On
Friday, my smartphone informed me that since I’m in the foreign country of
Canada, roaming charges will apply.
This
flag outside my room was at least fifty feet wide
Susanna
Kearsley gave an interesting workshop on weaving together a twin-stranded
storyline, which I certainly do in my War
of the Worlds mashup (a single strand sample is here), and my historical
fantasy Virgin Unknown (sample here).
Often,
at science fiction conventions or writers’ conferences, speakers will refer to
scenes from movies to illustrate their points.
This has to do with many people in the audience seeing the same movies,
and even if we’ve read the same book, we might visualize the scenes
differently. Even with The Lord of the Rings, people will refer
to the movies, not the books, to make a point.
Susanna
Kearsley mentioned The Words, starring
Dennis Quaid—a movie I haven’t seen—to illustrate the twin-stranded story. After she was done speaking, I mentioned In Good Company, where every scene is a contrast
between an older man played by Quaid and a younger man played by Topher
Grace. She stated that Dennis Quaid must
like that sort of story, since he was also in Dreamscape. I recognized
that one, saying it was the first PG-13 movie.
The
evening dinner had the theme of the roaring 20s, and although I did not dress
for it, these ladies certainly did:
They
have their steampunk, clockpunk, and dieselpunk blog here.
That sounds like a great con, Mark. Hope you're having fun. :)
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