Anne Barwell interviewed me about Beneath the Skin, my writing, and other pressing topics: https://annebarwell.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/welcome-carolyn-hill-beneath-the-skin/
Category Archives: Reading
BayCon 2017
I will be at BayCon 2017 on May 26, 27, and 28, participating in a few panels and lusting after the goodies in the dealer’s room. BayCon’s theme this year is Dystopia/Utopia, into which Beneath the Skin fits rather perfectly, seeing as it’s a romantic space opera set in a dystopian future. If you are going to attend the convention, let me know, and maybe we can meet up someplace!
My three panels so far:
Writing a Dystopia While Living in One (on Friday)
Creative Hobbies for Writers (on Friday)
Love During Wartime (on Saturday)
Teresa Edgerton will be there, too. And so will Jennifer Carson. And Denise Tanaka. And Carrie Sessarego. And Gail Carriger. And more!
Posted in Cool stuff, Reading, Writing
Tagged BayCon, BayCon 2017, beneath the skin, dystopia, fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic science fiction, science fiction, utopia, writing
UCB Summer Reading List
Ready to read good books? Check out UC Berkeley’s summer reading list. The theme for this summer’s list is “What Can We Change in a Single Generation?”
Ready Player One is on the list, along with a bunch of other intriguing titles.
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Tagged Cal, Reading, reading list, summer, summer reading, UC Berkeley
Beneath the Skin
My latest science fiction novel from Tickety Boo Press, Beneath the Skin, is now now available for pre-sale on Amazon. So far, it’s just the Kindle edition. I hope you like it!
Posted in Life, Reading, Writing
Tagged beneath the skin, dystopia, empath, novel, romance, romantic science fiction, science fiction, shapechanger, shapeshifter
If Reasoned Argument Occurs
Looking for ways out of this gesticulating scream fest, I find it helpful to see what Patricia Roberts Miller has to say. She’s compiled a useful list for times when reasoned argument is possible.
Devil Onboard
I am thinking of a conversation in Candide:
“The enormous riches which this rascal had stolen were sunk beside him in the sea, and nothing was saved but a single sheep. —You see, said Candide to Martin, crime is punished sometimes; this scoundrel of a Dutch merchant has met the fate he deserved. —Yes, said Martin; but did the passengers aboard his ship have to perish too? God punished the scoundrel, the devil drowned the others.”
BayCon 2014
I attended BayCon 2014 this past weekend. Fun! Inspiring!
I’ll be writing a longer post about the con on my writers group’s blog, Leasspell Writers Group at http://leasspell.blogspot.com/ . In the meantime, here’s an image of Denise Tanaka, Jennifer Carson, and myself participating in the Master Crafter’s competition on Saturday. We made a welcome basket for aliens that had recently landed on our planet.
Denise Tanaka, Carolyn Hill, and Jennifer Carson
Inventing Old Women
Reading Ursula K. Le Guin: “I am not sure that anybody has invented old women yet; but it might be worth trying.”
(The quote is the last line from her essay “Introducing Myself” in The Wave in the Mind, from Shambala Press, 2004.)
RQ266
“I’ve learned you have to be careful when you get lost in an idea. As an artist, you have to get a little lost. Otherwise you won’t discover anything interesting. But you have to avoid getting so lost that you’re unable to walk away and keep exploring.”
–Kyle McDonald. “When Art, Apple, and the Secret Service Collide: ‘People Staring at Computers.” Wired ThreatLevel blog. July 12, 2012. Web.