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Friday, March 2, 2012

And the next good news...

I've met with the small press publisher who has her own retail store, and have made arrangements to present a one-shot lecture on writing for publication, to be followed by a series of workshops. Through those, I hope to gain individual clients who are looking for help in preparing their work to present to agents and publishers. Feeling pretty good about this! Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

At the end of the first full day at Galaxy Fest...

quite a number of people have expressed an interest in having me look at their work, and one of them is Denise Crosby. Name rings a bell? Fans of STAR TREK The Next Generation will know it: the actress who played Tasha Yar for a couple of seasons. I was not a Tasha fan. But the lady herself is friendly and relaxed and glad to chat, and as it happens she wants to get back into writing again, and said she'd send me some material she published before, a chap-book of short stories. This is a... Sign in to see full entry.

...and topping the week's thrills...

It's lovely to get it right. I did indeed find many people pleased indeed to meet an editor/writing coach who would rather work for a noob writer, and get paid a little and respected, than for a publisher who... I will say no more about. But, interestingly, one of the first people I handed my card to, happens to be a publisher. His company, a small press, he says is always looking for editors. I explained my perspective: I would be delighted to have him refer writers to me out-of-house to help... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Exciting week!

It started calm and balmy, temps in the 50s and even 60sF, and then the winds came down as they do along the Front Range of the Rockies from time to time. Gusts and gales! House-shaking, howling, wheezing through cracks kind of wind. The drive on Wednesday evening down the freeway to Colorado Springs' World Arena was a little more exciting that usual freeway travel for that reason. It was also exciting because we were going to see Cirque Du Soleil. The show was Dralion and it was mostly... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

We watched ALIEN again the other night, for the first time in years.

It is, without question, one of the best sci fi movies ever made. If you haven't seen it, if by some wonderful chance no one has ever exposed you to the best dreadfulest scenes or the terrible outcomes, then you have ahead of you one of the great movie treats of all time. If you have seen it, or if suspense makes you throw up, then you might try DARK STAR instead. DARK STAR is listed as a 'cult classic' because it is a very low-budget, quirky, funny sci fi film, and was, in fact, Dan O'Bannon's... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Schadenfreude Revisited

There is reaction, and then, there is response. The first is chosen by the subconscious, emotionally-based or rote; the second is reasoned, chosen with deliberation and consciousness. The first need not be mindless; the second need not be heartless. After the initial reaction to the Fireball Kid, and the logic of the emotional satisfaction I wrote of, in all fairness to the Kid and to my own view of the Universe really, I have to make a few further points. No one is truly just a jerk. No one is... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Fire In The Hole!

The snow yesterday cancelled some early classes at my lad's university, but he called the instructor who said yeah, it was cancelled, but he'd be there anyway at the Props Shop, and whoever showed up, they would find something fun to do. I went drove him to this interesting off-campus building, and came in to meet the instructor,RB, and see the shop. I always wanted... lusted for... a huge warehouse space like this, to contain my theater-support stuff and business! Oh, the fun things on those... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Gag me... Really?

I haven't written here in a while, and even now there are things I'm not sure I can talk about. I quit the publisher. I don't mean to quit editing, but there is a great difference between doing that work for a writer, and doing it for a publisher. I like working with writers, helping them to prepare their work for publishers. Mostly, I like to be clearly on the writer's side, paid by the writer. Deadlines are more flexible, and there is no one telling me I must accept an assignment that normally... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Snow Moai

There was perfect snow for making snowmen a couple of weeks ago, and one of my son's housemates and he went out to play. Here are the results, finally--which took a while because my laptop has decided it no longer knows my camera memory cards, and so these had to find an alternate route to Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

unexpected and astonishing. Part 2

This is a reprint of a post from last June, followed by what happened today... There is a story-- Many years ago, 1970 or thereabouts, my father, Dr Kenneth Franklin, who was an astronomer, played with an idea: that if we meant to colonize the Moon--this was during the Apollo program--we would need to have a different way to determine time there: the clocks and systems of the Earth would be unsuitable for the Moon. So he invented a time system for the Moon. The Helbros watch company took this... Sign in to see full entry.

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