While we’re talking about amazing shadow puppetry, this is another company that I saw for the first time at the San Fransisco puppetry festival back in 1993. Larry Reed’s Shadowlight does really ground breaking work involving using full human figures and multiple projectors to play with scale. This is a sample of their Monkey King […]
If you wonder what I’ve been working on recently, besides the usual intestines and things, I’ve had several projects for SFWA. I’m very pleased that one of them, our new volunteer management system, is now live. You might recall that when I ran for secretary, I felt that the volunteer management was one of the
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PoconoRecord.com put together a slideshow on the dangers of plastic bags. Intellectually, I knew a lot of this and already use cloth shopping bags when I go to the grocery store, but seeing the pictures… well, I’m a visual person. I just rolled up a lightweight canvas bag and stuck it in my purse for
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A friend of mine and fellow writer, D. T. Friedman volunteers at a non-profit organization and needs your help. Specifically, your socks. SOCK MY PUNKS! Hi there! I’m the Resource Coordinator for a non-profit organization that works with homeless and indigent teenagers, as well as teens who are in bad home situations. OxenFree is a
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We’re still looking for volunteers to help out with the SFWA’s Table in the Dealer Room at Denvention3. Now that the preliminary schedule is out, I figure it should be easier for folks to look at their plans and see if there’s a time when you can volunteer. In particular, we need help on Thursday.
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Later this summer I’m going to start with my official SFWA duties and I need to simplify my schedule before then. Step one: Ask someone to help with layout duties for Shimmer. Job Description: Layout stories to conform to an existing template. Adjust for widows and orphans. Confer with art director on art placement. Time
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I think I wrote almost all of this story on the subway. 2500 words of clockwork. It’s in a password protected post, but it’s the usual password. Don’t know what that is? Drop me a line and I’ll tell ya. And here’s the teaser. The clockwork chickadee was not as pretty as the nightingale. But
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Specifically, what are the dimensions of British 10 and 20 pound notes? Thanks! Googlefu is failing. Edited to add: A hearty thank you to Sean, who found the info for me.
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I ran The Bride Replete through my real life critique group and hope that I’ve incorporated their notes successfully. If you have some time to read the whole thing and let me know if it makes sense, I’d appreciate it. 12,500 words of science-fiction. Think that’s long? You should have seen it in the 16,000
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There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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SFWA is creating a new, updated website for the Nebula Awards and is looking for a SFWA member to partner with the professional web designer they’ve hired to do the heavy lifting. Estimated Time Required: 10-30 hours per month, (Variable depending on time of year. Heaviest commitment: March, April, and May) Job Description: 1. Advise
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I promise that I won’t post all SFWA all the time, but if you don’t mind helping spread the word on this one, I’d appreciate it. As part of a study on contracts, SFWA is seeking to enlarge and update their database of representative contract terms from the major publishers. Authors interested in participating may
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Those of you who aren’t interested in the politics of Science-Fiction and Fantasy can skip this post. For the rest of you, I have some explaining to do. I’ve volunteered to help SFWA by chairing the Service to SFWA committee, which has been revamped to recruit, retain and reward volunteers. Any service organization, like SFWA,
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