Jo Walton (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} papersky) wrote,@ 2009-03-09 11:32:00 |
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Assorted Update
Firebirds Soaring containing my story "Three Twilight Tales" is out.
Recent Tor posts: S.P. Somtow's Jasmine Nights Janni Lee Simner's Bones of Faerie, Starship Troopers.
On Thursday I went to a very interesting public talk by Geoffrey Landis sponsored by McGill. It was about the cloud cities of Venus. What a great speaker, what a great combination of history, science, and speculation. If I'd known about it before that afternoon, I'd have mentioned it here in advance. They don't do so well on publicity. Still, lots of fun. And I hear that he's going to give it again at Anticipation! Don't miss it.
The weekend was kind of busy -- Z's girlfriend, A, has lots of brothers and sisters, all of whose names start with M. We took some of the younger ones to see the butterflies in the Jardin Botanique. This was a great success -- fortunately we got there when they weren't too crowded, so we went around the greenhouses at a reasonable pace and then had plenty of time to see the butteflies. The remodel of the "useful plants" greenhouse is a big improvement, and Z and I both confessed that we'd missed being able to see the fern room while the work was being done and that end of the greenhouse closed off. The little kids were enthusiastic about the plants, and ecstatic about the butterflies. I'll probably go to see the butterflies at least once more before the season ends. Yesterday, Z and A and I went to a flea market. This was a new experience, and surprisingly useful. We've also played two consecutive games of Cities and Knights of Catan, both of which I won, though last night's was incredibly close.
Advance warning -- next Sunday, 15th, between noon at 15h00, I am helping Indigo downtown celebrate their tenth anniversary. It's a "meet and greet" event but they don't seem to have anything online about it yet. There are going to be a number of local authors there doing "fifteen minute presentations" and hanging out and chatting. If you're local, please come! Meanwhile, I'm trying to think what a fifteen minute presentation about my books currently in print should be like. It's really easy for me to talk about the Small Change books, but Tooth and Claw is also out there... and Lifelode... I'm imagining rather silly dialogues on the "What do you write?" "What do you like?" lines. Any good ideas on how I should present myself?
Oh, and another couple of Lifelode reviews, Comrade Cat, and Hobbitbabe. Both positive.
Firebirds Soaring containing my story "Three Twilight Tales" is out.
Recent Tor posts: S.P. Somtow's Jasmine Nights Janni Lee Simner's Bones of Faerie, Starship Troopers.
On Thursday I went to a very interesting public talk by Geoffrey Landis sponsored by McGill. It was about the cloud cities of Venus. What a great speaker, what a great combination of history, science, and speculation. If I'd known about it before that afternoon, I'd have mentioned it here in advance. They don't do so well on publicity. Still, lots of fun. And I hear that he's going to give it again at Anticipation! Don't miss it.
The weekend was kind of busy -- Z's girlfriend, A, has lots of brothers and sisters, all of whose names start with M. We took some of the younger ones to see the butterflies in the Jardin Botanique. This was a great success -- fortunately we got there when they weren't too crowded, so we went around the greenhouses at a reasonable pace and then had plenty of time to see the butteflies. The remodel of the "useful plants" greenhouse is a big improvement, and Z and I both confessed that we'd missed being able to see the fern room while the work was being done and that end of the greenhouse closed off. The little kids were enthusiastic about the plants, and ecstatic about the butterflies. I'll probably go to see the butterflies at least once more before the season ends. Yesterday, Z and A and I went to a flea market. This was a new experience, and surprisingly useful. We've also played two consecutive games of Cities and Knights of Catan, both of which I won, though last night's was incredibly close.
Advance warning -- next Sunday, 15th, between noon at 15h00, I am helping Indigo downtown celebrate their tenth anniversary. It's a "meet and greet" event but they don't seem to have anything online about it yet. There are going to be a number of local authors there doing "fifteen minute presentations" and hanging out and chatting. If you're local, please come! Meanwhile, I'm trying to think what a fifteen minute presentation about my books currently in print should be like. It's really easy for me to talk about the Small Change books, but Tooth and Claw is also out there... and Lifelode... I'm imagining rather silly dialogues on the "What do you write?" "What do you like?" lines. Any good ideas on how I should present myself?
Oh, and another couple of Lifelode reviews, Comrade Cat, and Hobbitbabe. Both positive.
