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Aug.20.2009
Come enjoy the San Mateo County Peninsula Festival and attend my free writing workshop. I'll be presenting in the Creative and Home Arts section of the event, on the Creative Arts Stage. The San Mateo County Event Center is located at 1346 Saratoga Drive, San Mateo, CA. My...
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Aug.17.2009
At the World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal, Kyle Cassidy (Neil Gaiman's photographer) took an amazing photo of me and my three-headed dragon puppet. I'm so unphotogenic and he nailed the shot in only one try. Please go to Kyle Cassidy's Flickr page to view the picture (http://www.flickr....
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Jul.26.2009
Every Picture Tells a Story , (1-026 Thu 14:00 1hr, P-510B Kids Programming) Laurel Anne Hill: An artist draws a picture, then we create a story around it, guided by an expert storyteller. Which may lead to another picture...
Wooden Train Building (1-077 Thu 17:00 1hr, P-510A Kids Programming)...
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Jul.16.2009
While I was at Readercon last week, my friend, Emerian Rich, emailed me a marvelous "tour" of a writer's workspace--a single photo of a highly-organized desk with numbers identifying points of interest.
Although my own writing workspace is not nearly as tidy, it does possess a unique...
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Jun.18.2009
I'm a guest panelist at Readercon 2009 and working on my assigned reading, which includes China Miéville's "The City & The City." I never managed to finish "The Iron Council" a couple years ago, so I groaned a little upon ordering Miéville's latest novel. Silly of me. My...
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Jun.08.2009
In 2005, Lynx Eye published my award-winning short story, Reaching for Rainbows. Reaching for Rainbows tells the story of a ten-year-old girl as she copes with homelessness, a school assignment about Martin Luther King, and the narrow line separating imagination from reality. I have used this...
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May.30.2009
For those of you who haven't gone to my video page, here's the "official description" of my BayCon slide show with audio: For the love of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Steampunk, Laurel Anne Hill (Author of "Heroes Arise") and her husband, David, snapped plenty of photos at...
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May.21.2009
I had the pleasure of addressing members of “Capitol City Young Writers” last Saturday morning in the Sacramento State University Student Union. Capitol City Young Writers is a nonprofit organization offering literary assistance to young writers on a national level. All you young writers out...
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May.21.2009
All right, what am I going to name my three-headed dragon puppet? The Three Tenors? The Three-Headed Tweep? I’m offering an autographed copy of my novel, “Heroes Arise,” to the person who dreams up the best name for my dragon. For the love of science fiction and fantasy, send me your...
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May.13.2009
This is exciting news! I've been podcasted. To listen to the podcast, go to http://quoththeraven.libsyn.com/. Then scroll down to the bottom of the entry for April 16, 2009 and click on "Quoth_The_Raven_Episode_1.mp3."
The interview by Lady Ozma was recorded at RavenCon in 2008 but not...
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May.12.2009
Good morning from the maven with the raven. (The picture wouldn't upload here. Go to http://laurelannehill.vox.com/) A special hello to the students at Monacan High in Richmond, Virginia. I really enjoyed meeting you and am glad the boxes of "Heroes Arise" arrived safely. Please visit...
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Apr.22.2009
RavenCon 2009 is only two days away and I’m excited. I’m hoping to take lots of photos and put together another slideshow. My schedule is as follows:
Reading from “Heroes Arise:” Friday, 4:30 pm, James (Chocolate available–my “trademark” contribution.)
Reading of “The Pit and the Pendulum:” ...
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Mar.29.2009
Heavy metal music throbbed from the CoastCon Suite into the adjacent Super 8-Biloxi Ballroom where I chatted with a future rocket scientist from “Inebriated Labs.” My toes wiggled to the pulsing beat. Oh, to be young again and to dance.
The lanky physics student took a swig from his...
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Mar.07.2009
Live Action Role Playing (LARPing) didn’t exist in my vocabulary until I read Cory Doctorow’s novel, “Little Brother,” last year. How cool to run around in costume, pretending to be a vampire, superspy or medieval hero. At my age, however, playing Grandma Moses seemed more my style. I decided to...
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Feb.02.2009
For those attending Radcon 2009, here's my schedule. My husband and I will be taking pictures throughout the convention for a slideshow. If you come to my reading on Saturday morning at 10, David will have an additional chance to be sure you are included. Plus, I'll be at Barnes and Noble in...
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About Laurel
LAUREL ANNE HILL grew up in San Francisco, with more dreams of adventure than good sense or money. Her close brushes with death, love of family, respect for honor and belief in a higher power continue to influence her writing and life.
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Winter Nights Shelter and Shelter, Inc.
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