Author Archives: Theodora Goss

Being a Snail

Would you believe me if I said that I was an introvert? Well, I am. The truth is that most writers are, however much we go to conventions and live public lives, by which I mean lives that are, in … Continue reading

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Boskone Pictures

All right, here are my Boskone pictures from Saturday. There are quite a lot of them, so I’ve put them together in pairs to save space. The first two are of me dressed for the convention and a display of … Continue reading

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Boskone Panels

Do you want to hear about the panels first, or look at pictures first? Why don’t I give you a few brief comments on the panels, and then the pictures? That makes sense. First Panel: The Writer’s Child Katherine Crighton … Continue reading

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Conventions

On Fridays I usually try to write part of my story, but I spent this evening at Boskone, so I’m going to write about that. This morning I woke up at seven, got dressed, and went to the university to … Continue reading

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Go Tonight

I asked Terri Windling if I could write about a poem she had written called “The Night Journey,” and she very kindly told me that I could. It’s one of my favorite poems. She gave me permission not only to … Continue reading

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Writing Tired

What is it with this week? I was so tired earlier in the week, and now I’m most definitely sick. But it’s a sort of low-level sickness, a sense that things aren’t right with me: tiredness, achiness, my head not … Continue reading

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Value Yourself

Once, I had a student who started the semester by telling me that she was a terrible writer, that she had a great deal of trouble writing. Of course I believed her, and I planned on giving her extra help … Continue reading

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