I sent my nominations for the 2007 Aurora Award in this morning.
Category: Writing
Audience with the King
Friday night I went to see Stephen King presented with a life-time achievement award. The theatre was full and the stage was decorated with at least two dozen of his book covers, that still represented only about a third of his body of work. The night started with speeches by Margaret Atwood, Clive Barker, and… Continue reading Audience with the King
Aurora Award 2007
Nominations for the 2007 Aurora Awards, Canada's science fiction and fantasy awards, are open for another week and a half. Any Canadian citizen is eligible to nominate, whether you're a resident or not.My short story, "Windigo" from the anthology Mythspring, is eligible this year for the category Best Short-Form Work in English.There's no cost in… Continue reading Aurora Award 2007
June writing weekend
I went to the cottage again for a weekend of writing. In my time there I finished a polishing pass on Company Car, which is going out on the market this week, wrote eight good (I hope) pages on a new novel, and finally started making changes to a short work in progress.On the way… Continue reading June writing weekend
Writing weekend was successful
I spent the past weekend up at the family cottage on a writing retreat; just me, myself and I. There was also some relaxing done, but mostly it was about the writing.In addition to getting a good number of pages done on a new book, I managed to sort out a lot of conflicting notes… Continue reading Writing weekend was successful
Again, long time no posts
But then I've been doing things around the house and I just feel too tired to think of much that's witty. So on with random updates: I did take advantage of the nice weather this past weekend to dig some drainage ditches in my backyard. With the clay and multitude of rocks this was not… Continue reading Again, long time no posts
Writing weekend
I returned home from my most recent writing weekend with mixed feelings.On the one hand I finished Company Car. I just need to proofread it for grammar and spelling then off it goes to F&SF magazine.On the other hand, which felt like a backhanded slap, I finally put my finger on what bothers me with… Continue reading Writing weekend
Editing Company Car
I put in a little more editing time on Company Car over the weekend. It's very close to done. There's two new conversations to insert, marked up changes on the MS to input, and a final proof read. If I can do well, I may even be able to work on something else before my… Continue reading Editing Company Car
Ad Astra 2007
The convention is over for another year. It feels too late to write a detailed con report as so many of my friends have.I shared a reading slot with John Mierau. They say three's a crowd, and three was the size of our crowd for the reading. Nice to have them too given we were… Continue reading Ad Astra 2007
Damn cool
Congratulations Karina!A friend of mine just found out she's on the final Nebula Award ballot. I always knew she was good. Now hopefully even more people will also know it.Here's her account of it.
Dispatches from Obscurity 