• My Life

    The Flood

    A bit of history for today. “FLOODING OF THE MURRAY RIVER TAKES EIGHT LIVES” — This was the headline of the local paper on March 25th, 1939. The sudden flooding of the Murray River at East Pine during the early morning hours swept away the home of Mr. Wellington M. Warren, carrying eight persons to their deaths in the raging water and crushing ice… If you read the entire article you’ll come to this bit: …learning Edith and Mr. & Mrs. Warren were in the same clump of trees, they ran back to try to save them. Edith had climbed into a tree. Mr. Warren was clinging to the trunk…

  • Writing Resources

    Aurora Awards

    I’ve blabbed enough here about my own eligible work for Canada’s Aurora Awards. So instead here are some links to other writers that you might want to check out when deciding who to nominate (please note I’m just mentioning writers I’ve either talked to recently or have followed for a long time… not trying to play favorites!) For a more complete list of eligible works check out the Canadian SF Works database. Colleen Anderson – has poetry and fiction eligible Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Many stories eligible this year. Robert J Sawyer – one of Canada’s best known SF novelists, his novel Wake is eligible. Douglas Smith – His story collection…