Sometimes first draft writing can be scary and depressing and confusing. But today I am writing stuff I have thought about, taken notes on and planned for weeks. What a ride!
I’m a grandma!
Callum Alexander Forest Osborne was born very early this morning: 12:45 AM. He was 8 lbs, 6 oz and 22 inches long – very healthy. He and his mom are still in the hospital, as her blood pressure is a little high and they want to see it stabilize before they send her home – perhaps tomorrow morning.
Not much writing done this weekend (okay, none so far . . .)
Hit the Two-Thirds Mark!
. . . on my current novel. Everything is set up and in place for the climax. Today I begin that final piece. Can’t wait!
More on Aurora Eligibility
Thanks to Ron Friedman of my Imaginative Fiction Writers’ Association for compiling this partial list of eligible works for the Auroras — with the slant that all these writers are from Calgary (or were from Calgary or are good friends of Calgarians). Some to consider, at least:
Long-Form Works ================ Sawyer, Robert J. IDENTITY THEFT AND OTHER STORIES (collection). Red Deer Press, May 2008 Trenholm, Hayden. DEFINING DIANA. Bundoran Press
Novelettes ======== McCharles, Randy. “Ringing the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta.” Tesseracts Twelve, edited by Claude Lalumiere
Short Stories ========== Forest, Susan J. “Back.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2008
Sawyer, Robert J. “Apple Will Own Margaret Atwood,” The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine, January 2008 (reprinted as “E-Mails from the Future” in Sawyer’s collection Identity Theft and Other Stories).
Trenholm, Hayden. “Love In its Season” On Spec #73, Summer 2008
===================== Other Non-CanadaSF eligible:
McCharles, Randy (fan achievement) for chairing World fantasy convention. Jeff Campbell – for editing Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes
Aurora Eligibility
And at a later date I’ll talk about my story “Back” (Analog, June, 2008) which is eligible, but right now I’d like to promote Randy McCharles for Best Fan Organizational. If Randy doesn’t win the Aurora for that, something is really wrong. That World Fantasy conference was classy from first to last. Not a glitch in the entire thing, and there were millions of examples of little touches that just made it that titch more elegant. The book bags will keep everyone reading for a couple of years. The hors d’ouevres served with the art gala, the location right on the Stephen Street Mall with all its shops and restaurants, the hosts and gifts for the guests — I could go on and on. Thanks, Randy, for a world-class convention. You can find out more about the Prix Aurora Awards at the