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John W. Alexander 1896
UPDATE, 7 September 2024 As you can see from the date below (2019), COVID killed the last vestiges of the Vancouver SF and F convention, VCon, which was wobbling on its legs, anyway. Times have changed and fandom no longer functions as it did. I miss it -- we did have a lot of fun at those cons -- but after five years I can't imagine it reviving. So where will you find Casey the writer, these days? Hard to say. See that image of the cross-stitched woman, below?  My other half, and no, not my wife, but my non-speculative-fiction-writing self, writes almost exclusively about Brigit of Ireland, goddess and saint. When a few years ago she realised she was not just writing a few poems, but a book, I thought it over and decided to stop writing short stories until that project was finished. Otherwise, it never would be. It took ten years to write it, find a publisher, and begin promoting it. I did actually write and publish a couple of stories in that time, but my main focus was A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars. The book, the classes I teach about her, webinars and speaking engagements, and simply the people I know or met along the way who were "Brigit curious" or committed devotees, these received, and still receive, the lion's share of my attention. With my very limited energy, Casey the writer got very short shrift. I have quietened those efforts now, largely, and am putting my attention on a broader creative canvas: taking a drawing class with a friend, joining a writing group that focusses on freeing our ability to write the stories of our lives, engaging in singing practice with other elders, taking an Irish language class, steeping myself in mythology and doing the inner work around age and aging, and so on. I am also prioritising my social life. Not going dancing or to the theatre, but walking with friends, playing games with niblings, seeing my loved ones much more than I have become used to doing, particularly since COVID-19. My grand plan is simply to reduce stress and increase joy. I'm feeling my ill health and my age. I'm looking to relax a whole lot more and work a whole lot less. To rub against life and give it a wink and see where it goes from there. So Casey the writer may resurface in small ways, but the way it looks now is that she wrote a few good stories, a couple of meh ones, a silly script or two and some poems. She learned a ton about writing from people like Eileen Kernaghan and their writing colleagues, she critiqued a lot of people's writing in the fairest way she could, and she tried to encourage folk in their craft. If she does start publishing stories again, she'll let you know here. ____________________ For those who loved VCon, there is a piece of good news. Will be having our one-day mini con this coming November. You can learn more about it and sign up here: WCSFA MiniCon: Here Be DragonsSat, November 23, 2024 10:00 AM - 06:00 PMPST 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2, Canada And now, for the past: ____________________
I am a regular presence at Vancouver's oldest speculative fiction convention, VCon. This year's con (second weekend in October, 2019) will be at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel.
VCON 43 - October 11-13, 2019
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Games Convention
VCON is the oldest general-interest science fiction, fantasy and gaming convention in Canada and the Pacific Northwest.The convention has promoted the interests of science fiction and fantasy culture in Vancouver BC and its environs since 1971, offering events and exhibits focused on a variety of Science Fiction and Fantasy fandom interest areas such as literature, art, media, music, costumes, comics, tabletop games, electronic games, etc.
This year's theme is
SUPERPOWERED!
Guests of Honour
Marion G. Harmon & Kasia Słupecka Hope Nicholson |
Super Geniuses & Super Computers
(even Superconductors & Superglue!)
Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel
7551 Westminster Highway, Richmond, BC
Social Media:
http://twitter.com/CaseyJWolf.
Facebook: Casey June Wolf.
My older blog Den Page of Casey June Wolf (2005 till present) has the odd announcement.
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/CaseyJuneWolf
Interviews:
here
VCon:
Interviews:
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3 comments:
Casey, if you were interviewed by Ellen Evert Hopman a long time ago, could you gt in touch with me, because there is a book in the offing that came out of her interviews. Thank you.
I was indeed, but I am having trouble finding a way to contact you. Do you receive?
Hey Casey - it despite this post being from 2015 you apparently updated the information for this year at some point before the date change from Oct 12-14 to Oct 5-7.
Normally we wouldn't worry about a smattering of incorrect dates on the web, but since Google's algorithms for determining "priority results" for searches like "When is VCON 2018?" continue to return the wrong dates due to lingering references we would be very, very grateful if you could please update your information the details to reflect the correct dates!
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