5 things for Tuesday

britmandelo discusses The Bone Key lovingly and with sharp acumen at Tor.com.

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The evil that grape vines do lives after them.

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My life will be a lot easier this summer if I can teach myself not to walk into the Anthropophagous Rosebush.

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I need to start writing again. I just wish my brain wasn't so damn empty.

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I have a schedule for OddCon:

Friday, April 16, 4:30P.M.: Novel Writing Q&A (come grill an author!)
Saturday, April 17, 10:00 A.M.: Baseball, Fantasy, and SF (self-explanatory, which is probably good at ten in the morning)
Sunday, April 18, 11:30 A.M. But I wouldn't want to live there! (dystopian fiction panel)
Sunday, April 18, 1:00 P.M. Nonhuman & Other Human Protagonists (how to make aliens more than human beings in monster suits)

Addenda: (1) Unless I am about to be late to a panel (or, you know, obviously really busy just then), I am always happy to sign books.
(2) I am very shy and very near-sighted. But that doesn't mean I won't be delighted to talk to you!