It would be hard to improve on yesterday, when I won the Aurora Award for Marseguro (did I mention I won the Aurora Award? I did? Hmmm, imagine that), but today was another good day at the World Science Fiction Convention here in Montreal. After a great breakfast at a local cafe, I had my …
Well, you can’t have a much better day at a WorldCon than I had today, short of winning a Hugo: tonight I won the Aurora Award for the best long-form work of science fiction or fantasy by a Canadian writer in English in 2008. The award was presented at a banquet this evening, and my …
Well, it’s been a while since I posted anything. Driving from Regina to Ottawa will do that to you. Even when I had Internet access in the places we stayed, I didn’t have much interest in blogging after seven or eight hours of driving. But we arrived safely in Ottawa on Tuesday (by way of …
…for Blue Fire, was: Illinen, setting out as soon as the sun went below the horizon, found the Freefolk camp far sooner than he had expected. Words today: 2,800 Total thus far: 49,589 I’m within spitting distance of 50,000 words! But I may not be able to spit out the rest for a couple of …
…for Marseguro and Terra Insegura have showed up from Bookchick, host of the all-about-books radio program I was recently on on Regina’s CJTR community radio station. Highlights of the Marseguro review*: Marseguro is an action-packed adventure full of humour, characters who are familiar as soon as they’re introduced, and a sense of urgency that doesn’t …
…for Blue Fire: He came in alone, leaving the guards in the hallway outside, and closed the door gently behind him. Words today: 2,138 Total thus far: 46,788 And, yes, I worked on Magebane, too. Didn’t take any new photos today, but here’s a nice sunset photo from the other day! (All of these photos …
The following article was just published in the July/August issue of FreeLance, the newsletter of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild. *** Robert J. Sawyer: The Philosophical Science Fiction Writer By Edward Willett The Canadian Light Source, the giant synchrotron in Saskatoon, does not immediately spring to mind as a likely venue for a writer-in-residence. Unless, perhaps, that …
…for Blue Fire: And then the gate to the inner city opened, and what he saw drove all other thoughts from his head. Words today: 1,998 Total thus far: 44,650 I’m officially past the 200th page of the manuscript, if it were printed in standard manuscript format, which of course it has not been and …
[podcast]http://edwardwillett.com/wp-content/upLoads//2009/07/Liquid-Fuels-from-Solar-Power.mp3[/podcast] In recent years, scientists and engineers have turned to biofuels—fuels generated from living things, and hence renewable—as a means of weaning us off of fossil fuels in favor of something cleaner, less likely to run out, and less wrapped up in international geopolitics. Fermenting the sugars found in corn or other grains into ethanol …
…for Blue Fire was: The much-diminished caravan of Freefolk Clan Diannan had only been on the road for an hour the next morning when the attack came. Words today: 2,277 Words thus far: 42,652 A good morning’s work. I’m getting close to 200 manuscript pages on this story. I think it’s going to need considerable …
…for Blue Fire was: Imlinn stood on the Freefolk trail leading north toward City Duodecim and studied the tracks he had found there by the light of the stars. Words today: 2,068 Total thus far: 40,381 Good writing this morning, as a scene I hadn’t even realized I needed came to life and both told …
As I’ve mentioned, I’m the new editor for Fine Lifestyle Regina magazine; but before I took on that job, I wrote two pieces as a freelancer for their first two issues. Here’s the one that appeared in the premiere Spring 2009 issue, about chef Rob Fuller… *** Regina Chef Rob Fuller didn’t exactly grow up …
