Infomerical?
February 9, 2001
7:06 a.m.
So I've got a bit of news today. First, those astute Analog readers will note that "Stealing the Sun" is currently posted on the magazine's website along with Mike Moscoe's "A Day's Work on the Moon." Both stories are on the preliminary Nebula ballot, but in different categories. Second, I received a copy on the latest issue of Artemis, complete with a note saying my story "Echoes in a Shattering Silence" will be included in the next issue. So, I'll try to run over and correct my bibliography. And finally, after a bit of correspondence and minor rewriting, it appears Analog intends to accept "Parchment in Glass." This is the tale that several folks read in my controversial association of metrics to storytelling. So, I'm pleased about that. Even better, of course, is that Stan's wondering when he might see the next one.   I understand that the Hugo ballots were mailed yesterday. Would I be out of place in commenting that "The Taranth Stone" is eligible? Probably. But hey, this is my place, and I've already sullied the water with blatant commercialization above. Why not go all the way? Brigid is moving into seventh grade next year, and we've been out looking for schools the past few days. There are a few choices. Which is good. The problem is that we're pretty big on the Montessori approach, and there are no such beasts in the area past sixth grade. For years we've been saying that if the biggest problem we have to face is that her school has prepared her beyond what her middle school is prepared to teach her, then we were in pretty good space. That's still true. And I'm sure things will work out fine no matter what. Education is truly defined by the home in my opinion, and we won't let Brigid not gain something from any school she attends. Still, it's human to worry a little, you know? Have a good day.  Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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"Writers ought not to look with awe upon libraries, as if libraries were Greek temples or holy shrines. Libraries must always be lumberyards to us, houses of building supplies." James Kilpatrick Seemed appropriate: I thought of this while standing in school libraries this week. |
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