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William Gibson Interview
I’ve never understood why most lectures aren’t better attended. There were a hundred or so of us at the U last night listening to Nancy Pearl interview William Gibson, but in a city the size of Seattle, every seat should have been taken. The best news, is many that were taken were taken by my [...]
Studies in Setting
A few posts ago, I promised to discuss the outcome of reading three books and studying setting. As a reminder, this is associated with a group of writers I gather with to discuss bestsellers, so we pick bestselling work for a variety of genres and look at different characteristics, often following Zuckerman’s book, but sometimes [...]
Reading Recommendation: Interworld
I finished two books today - a hardcover physical book (see separate post to come) and an audiobook while I was walking the dogs. The Audiobook was a YA, InterWorld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves.
It’s a story set in multiple universes - which is one of my favorite sci fi tropes to [...]
Oregon Coast Writer’s Workshops Return
I’m a lifelong student type. I only have a BA as far as formal degrees, but I dip into classess on management and leadership from time for my day job. And for my writing, I try to do at least two to three workshops a year just to keep new ideas and information [...]
Reading at the University Bookstore Tuesday, May 29th
Love to have anyone local come on down! I’ll be reading with Kay Kenyon. Kay’s latest book is BRIGHT OF THE SKY.
See some of you there.
Spring Sunset Over Lake Chelan
At the far end of the long lake
High white-kissed mountains rise above a
Gentle joining where two slopes meet to
Fall into the darkening water, blue-black under
Apricot clouds, the gold falling on rain falling on
Seattle where I have to go tomorrow
And this is a perfect moment
Stephen Hawking Lecture Notes
I saw Stephen Hawking for the second time last night. Seeing that man work gives me the same fundamental reaction: best stop whining.
Dr. Hawking’s disease has progressed so far that he can only select words to use with a mechanism that recognizes when he blinks. A blink moves the cursor. The [...]
Upcoming Signing/Reading Associated with Norwescon
Norwescon, a local science fiction convention, is next weekend (April 6-7-8). The University Bookstore is doing a multiple-author signing. So far its:
Wednesday, April 4 at 7pm
Norwescon signing with Brenda Cooper, Howard Hendrix, Susan Matthews, Joshua Palmatier, and Patrick Rothfuss. We’re excited to host a book signing for a number of the authors [...]
Some contemplation of ancient cultures
There is a very interesting article in this week’s Nature magazine about a greek calculating machine, the Antikythera mechanism, which modeled the movements of the heavens. Although you can’t get to the article unless you’re a subscriber, some information is available on the wikipedia. Pretty cool. I’ve been studying Mayan astronomy for the novel I’m [...]
