Author Michael Thomas Ford has launched a website to raise money for writers and to draw attention to the lack of funding for working writers generally. At http://www.dollaraword.com he's writing a novel one word at a time, as he gets sponsonship from individuals like you. Give him a dollar and he'll write another word. Give … Continue reading Every Man a Medici
After IV
Last month, I drew your attention to a great title: Working IX to V : Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World. (See that earlier item here.) I also mentioned that the author would be appearing on NPR. Now that interview has been posted, along with an excerpt from the … Continue reading After IV
Imagine All the People… Gone
I'm not a science fiction fan, as a rule, but I'm not immune to a little alternative-future thinking on occasion. So I'll confess I was intrigued by a recent CBC interview with Alan Weisman, author of the forthcoming SF novel The World Without Us (to be published July 10).Weisman discusses how the world would change … Continue reading Imagine All the People… Gone
