Off to Westercon
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deborahjrossFor the weekend. It's a beautiful drive from Boulder Creek to San Mateo, mostly along mountain roads, but too long to commute. So I've indulged in a hotel room for 2 nights. It's also lovely to have a quiet place to retreat to, take a nap, which isn't usually possible when I'm just there for the day.
I am on 3 panels -- The Hero's Journey, Incarcerating the Sick?, and I Say "Hello", You Say "¤ðþ°•›Í" (on communicating with alien species without a Universal Translator). This is going to fascinating, since the only expertise I might remotely bring is a little experience in dog training and a lot of experience in raising teenagers. However, Larry Niven and Sheila Finch will be on the panel, so I plan to sit back and soak in ideas. It's at 4:30 Monday, so it will be a long day and late arrival home, but a very satisfying way to end the convention, I think.
Meanwhile, worked a day at my old day-job yesterday. The doc had been on ER call (he's a cardiologist) all week and it had been a bad one. At 10 minutes until noon (when the weekend doc goes on call) the ER paged him, we had to cancel the last 2 patients, and he ended up doing an emergency angioplasty.
Writing is coming well. I'm near the end of the crucial chapter in the additions to SHIELD. Then there are a few partial-scenes to tidy up, one or two fairly minor ones to write, then the whole chunk goes into balancing/revision. Also, finished a read-through and written summary of Marion's ms, so I can begin working on how to complete it. All of which are Good.
I am on 3 panels -- The Hero's Journey, Incarcerating the Sick?, and I Say "Hello", You Say "¤ðþ°•›Í" (on communicating with alien species without a Universal Translator). This is going to fascinating, since the only expertise I might remotely bring is a little experience in dog training and a lot of experience in raising teenagers. However, Larry Niven and Sheila Finch will be on the panel, so I plan to sit back and soak in ideas. It's at 4:30 Monday, so it will be a long day and late arrival home, but a very satisfying way to end the convention, I think.
Meanwhile, worked a day at my old day-job yesterday. The doc had been on ER call (he's a cardiologist) all week and it had been a bad one. At 10 minutes until noon (when the weekend doc goes on call) the ER paged him, we had to cancel the last 2 patients, and he ended up doing an emergency angioplasty.
Writing is coming well. I'm near the end of the crucial chapter in the additions to SHIELD. Then there are a few partial-scenes to tidy up, one or two fairly minor ones to write, then the whole chunk goes into balancing/revision. Also, finished a read-through and written summary of Marion's ms, so I can begin working on how to complete it. All of which are Good.
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Date: 2007-06-30 05:44 pm (UTC). . . mostly.
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Date: 2007-07-07 01:20 am (UTC)THE SHADOW KING
Date: 2007-07-07 07:12 pm (UTC)Just wondering. By the way, THE ALTON GIFT arrived recently on my doorstep. The cover looks gorgeous. However, before I dive into it, I'll re-read the Adrienne Martine-Barnes trilogy, so that I can properly remember what happend last.
Olaf
Re: THE SHADOW KING
Date: 2007-07-07 08:13 pm (UTC)Re: THE SHADOW KING
Date: 2007-07-07 08:19 pm (UTC)OOPS, hit the wrong button...) or whatever the final title is, something more Darkovan, I hope). The reason is that one of the main characters in the next "modern" Darkover novel is Silvana Hastur, daughter of Regis and Linnea, conceived at the end of WORLD WRECKERS. In THE ALTON GIFT, she's the Keeper of Nevarsin Tower, almost pathologically reclusive. Lew Alton recognizes who she is, but has no idea why she's in hiding. What could have happened to make a treasured child of the most powerful family on Darkover into an almost-anonymous hermit? Did anyone even know who or where she was? Why didn't she find a way to contact her parents? That story needs to be told in order for the next one to make sense.
Re: THE SHADOW KING
Date: 2007-07-08 10:19 am (UTC)I am looking forward to it!
More Darkover is always good!
Olaf