Wasps have a good memory for a face Chimps never forget a bum Since I’m more closely related to chimps than to wasps, perhaps the difficulty I have in remembering people’s names simply boils down to looking at the wrong spot.
"I never forget a…"
Wasps have a good memory for a face Chimps never forget a bum Since I’m more closely related to chimps than to wasps, perhaps the difficulty I have in remembering people’s names simply boils down to looking at the wrong spot.
A taste for cooked meat
It’s not very often you come across new science related to the history of cooking meat, possibly because it’s such a widespread human activity–especially in the summer–that everyone takes it for granted. Also, we’ve been doing it a very long time. As I wrote in a column four years ago: “Evidence…suggests our hominid ancestors were …
What I Just Read: A Darkness Forged in Fire
A Darkness Forged in Fire is a new fantasy (the first in a series collectively called The Iron Elves) by a new writer, Chris Evans. I receieved a free copy from the publisher for some reason or other, and was glad to get it. I won’t bother with a synopsis–you can get that from Amazon–but …
The Plot Synopsis Project II
Last week, I posted one of my successful query letters as part of the Query Project, organized by my fellow DAW author Joshua Palmetier. Joshua has previously organized The Plot Synopsis Project, in which published authors posted synopses they used to seel books, and now he’s gone and done it again–and I’m pleased to be …
Willett of the Day: Marcia Willett, novelist
I’m not the only writing Willett, by any means. Allow me to introduce you to Marcia Willett (that’s her at left, with her agent, Dinah Wiener, in Christ Church Meadows). From the Macmillan Books website: Born in Somerset, in the west country of England, on the day the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Marcia …
You’re invited to my book launch!
Here’s the invitation Red Deer Press is sending out for the upcoming book launches for Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw… …you know, in case for some reason yours didn’t arrive in the mail.
Things I Found in my Mother-in-Law’s House: Souvenirs
Notes for this week’s CBC radio segment of Things I Found in My Mother-in-Law’s House. UPDATE: Listen to the actual interview! **** Souvenirs seem to have some strange mesmeric power over travelers. You visit a place with beautiful scenery, a long and fascinating history, great restaurants and a vibrant night life, and somehow you decide …
A political rant we can all get behind
Everyone’s ranting about politics today, it seems, so I guess I should, too. But since my range of acquaintances runs from gay socialist actors through libertarian atheist science fiction writers all the way over to conservative fundamentalist preachers, all of whom just seem to assume that all the Right People agree entirely with their positions …
The Large Hadron Collider
You would have had to work very hard last week not to have heard that the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, has just started operating on the Swiss-Franco border. Superlatives abound in any discussion of the LHC. It’s the largest machine in the world, 27 kilometres in circumference, 100 metres underground. …
Nice review of Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw
Much to my surprise, there’s a big review (in the newspaper itself, it comes with a giant image of the book!) of Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw in today’s Leader Post. Edward Willett has cobbled together a walking guide that will appeal to history buffs and those with a keen appreciation for architecture. …
The Query Project
My fellow DAW author Joshua Palmetier has taken it upon himself to coordinate something called The Query Project. He’s asked a number of published authors to post, on September 12, one of their actual query letters that led to them getting a publisher or agent, and comment on the art of writing queries in general. …
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