Progress Report II
March 30, 2000
7:51 a.m.
So, the novel clean-up is done, and it's ready to go. The article has progresssed. I feel better all ready.   I drove to Indianapolis last night to see Douglas Adams and Ray Bradbury give talks at Butler University. It was a late night, and getting up this morning was, adimittedly a bit difficult. But it was well worth it. Adams and Bradbury are two writers I had never seen. And they are both treasures. I'm glad I saw htem. Glad I hear dthem talk. Bradbury, in particular, as he is getting up there in age, and who really knows how much longer he will be with us. Adams started the night by basically performing material in his Hitchhiker series. He was very, very good. But Bradbury was more interesting. He came out on the stage in a wheelchair and talked for a good hour or more. And old man in a suit and tie, and his whitewhite hair falling down over his glasses. The audience was a lot of college kids, and a group of fans. He told a bit about his life. He talked about space, and education, and hope. He talked about writing from the heart, and what that meant to him. I watched the crowd sometimes. They sat in quiet rapture, laughing at jokes, applauding at mentions of books. In the end, of course, he received a standing ovation. An old man in a chair, being applauded by a generation that was not born when men walked on the moon. All in all, it was enough to make a writer of anyone.  What a great writer, huh? Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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