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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 …

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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?” …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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. …

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Photo of the (Yester)Day: Canada Day at the Lieutenant-Governor’s Garden Party, Government House, Regina

More photos here.

Photo of the (Yester)Day: Canada Day at the Lieutenant-Governor’s Garden Party, Government House, Regina

More photos here.

Photo of the Day that was Actually in the LeaderPost Yesterday: Let There Be Light

This photo by Roy Antal was in the Regina LeaderPost yesterday. Yep, that’s me at the left, with Rob Huber behind the piano and Robert Ursan seated. The three of us will be the hosts for Saturday night’s “Let There Be Light” fundraising show for the Regina Performing Arts Centre.

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