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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Received a lovely "thank you" from Rita McInnis of DP Todd Secondary School about the visit David and I made there on April 24. PS I love her tag line - Live each day to the fullest!. It's good advice. Thank you for having us Rita! Labels: Appearances, DP Todd Secondary School, Rita McInnis Mel gave me this notebook to capture thoughts about the Okal Rel Universe. I would sketch in it, too, but I don't draw like Mel does. :-) The anime-style chibby of Amel on the cover is actually a separate picture we applied with Photoshop and some editing help by Tegan to remove the lines of the ruled paper Mel drew the original on. I have a bunch more chibby from Mel to get into the gallery and she is keen to do some interviews with characters for the podcast I keep threatening to set up. Sunday, April 27, 2008
Much thanks to teacher Rita McInnis-Ryan, David Lott, student Nicole and other volunteers who helped connect students at D.P. Todd Secondary School with the Okal Rel Universe Thursday, April 24, 2008. David Lott helped me set up, modeled the Ann T-Shirt and put up a page for the April 24 2008 Visit to DP Todd. We had a reading by Nicole (center in picture) and some mock duels as well as slide shows, questions and a book giveaway to students interested in doing art, skits, dress up or otherwise strutting their own interpretations of the ORU for the launch of Book #3, Pretenders, in September at the Prince George Public Library. Labels: Appearances, David Lott, Lynda Williams, Rita McInnis Saturday, April 19, 2008
I am interviewed by Marie Bilodeau on this week's On the EDGE. There'll be more coming in the podcast realm from the ORU, so sign up to the EDGE podcast using your favorite podcast aggregator. In this interview I talk about the origins of Okal Rel in my disgust at the cold war mentality, the character Horth Nersal, and the theme of opportunism vs. integrity in Righteous Anger. Labels: Horth Nersal, Justyn Perry, Lynda Williams, okal rel, Righteous Anger Friday, April 18, 2008
Anne M. Stickel of the First Expansion (ORU) is also on the editorial staff of Ray Gun Revival. To quote Johne Cook of Ray Gun Revival, "Anne Stickl is our copyeditor extraordinaire". I second the sentiment. Labels: Anne M. Stickel Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Thrilled to see Righteous Anger in the Barnes & Noble catalog snag on my google alert for Okal Rel ... but shed a tear to see they haven't got the cover art in yet. Sigh. Being an author is so "emo" as my kids might put it. :-) Monday, April 07, 2008
At the invitation of club rep Daniel Archambault, Lynda Williams has agreed to act as judge of the West End Writers 19th Annual Contest. Lynda will present the award to the winning enty Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at the awards ceremony at Barclay Manor. Contest details: $200 First Prize, $100 Second Prize and $50 Third Prize This year, Poetry and Prose will be judged together. Submission Deadline - Thursday, May 15th, 2008. For more information, see contest page on the West End Writers homepage.
Kristin C. Ft. St. John
A snip of an e-mail exchange with Kristin C. of Ft. St. John, who was one of two participants in Dr. Marian Scholtmeijer?s class ENGL 486, Literature of the Fantastic, who received copies of Courtesan Prince after my guest appearance by audio conference, March 29. I enjoyed an exchange of e-mails with Kristin after and obtained her permission to blog a "slice of life" snip from one. :-) A book also went to Harold Feddersen. Much thanks to Marian and her students for having me as a guest to discuss identity issues in Courtesan Prince. Labels: Appearances, Marian Scholtmeijer Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Surf to the Edge website for some audio clips of me answering questions. Working on making them shorter and shorter, like beads on a necklace. Many beads still amount to something substantial but each is more accessible. My way of simultaneously bowing to and rebelling against the sound-byte phenomenon.
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