Juneteenth and Sundry

Today is Juneteenth!

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond.

There are some events going on in Galveston, Texas, one of my absolutely favorite places, where it was first celebrated.

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The Chesley Award Nominees for SF/F art were announced and Matthew Stewart was nominated for the cover of The Cloud Roads! Yay! That link has the list of all nominees, plus the nominated artwork. IO9 listed their favorite pieces here.

Kitten report:

The kitten's name is now Jack. He has to go to the vet this morning to get the rest of his shots, then I have to do all the errands I didn't do this weekend.

I signed up for the Clarion West Write-a-thon to support the Clarion West Writers Workshop, and my sponsor page is here. I'll try to write up a post with my progress and post of snippet of something when I get a chance.

I also really need to do a book rec post.

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Malinda Lo: YA Pride: Change Without Blame
Over Memorial Day weekend, I attended WisCon, the feminist science fiction convention, in Madison, Wisconsin. I did a couple of panels there, including one called "De-Gaying and Whitewashing: What Publishing Trends Mean for Writers."