I stole this quote from Gail Carriger, who borrowed it from Mr. Bradbury:

"To sum it all up, if you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling. You must write every single day of your life. You must write dreadful dumb books and glorious books, and let them wrestle in ( Read more... )

First Farrah. Now Michael Jackson.

Dude.

kenrand passed away yesterday after a long illness.

I met Ken several times at Cons, and he was always gracious and helpful to this brand-new writer testing her toes in the scary world of original fiction. He was a fabulous mentor to many, and the SF/F world has lost a luminary.

So long, Ken. You will be missed.

I'm really really sad that Andy Hallett died. Lorne was one of my very favorite characters, and I discovered the magic of Seabreezes because of him. Way too young. RIP, Andy, we'll miss you.

We visited the local zoo today and bought a membership. Considering how much we travel for the express purpose of going to zoos, this will come in handy, as it gets us in for either free or discounted to over 120 other zoos nationwide. I got some shiny shiny pix as well, and there's a new owl, a Long-Eared Owl, which I've never actually seen ( Read more... )

Specifically, the lovely and effulgent matociquala, that Algis Budrys has died. The SF world, and those of us who are regular entrants to Writers of the Future, will miss him. :(