Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope your March has started off well. Are you as glad to hear, as I am, that we now have three vaccines for the Rona? I can’t wait till it’s my turn to get the shot or shots. It will be a big weight of my shoulders.
Regarding things to look forward too, I hope you have all checked out one of the virtual con’s I’m involved with this year; Rainbow Space Magic (more info here). The con will be the weekend of March 12th so in little over a week. Here are the details:
Rainbow Space Magic (RSM) is a celebration of the LGBTQ+ science fiction and fantasy community, a place where everyone can gather, discuss, promote and create queer speculative fiction in a safe and supportive place that is accessible to our diverse community.
Join us Friday March 12th through Sunday March 14th, 2021 for this free virtual conference.
This year we are pleased to welcome Jewelle Gomez – author of The Gilda Stories and Bones and Ash, as our Keynote Speaker and special guest throughout the conference. Jewelle is a two-time Lambda Literary Award recipient with her writings appearing in hundreds of anthologies. She is a prolific play write and presented at the African American Fantastic Imagination, the first conference of black speculative fiction writers. She has also taught creative writing workshops and lectured at institutions around the U.S. including San Francisco State University, Bowdoin College, Cornell University, Spellman College, Bates College, and others. She was on the original board of GLAAD and the Astraea National Lesbian Foundation.
The conference this year will have writing workshops during the day on Friday March 12th prior to our Keynote address Friday night. The rest of the weekend will consist of panels and readings spread out over Saturday and Sunday.
This year we are raising money for Lambda Literary, Glad Day Lit, Trans Media Watch, Shade Literary Group, and BLF Press. Donate to one of these groups and come and join us March 12th – March 14th, 2021. To register and learn more about this exciting event please go to our website: www.rainbowspacemagic.com for more information.
Well, Scribblers, that’s all for this week I hope to see you at the con, I will be on two different panels (Cover so White on Sunday at 7am [PST] and The Queering of Modern Pop Culture in Recent Years on Sunday at 6pm [PST]) it should be a blast. As you all know, I love hearing from folks so please drop me a line in the comments below. Please consider sharing this post on your social media sites, it really does help, as does clicking on this little heart below. Until next time have a great week and see you RSM!