Interesting words for Wednesday: Lapidify means to turn to stone. I also like the noun blatherskite, a person “given to voluble, empty talk.”
Books and Writing:
At Tor.com, Christina Orlando talks about reading books late. Lots of good recommendations here!
Kris Kathryn Rusch has, understandably, a strong indie-pub position, but this article is useful and interesting. It’s about traditional publishing and how it’s faring in the pandemic (spoiler alert: not very well according to her.
File770 doesn’t usually do author guest-posts in the style of “The Big Idea” or “My Favorite Bit,” but they did with Dan Hanks’s new book Captain Moxley and the Embers of Empire.
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Kind of you to say. I certainly like to think so!
BTW, Steve Sterner will be performing at seven films during this upcoming fest: https://filmforum.org/series/clara-bow
As far as I know, Bill, Steve Sterner is the only person who does the live accompaniment to silent movies…
And I'm positive that Kaidan will fondly remember watching these movies with his old man for the rest of his…
You bet, Marion!