I’m attending C’Monfluence this weekend, a FREE Virtual Conference. Come join us! Link to guest list: https://confluence-sff.org/cmonfluence-2020/cmonfluence-guests/Link to registration: https://confluence-sff.org/cmonfluence-registration-2/ My Schedule: Three panels, a reading, and a coffee klatsch where you can come and talk to me in a group setting Friday 10/02/2020 6:00 - 6:50 Track 2 - panel LGBTQ Protagonists in SF/F … Continue reading My Confluence Schedule for the weekend of Oct 2 – 4, 2020
Author: rrangell
Sourdough Starter Starting
I have lost my will. I have given in. Curiosity has bitten this cat and it may be fatal. I have risen to the siren call of sourdoughing that has taken so many over the past several months. Forgive me. Expect to find me buried me in homemade bread very soon. Okay, that isn’t such … Continue reading Sourdough Starter Starting
Clarion West Write-a-thon Underway!
This summer, I'm writing for an awesome cause—and I need your support. I'm writing for the Clarion West Write-a-thon, the fundraiser that helps support world-class instruction to empower emerging and underrepresented writers. Clarion West is a nonprofit organization that focuses on providing some of the best speculative fiction workshops in the galaxy. It's run by … Continue reading Clarion West Write-a-thon Underway!
June is Pride Month! The 2020 PRIDE MONTH BUNDLE is here!
What better thing than to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride than with Ten Awesome eBooks bundled together to keep you reading all month long! The 2020 Pride Month Bundle - Curated by Catherine Lundoff A note from Catherine Lundoff: Celebrating Pride Month with a StoryBundle has become an annual tradition, one in which we present a different … Continue reading June is Pride Month! The 2020 PRIDE MONTH BUNDLE is here!
Wild Life in the Garden
Despite warnings, we planted mail-order tomato plants before that last arctic blast. We’ve had good luck in the past and, sure enough, all six plants survived the cold snap, only to be ravaged just days later by an unseen marauder! Of course, with all this time at home coupled with a love of gardening, we … Continue reading Wild Life in the Garden
Story Evolution – You’re not writing for you.
Okay, so I did something interesting and, I hope, successful. This involves a story I've been writing and rewriting for a very long time and it's based on an event in my childhood. Yes, fiction based on real liminal moments growing up gay in a homophobic world. I've been working on a collection of these … Continue reading Story Evolution – You’re not writing for you.
R R Angell Award Eligibility for 2019
(Also, a reminder that these make great Holiday presents!) The thing I’m most proud of is... MY FIRST NOVEL! Best Game Ever: A Virtuella Novel (Novel) The LGBTQ YA VR AR VI Thriller you’ve been waiting for. A group of gay, nonbinary, and straight college nerds on the Virtual Campus Challenge team are racing toward a deadline … Continue reading R R Angell Award Eligibility for 2019
Compelling Science Fiction – Issue 14 is out!
Issue 14, Winter 2019, the latest issue of Compelling Science Fiction is now available! Compelling Sci Fi Issue 14 cover CSF Editor, Joe Stetch, writes: We start with R R Angell's "A Dog's Life". It's about a dog, a family, and cryo-storage (3937 words). Our second story is "Cravings" by Steve DuBois. In a near-future … Continue reading Compelling Science Fiction – Issue 14 is out!
My 2019 Baltimore Book Festival Schedule – Friday Nov 1st – Sunday Nov 3rd
Hey Everybody! I'll be at the BBF this weekend in Baltimore's vibrant Inner Harbor along with some wonderful writers and performers. If you're looking for fun this weekend, stop by, buy some books and get them signed by the author! My books will be available at the Ivy Bookshop kiosk. FRIDAY, November 1st, 2019 Friday … Continue reading My 2019 Baltimore Book Festival Schedule – Friday Nov 1st – Sunday Nov 3rd
A Song For A New Day by Sarah Pinsker
Song For A New Day - Pinsker If you pay attention to music you’ll know that all revolutions begin with protest songs. In Sarah Pinsker’s debut novel, two main characters come at subtle changes from different directions. Theirs is a society that has been torn apart and individuals have been isolated by terrorism, politics, and … Continue reading A Song For A New Day by Sarah Pinsker