My young-YA/middle-grade fantasy Fireboy, already a finalist for Best Young Adult Novel in this year’s Aurora Awards and finalist for a 2027 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award in the Northern Lights Division, has just been …
Had a great time being part of the cast of Regina Lyric Musical Theatre‘s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I played Fogg (the insane asylum keeper) and also sang in …
My young-YA/middle-grade fantasy Fireboy, a nominee for Best Young Adult Novel in this year’s Aurora Awards, is also a finalist for the 2027 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award in the Northern Lights Division. This is …
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m up for two Aurora Awards this year! Fireboy is on the ballot for Best Young Adult Novel, and The Worldshapers is once again on the ballot for Best Fan …
I spent a good chunk of today at Wordbridge, the annual writers’ conference in Lethbridge, Alberta. My main reason for coming was to launch a Shadowpaw Press title (Broken Realm by Jenna Greene, a Lethbridge …
This is Easter weekend; last weekend, I sang in the Easter concert of First Baptist Church here in Regina as a guest soloist and chorister. The whole concert is worth listening to, but if you’d …
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The (re)turn of the screw
A man named Kenneth LeVey has re-invented the screw…and probably given me next week’s science column! (Via Transterrestrial Musings.)
It’s a perfect example of “build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” Everyone knew screws weren’t perfect, but they were so cheap and ubiquitous that no one ever got around to trying to make a better one…until now. For which all of those who currently have a screw loose will be forever grateful.
Wait a minute, that didn’t come out quite right…
Permanent link to this article: https://edwardwillett.com/2005/09/the-return-of-the-screw/
