New (Goofy, Fannish) Podcast...

My son and I are huge manga nerds.  Every Wednesday is like a holiday at our house.  We get up early and rush to the iPads and read the latest iterations of Bleach [for both of us] and Toriko [for him.]  I also just read a lot of manga.  I'm pretty sure I've talked here about my love of Bakuman and others.

At any rate, we've started a very on-the-fly, first-thing-in-the-morning, first reactions kind of podcast, where we get up, read the manga, and... well, basically freak out for a while and then talk about it.

If you want to listen to my unbridled enthusiasm (and my adorable 10 year old son), you can check it out here:

http://mangakast.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/first-ever-mangakast/

Wyrdsmith and a Con Report...

First, go check out the wonderful interview with my fellow Wyrdsmiths, Adam Stemple, over at our blog:  http://wyrdsmiths.blogspot.com/2014/03/q-adam-stemple.html

Also, I wrote up my Saturday and Sunday con report for MarsCON over on my LJ--

Saturday: http://lyda222.livejournal.com/330315.html

Sunday:  http://lyda222.livejournal.com/330924.html

In a nutshell, good times were had by all otaku, I asked Dr. Demento for directions to registration, and postalized for Moon-Moon and the Free! anime.

Awesome Review of My Short Story "God Box"

The Little Red Reviewer blog reviewed King David the Spiders from Mars and picked out my short story "God Box" to say nice things about.  Among other things, she says:

There is some intense characterization and worldbuiling happening in this short story, it’s as if Kayla walked out of a novel or a space opera series to let us in on one small event that would shape the rest of her life. Biblical Terror? shit just got real.

The full review is here: http://littleredreviewer.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/king-david-and-the-spiders-from-mars/

Yay!