Recent Doings

[pameladean]

Raphael and I have been on a number of lovely hikes that I haven't written up.

Eric and I went to Duluth for three days and had a glorious time looking at waterfalls and swimming in Lake Superior, and a less glorious one losing the car key on the beach and having to wait for a locksmith while beset with biting flies.

Tor.com is having a kind of slow-motion panel discussion of Robert Heinlein in the context of a new biography by William Patterson, Learning Curve. This first volume covers Heinlein's life through 1949; another volume will appear later. It's full of lovely tidbits, but so detailed that absorbing it is a slow process. I am blogging over there in the terrifyingly stellar company of Sarah Hoyt, John Scalzi, Charlie Stross, Mitch Wagner, and Jo Walton. Things have slowed down quite a bit over the weekend, so there's a chance to catch up on the discussion, if it's the kind of thing that interests you. I had a couple of half-written posts that more or less got scooped by my swifter, more experienced fellow bloggers, but I hope to manage another one before the week-long panel is over. In the meantime I'm enjoying the lessons on how it's done.

My camera died sometime between last week and when I got it out to photograph waterfalls. It turns out that David got a good deal on it, and replacing it will cost more than I feel comfortable spending until I turn my book in, so I am sulking a little. However, David will lend me his own low-end camera for any special occasions, if I remember to ask for it.

Aristophanes is flourishing, to my great relief.

The revisions continue less arduous than before, but quite seriously pesky just the same. I am presently assembling Chapter 18 from stone knives and bearskins.

My best to you all; I am trying to catch up with everybody else's doings.

Pamela

Comments

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Aristophanes is flourishing

Yay! Somehow I only recently became aware of the cheer emoticon, and even more recently the version with pom poms. I think it's appropriate here :)

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[inlaterdays.livejournal.com]

The waterfalls and lake sound lovely! Bad car key for getting lost. They are tricky things; mine is always going through the laundry in my pockets. Sorry to hear about the camera, but glad you have a back-up available.

The Heinlein discussion sounds really interesting. I must check that out.

Glad to hear from you!

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Very glad about those hikes!

This is by way of saying hi.

[3rdragon]

I found my way here via sartorias's journal, and since I've enjoyed your work for a long time and your lj entries seem interesting, I've decided to stick around, and it seems only polite to introduce myself.

I'm Miriam.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Good for Ari! Charlie has a long comment thread on Heinlein in his public blog where Bill Patterson, the author of that book, is also commenting.

[orcaarrow.livejournal.com]

Thank you for both the update and news about the Heinlein bio! I'll have to check it out.