Monthly Archives: May 2010

Henderson was a strange duck – a nice little Mormon girl growing up the Southwest during the Depression, her nose buried in books and science fiction magazines.  As a young teacher she taught in a tuberculosis hospital for children in … Continue reading →

Okay, we’re getting close to June 1 and the unveiling of Diana Comet Presents! Here’s some pimpage for the book: We’ve had the some very nice blurbs. “Sandra McDonald writes like a dream” – Leslea Newman, author of A Letter … Continue reading →

This is the last 75 years post until next week, because tomorrow I am off to the Nebulas.  I’m not a Nebula nominee, very sad, but Mom wants to take a road trip and maybe see the shuttle launch.  Budget-wise, … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever sat around a big circle and had to keep quiet while other people rip apart your beloved creative work, you can thank Judy Merril.  She was one of the co-founders of the Milford Science Fiction Writers’ Conference … Continue reading →

This popular author was born during World War I in beautiful Southern California.  Her first story, “Martian Quest,” appeared in 1940 in Astounding Stories.  During her career she wrote about the frontier, alien races, lost civilizations, and rugged heroes.  She … Continue reading →

Like Andre Norton, Catherine Moore was another college student in the Midwest whose studies fell victim to the Depression. She ended up working in a bank.  One day, while practicing her typing, she began writing about a woman fleeing an … Continue reading →

Alice Mary Norton was an ambitious young writer who went off to college to become a teacher.  Then the Depression set in, and she had to drop out to go work for the local library.  She was told it would … Continue reading →

Back in 2003, as a newbie writer just beginning to sell short fiction, I was woefully under-read in the field.   I had my favorites, sure, but in casual conversation I couldn’t tell my Ellens apart.  Got my Nancys confused.  Hadn’t … Continue reading →