Less than a month, now, until World Fantasy — right here in my own town of Calgary! I have the great good fortune to be the host for David Morrell. One of the cool things I am focussing on this month is selecting and reading some of his fiction, as well as researching his biography. In just perusing his website, I noticed that he was an early fan of “Route 66.” I remember that show too, as one I enjoyed well.
“Playing Games” to become a script – again
I wasn’t sure what happened to the last script I approved for the radio play adapted from my short story, “Playing Games” (OnSpec, Winter, 2005) but I received another version this week. The script is quite true to the original; I made a couple of edits, then approved it. Hopefully it will pass all the tests and be produced this time!
Speaking of one’s work being adapted for another medium, I was awed this week to learn that Rob Sawyer’s novel, “Flashforward” has been contracted by ABC Television in the U.S. to become a series! Rob, that is incredible!! Congratulations! It will be interesting to follow Rob’s website (you can see Rob’s site is one of my links) as the show moves through the labyrinth toward air.
Ta Ta!
It’s Great to Belong to Groups
Perusing my favorites today, a friend passed on the following link:
Weekend!
And full of writing and writer-related (and fan-related) fun. Saturday was the World Fantasy Barbecue and Brian Hades of Edge Press spoke about publishing. Though I arrived late (okay, the kids needed school supplies so we were out shopping in the morning) I was told that the speech was excellent. Food was great, and I picked up some classics as well as some new books I haven’t read yet at the raffle. In the evening, all the actors in IFWA Players got together to look at the footage of our play, Armageddon Idol, from last month. Looks like Anna will be intercutting the two cameras to create a DVD for us. Yay, Anna!
Today, though, is my writing day. I woke up with a fantastic idea yesterday, and 2 more plot bunnies have attacked me since.
Day Job Reality
So, school is back in next week and I’ve been at work already for a week. Amazing how energy-draining the day job can be. However, it’s the weekend now and the day I’ve been waiting for. Back to the novel!
Still, it makes me think . . . how much money does a person really need to live on? A friend who is a highly successful Tor author quite deliberately works during the day at a job that is NOT energy-draining. She is very careful with how she spends her money. And, I am continually amazed at how inexpensively my daughter, a university student, lives. True, when her room and board are free (she lives with me) it helps a lot. Still, she is dedicated to travel to certain cons and to maintain her motorcycle; but clothing, entertainment expenses — she doesn’t have a cell or any of the electronic devices to which most young people are tied — she very simply does without.