Dear Friends, I want to take a moment to talk about this magnificent garment Miri Baker made for me to wear to the Hugos. I had the good fortune to meet Miri at the Writing Excuses Cruise in 2018, when I was a guest instructor. Besides being a brilliant writer whose work I was delighted to read, she’s a phenomenal costume designer, and we bonded over (among other things) a shared love of Steven Universe and began talking cosplay ideas while sitting on the floor of a fancy bar. When Miri read
Miri did SUCH an amazing job! I love getting to hear more about her process. The way she approached & thought about it really resonates. It gives me not-yet-coherent thoughts about how fanworks for Time War feel different to me than for many fandoms I've been involved with over the years? Both making & experiencing. I can't put my finger on whether that's about how sensual this book is, or much motion it has, in a way that feels like dancing rather than merely movement, the way you & Max wove the whole thing into a wholistic symphony on levels that I do not see very often. Anyway, it's rad.
Miri did SUCH an amazing job! I love getting to hear more about her process. The way she approached & thought about it really resonates. It gives me not-yet-coherent thoughts about how fanworks for Time War feel different to me than for many fandoms I've been involved with over the years? Both making & experiencing. I can't put my finger on whether that's about how sensual this book is, or much motion it has, in a way that feels like dancing rather than merely movement, the way you & Max wove the whole thing into a wholistic symphony on levels that I do not see very often. Anyway, it's rad.
And I cannot get over how perfect MAGNETS are!