Where to Find Matt at Worldcon

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Matthew S. Rotundo

The 2012 Rotundo World Tour has begun!  Next stop, Chicago, for Chicon 7, aka Worldcon.  Here’s my preliminary schedule:

 

Friday, August 31

10:00 am – 12:00 pm  Writers’ Workshop C

Oz Drummond, Workshop Coordinator Extraordinaire, informs me that as of yesterday, she still had 10 open slots for the workshop sessions.  Sign-up info here.

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm  Reading

Haven’t picked what I’ll be reading yet, but remember my motto:  Come for a treat, stay for a tale!

 

Sunday, September 2

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm   The Resurgence of Pseudo-Science in 21st Century America

From Creationism/Intelligent Design to Astrology, non-scientific concepts seem to be capturing the population’s imagination once again. What is causing this rise of anti-science and what, if anything, can be done to stop it?

Ooo . . . that’s gonna be a fun one, folks.

 

Hope to see ya in Chicago!

 

 

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Progress Report, in which I give you the short version

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Matthew S. Rotundo

So.  Turns out they kept me pretty busy at Launch Pad.  Which is another way of saying that writing progress was kinda negligible.  I’m calling a winner in the race, though:  it’s gonna be Potential Novel Project #2, tentatively titled “Escaping Canaan.”  This will be an expansion of my novelette “Canaan,” which originally appeared in Jim Baen’s Universe back in 2009.  Work will begin in earnest soon.

A full report on Launch Pad is forthcoming, but for now, the short version:  two tons of awesome in a one pound bag.  Reams of notes were taken.  Galaxies were seen.  I have been rechristened Dark Matter.

Watch this space for the deets.

(Yeah, that’s right:  I said deets.  ‘Cause that’s I roll.  Dig it.)

No updates for Write Club.

I’m out.

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Progress Report, in which I discuss the writing mind

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Matthew S. Rotundo

I’m currently sweltering in my dorm room at Launch Pad, with another very full day ahead of me, so this will have to be kinda short:

I might have declared a winner in the race.  Maybe.  Or I might have figured out a way to defer the decision for another few weeks.  Not sure at this point.  The writing mind, she can be tricksy sometimes.

More later.

Write Club updates:  Tier one bounces from Shimmer and Clarkesworld.  Response times, 8 and 6 days, respectively.

Gotta bail.

 

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