Nancy Kress noted, during a panel discussion at Eeriecon:
Brain is Broken
I…
How the fuck…no, this can’t be real…
Can it?
Edited to add: Son of a bitch, it’s true! It’s true! Ahhhhhh!!!
First Drafts
You just know there’s a script draft where the Dad’s line is, “Well, your friends are hot.”
@Six Sentences, Volume 1
All My Heroes Are Dead
Oh, Loaf… Steinman… what have you done??
Sold!
Woke up to some good news this morning. A flash piece of mine called “She Got the Moon in Her Eye” has been accepted by Coyote Wild. Details forthcoming…
No Nanobots Required
I got a lot more where these came from. I got weeks of catching up to do.
March Scorecard
Yes, I’m behind. No excuses. March has a full slate of family holidays and commitments. Still, I’ve managed to get more done in March of ’08 than I’ve had in any previous March. As measured by numbers, however, well…
Submissions:
Acceptances:
Publications:
Circulating:
2 (1 resub/1 new)
0
0
4
In the Zone
Last week, I attended the 2008 Rod Serling Conference at Ithaca College, where Serling taught from 1967-1975. I scored a pass because The Wife was a judge in their scriptwriting competition. I saw a lot and learned a lot that I didn’t know. The best part was a session where the speaker presented video clips of small- and large-group lessons given by Serling himself at various workshops. Here’s one such clip, thanks to the piracy joy of YouTube.
The keynote speech at the conference was given by the past dean of the Park School of Communication who had access to unedited clips from this series, filmed on a soundstage at I.C. after a moment, so the story goes, where they finally realized the need to capture Serling’s teaching on camera. The man who was “the head of the class” in that last clip said a few words, as well.
I’ll post a few more clips later. There’s something about them, but to say they’re “inspirational” doesn’t seem quite right. There isn’t too much that any writer hasn’t heard a thousand times over (Serling himself would probably say that). But maybe it’s the sense of universality and timelessness in these forty year-old clips.
In any case, I’m still reeling.
Twiddly Diddly Dee
The editor of Six Sentences reminded me that I have a Twitter account. Thanks, Rob!
As the Billy Joel song goes, “Send up a signal, I’ll throw you a line.”