Welcome to the blog of Mary Brock Jones, SF author.

I also have a website, here


I write science fiction. Some dark, some not so dark. Some short, some longer, some very long. Some have a happy ending, others definitely not.

I also write NZ historical romance novels.They always end happily, even if the journey can get quite bumpy.

It's a nice mix.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

ConText 2011 programming conflicts

I've just checked out the programme for this years NZ con - ConText, to be held in Parnell over Queen's Birthday weekend. See con website here http://context.sf.org.nz/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

There's such a lot of good stuff there, and the organisers are really making Catherine Asaro work! But they have scheduled too many great events at the same time. What to go to, what to miss? There are clashes with guest of honour talks and talks from NZ writers such as Grant Stone and Ripley Patton. Not fair.It's all too hard.
 I'm also going to the writing workshop that Catherine Asaro has wonderfully agreed to give in the 3 days beforehand. Her Skolian series is my current absolute favourite SciFi series. A brilliant mix of innovative hard sci ideas with real human interest and a touch of romance to make it perfect. It's all about the people, the family at the heart of the stories.
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