Kritzer and Kate Elliott.

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NYC reading

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in which I am somewhat like a vinyl record

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it's almost book day

romances, voting, and math

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