Day job crap: Even though my hours keep being cut and my benefits were long since eliminated (recession excuse, issued ironically by a pro-W company even before their beloved President left office in disgrace), I have been informed that it is unlikely that I will be able to get the days free of work that I would need to come down to Armadillo Con in August. So I guess I'm scrapping the dumb fundraiser for it that I started last week. It would probably not be a good use of M-Brane funds anyway. We should instead keep the focus on accumulating a large enough endowment to go pro next year as stated it in the Grander Vision. As part of that, I will channel any new income toward paying some for Big Name appearances by writers in the zine during near-future months.
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That's disappointing. You never know what opportunities may arise, though. :)
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I'm curious about the future Big Name appearances. Do you have some of these lined up for certain yet, and if so about when can we see a few?
I've got nothing lined up yet, but when I think the funding is there, I will be trying to set something up.
Bruce Sterling and William Browning Spencer are both from Texas (for some reason I think that's significant) and I noticed Sterling contributed an article to a small magazine recently -- I think it was the Steampunk magazine, but I could be mistaken.
Sterling also contributed to a small sci-fi humor zine I've been in called Space Squid. He certainly does seem to support the little guys. Jay Lake contributed to the same issue. It couldn't hurt to ask them.
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