Cory Doctorow

Tonight I had the pleasure to finally meet author, blogger, podcaster, academic, business man, scifi geek, and all around nice guy Cory Doctorow. I've heard Cory many times through his fiction podcast and through the Boing Boing podcast, but I was a little nervous to meet him. After all, when you are used to hearing someone's voice, you build an image of what that person is like, and if he or she turns out to be jerk, well, that just sucks!

Luckily, Cory was just as nice as I hoped he would be. When he found out I was a podcaster, he volunteered to record a bumper (rejoiner?) for me. I told him I was recording The Silk Code for release through Podiobooks.com, and his eyes lit up. Turns out he really loves Paul's novel, so he was really excited to record the introduction for Episode 18. He called the book "magnificent."

Hopefully I'll have more time to talk with Cory this summer. Normally I don't talk about my writing life or writing goals. I'm not one of those writers who is kind enough to chronicle his failures (i.e., endless rejections) for the public, though I certainly respect and appreciate authors who do, but I've decided to announce that I have applied for the Clarion Workshop. Cory will be one of the instructors this year, and it would be great to learn from him. He is so much smarter than me, and I could learn a lot by listening to what he has to say.