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Back home in Peoria after a most relaxing weekend. Here are 3 goodies that I treated myself to:
- A just-released novel by Joelle Presby - The Dabare Snake Launcher.
- The Wanderlings, a double CD from Leslie Hudson
- Lauren Oxford's eponymous CD.

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Michael Frasca · @frasca
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Sign Language Used in Popular Science Fiction - Toast Person Judi Miller.
- bad: having deaf character in which deafness has no bearing on their actions or the plot
- good: Glen Cook’s Black Company, in which sign language is part of the plot.

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Michael Frasca · @frasca
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Clif Flynt - Mixing Poetry and Songs Into a Novel.
- use for world building
- use for advancing the story
- don’t use commercial lyrics;it is very expensive!
- Copyright can be tricky, even for public domain

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Michael Frasca · @frasca
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Guest of Honor Speeches
Toast Person: Judi Miller
Fan Guest of Honor: Carol Cook
Music Guests of Honor: Lizzie Crowe and Eric Coleman of Cheshire Moon
Writer Guest of Honor: Clif Flynt

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Con Concert
Cheshire Moon - Widow’s Garden

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Con Concert
Leslie Hudson - She Followed Me Home

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Con Concert
Lauren Oxford - Asylum

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Con Concert
Judi Miller - Dawn’s Fairy Tale

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Michael Frasca · @frasca
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It’s a live music day at ChambanaCon 51! One of the highlights of the con is the Saturday afternoon concert featuring four luminaries of the sf and fantasy filking world.
Cheshire Moon sound checking.

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The hotel’s carpet employs a disturbingly horrific motif that invokes Cthulhu.

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Michael Frasca · @frasca
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“Filk” is science fiction and fantasy folk singing. The etymology of ‘filk’ is from a typo in fandom’s dim and distant past.

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Michael Frasca · @frasca
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Instead of Black Friday, we have a Yellow one!
My wife and I back at ChambanaCon, an SF & fantasy convention in nearby Normal IL.
This is a relaxacon, with the emphasis on reconnecting with 'just like' family, friends, and filking.
And the best con suite!

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