Shimmer away!
Today was fairly dull at work. But I did finish the final edits of Shimmer and it’s going off to the press. Whew.
Science-Fiction Novel Posits Future Where Characters Are Hastily Sketched | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Well, this amuses me. Science-Fiction Novel Posits Future Where Characters Are Hastily Sketched | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source OREGON CITY, ORâ€â€Science-fiction author Morgan Richards announced Monday completion of his long-awaited novel, Zeppelins Of Phobos. The swashbuckling tale of the battle for control of the solar system depicts a terrifying future filled with
Importing old posts
I just imported all the old journal entries from my blogger account to this website. All of the pictures were lost, because of that lightning strike last year, but at least you can still read about my adventures last time I was in Iceland.
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Late start
We weren’t called until noon today and then didn’t wind up doing any performance until probably three in the afternoon. Today’s sentence is: Let’s shoot him now now. Pretty much everything was run of the mill today. I did live hands for two of the characters–this was actually the first time ever that I’ve live-handed
Stanislaw Lem, Author of Science Fiction Classics, Is Dead at 84 – New York Times
Stanislaw Lem, Author of Science Fiction Classics, Is Dead at 84 – New York Times Stanislaw Lem, a Polish science-fiction writer who, in novels like “Solaris” and “His Master’s Voice,” contemplated man’s place in the universe in sardonic and sometimes bleak terms, died yesterday in Krakow, Poland. He was 84. The cause was heart failure,
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Cost of submissions
We had today off because they were shooting actors…you know, I could really do a top-ten list every week. Anyway, I took the time to get some writing done and to send out some actual mail submissions. Until today, I’ve managed to avoid submitting stories except to markets that allow e-submissions. Yikes! It’s expensive to
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Cover art for Apex
The cover art for Apex Digest’s Issue six has just been unveiled. This is the issue which I will be in. Neat. The artist who’s illustrating my story also sent me a rough draft because he thought I’d be interested. It turns out he’s a fan of the show. Small world or what?
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Day of rest
We slept in. It was lovely. Then, Rob made waffles. Lovely. We walked downtown; the sun was shining but it was still cold enough to bundle up. Our goal–well, Rob’s goal really, I was just along for company–was to find a thrift store. There are three that Rob knew of, but we only found one
Yawn
This kind of day is the hardest of all. Thor and I came in at 9:00 today because his character was in a scene at the beginning of the day. The other puppeteers were on standby and arrived at 11:00, but we still hadn’t shot a puppet scene yet. In fact, none of us were
Me as origami
I wish we had taken a picture of this, so I’ll attempt to provide a word-picture of the endeavor. The Mayor, normally played by David Feldman, had to enter a scene with hedge clippers, talk to Ziggy and then exit. Because of a number of variables, including that darn bicycle, we had to be on
Puppet Relay Race
Today one of the puppets had to ride a bike through a scene which involved screwing three of our rollie carts together. Two of them supported Thor, and one had a kids bike screwed to it. A twenty-foot pole pushed the whole shebang through the frame. The only problem was that we couldn’t back the
Things I can say at work, that you can’t.
My brother said that one of the reasons he likes talking to me is because stories about my job include sentences that no one else can say. (Clearly he hasn’t been hanging out with enough puppeteers.) So he suggested that I start a top-ten list of things I can say at my job that you
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Massage Day
Our massage therapist came today. I love massage day. The only drawback to today’s is that I finished the massage and went straight out on set to work the mayor’s hands. I feel like I haven’t had a massage at all. They’ve just released us for the day and it’s only 2:00. We’re all running
Eve at work
Eve came in to work with me so she could see how we do the show and what the set looks like. That turned out to be a mistake. Although I had arranged to have another puppeteer cover me while Eve and I went to the Blue Lagoon, of course I wound up working. It
The Golden Circle
Today we drove up to Þingvellir (pronounced Thingvetleer) to see the Oxráfoss and the place where the North American and European continental plates are separating. On this excursion Emily came with us and she and Eve were appropriately astounded. We continued our tour by heading through the land of a thousand potholes to go to