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Photo of the Day that was Actually Taken Tuesday: Me in Rouleau
I had a school reading in Rouleau (Corner Gas-watching readers may know it better as Dog River) on Tuesday. Here I am in "action" (I use the term loosely) reading a few pages from my new YA SF proposal. I also read from Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky, talked about myself (I'm very good at that), showed book covers, and answered questions.Photo of the Day: A little pre-Christmas cheer
I’m in Locus!
No, no review (alas), but I show up in two photos in the coverage of the World Fantasy Convention in the current issue of Locus ("The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field"): one with fellow Canadian authors Simon Rose and Leslie Carmichael at the mass autograph session, and one with DAW editors Sheila Gilbert and Betsy Wollheim, taken at the World Fantasy Awards banquet.That's pages 5 and 42, if you're following along at home.Photo of the Day that was Actually Taken on Vacation: Santa Fe Street Scene, Night
A Santa Fe street at night through the window of the Coyote Cafe, where we enjoyed a fabulous meal: More photos here.Photo of the Day that was Actually Taken A Couple of Weeks Ago: My Home State Welcomes Me Home
New Mexico was glad to see me, a native son, returning home a couple of weeks ago. How do I know? Because this is what greeted us shortly after we crossed the Colorado border:Denvention: Day 4 & 5
And so the whole thing winds down.Yesterday was my favorite day in a lot of ways, although the most important factor there was only peripherally connected to the convention: I spent two hours with my DAW editor, Sheila Gilbert, in the morning going over revisions for Terra Insegura. ("Does everyone get notes like these?" I asked plaintively. "Yes," she assured me.) As usual, everything she said made sense and I'll be tackling those revisions this fall--I've got a bit of time (with the book not coming out until May of next year) to get them done, which is great since I've got non-fiction deadlines keeping me hopping until the end of October (when I hope to see ...Photos of the Day: Birds, Badlands, Bridge, Bed & Breakfast
A few photos from our trip south to the World Science Fiction Convention in Denver (which gets started today: much more to follow!)First: turkey buzzards roosting on a radio tower in Makoshika State Park, just outside Glendive, Montana, waiting for some poor tourist from Saskatchewan to drop dead...Next: the badlands of the aforementioned state park, the largest in Montana.Here's the bed and breakfast we stayed at in Glendive, ...A blast from the past
Someone sent me this photo of Midnight Sun, the a cappella group I sang with in the early 1990s (some rather poor recordings of our music can be heard here).I'm the one closest to the camera, and as you can see, I haven't aged a--Oh, never mind.Willett of the Day: Allan Willett CMG, Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Kent
Today's Willett of the Day is Allan Willett, who founded Willett International, an electronic coding and labelling system manufacturer that I've been running across for years while ego-Googling. I was pleased to discover this biography of him:Allan Willett was born in India in 1936. His father was a tea planter and a farmer in the Isle of Thanet, East Kent where he spent his early years. His Father's family had been farmers in that area for many generations and his Mother's family were artists and had connections with the Military and Kent cricket.Educated at Eastbourne College he was commissioned ...Willett of the Day: Henry Willett and his Collection of Popular Poetry
Today's Willett is Henry Willett, a founding father of Brighton Museum, and reportedly "a man of great energy, enthusiasm and wide-ranging interests." Born in Newhaven, the youngest of 11 children, he moved to Brighton in 1841, where he ran the West Street Brewery. By the end of his life, he was worth an impressive £230,000.Willett collected fossils, natural history specimens, archaeological artifacts, and paintings. Among the objects of his interest were pottery and porcelain illustrating British popular history. In all, he collected about 2,000 pieces dating from 1600 to 1900, based on his thesis that "the history of a country may be ...
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Magebane
“Spectacular” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Evil wizards, multi-level conspiracies, hidden kingdoms…Lee Arthur Chane…has done a marvelous job…Magebane is a very entertaining book and well worth the time.” – A.M. Donovan, Night Owl Reviews
I happily recommend Magebane and I’ll certainly give Chane’s next novel a try based on this one.” —Bill Capossere, Fantasy Literature
“…an original and delightful tale of epic fantasy and magic, steampunk science, adventure, tragedy, and love…” – Errant Dreams Reviews
Eight centuries ago, the world changed. A devastating war swept the lands, and the MageLords, who had long ruled by virtue of their spell powers, were driven to a distant place, separated from those they had ruled by a magical Barrier. With magic banished from the rest of the world, the MageLords became mere legend and people turned to science to improve their lives. But if one man has his way, all that is about to change….
Written as Lee Arthur Chane (the middle names of my older brothers, Jimmy Lee and Dwight Arthur, and myself, Edward Chane Willett).
Marseguro
Winner of the 2009 Prix Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English
Water world Marseguro is home to the Selkies, a water-dwelling race created from human DNA. When an unmodified human seeks revenge on a Selkie by activating a distress beacon taken from the remains of the original colony ship, a strikeforce is sent from Earth to eradicate the genetic abomination. Yet Marseguro will not prove as easy to conquer as the Earth force anticipates…
Terra Insegura
Finalist for the 2010 Prix Aurora Award for Best Novel in English
Marseguro, a water world far from Earth, is home to a colony of humans and the Selkies, a water-dwelling race created from modified human DNA. For seventy years the colony has lived in peace. Then Earth discovers Marseguro, and a strike force is sent to eradicate this “abomination.” But Marseguro has created a genetically tailored plague to use against Earth’s Holy Warriors. With the enemy defeated, the people of Marseguro feel they are safe. But Chris Keating, the traitor who signaled Marseguro’s location to the Holy Warriors, has fled to Earth, unknowingly carrying the deadly plague within him. The people of Marseguro feel they must send a ship to Earth with a life-saving vaccine. Only time will tell what awaits them when they reach their destination.
Lost in Translation
Kathryn was a human empath whose world and life had been destroyed when the alien S’sinn slaughtered her parents before her very eyes. Jarrikk was a young S’sinn, an unproven warrior who’d seen his flight mates slaughtered by the humans who’d sought to colonize his world.
As humans and S’sinn found themselves on the brink of war, these two Translators had to work together to find a common ground and avert catastrophe. But whether their Translators’ oath and training could overcome the enemies leagued against them was very much in doubt…
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Song of the Sword
My new YA fantasy novel from Lobster Press
Before the Lady called her, Ariane’s life was a mess. Two years ago, her mother disappeared. She bounced around different foster homes until her aunt finally took her in. The meanest clique at her new high school has decided to make Ariane their prime target. And to top it all off, she is having frightening premonitions, and they are becoming more intense. The moment water touches her skin, she sees visions of a lake, a lady, and a sword. When a staircase opens up in the middle of Wascana Lake and the water begins singing to her, she has no choice but to answer the call….
Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw
Ten walks to points of historic and architectural interest in the cities of Regina and Moose Jaw (eight walks for Regina, two for Moose Jaw).
Johnny Cash: The Man in Black
When country music legend Johnny Cash took the stage at Folsom State Prison in 1968, he solidified the public’s perception of him as a rebel who followed his own path. Born in Arkansas during the Great Depression, Cash endured poverty, the death of his older brother, and a difficult relationship with his father. He turned to gospel and country music to express the pain, and after many years of struggling, his songs of hardship and hope would finally reach the ears of those waiting for an artist who represented them, ordinary people fighting to survive.
Andy Warhol: Everyone Will Be Famous for 15 Minutes
“Paintings are too hard. Machines have less problems…” In the 1960s, Andy Warhol became the most famous creator of a new style of art called pop art, which transformed mass-produced items of popular culture into fine works of art. From Campbell’s Soup cans to photographs of Marilyn Monroe, Warhol’s willingness to use anything and everything from the mass media in his work expanded the range of subject matter available to artists. His avant-garde films, artistic usage of American icons, and unconventional social life made him a controversial figure, both greatly admired and deeply reviled. A trendsetter rather than a trend-follower, a dispassionate observer of both the seamy and celebrity sides of life, Warhol was a true American rebel.
Disease-Hunting Scientist
The true stories of six real disease hunters. Epidemiologists travel the world trying to keep us safe from deadly diseases—from high-tech labs in Canada to remote villages in Africa. Learn how these “disease detectives” are coming up with new ways to fight disease, and find out if you have what it takes to become an epidemiologist, too!
The Bounty Mutiny
The Bounty was a British ship visiting Tahiti in 1789 when some of the crew overthrew the captain, William Bligh, and set him adrift in a tiny boat with sailors loyal to him. The mutiny resulted in a number of trials–both of the men who mutinied and of Bligh for losing command of his ship. These fascinating events have been the source for numerous Hollywood movies, most recently The Bounty. The Bounty Mutiny: From the Court Case to the Movie explores the famous case and the movies it inspired.
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