Good Morning, Don.
I think I'm rather jealous! You actually have time
to read! What's up with that? The only
reading I've been doing lately has been student papers and the stories for
Wormhole. Received Tammy's latest – it is a heart puller! And Jeph's latest is
one of those "think on your feet" action adventures. (The links are to Tammy and Jeph's last stories for Wormhole.)
But what has my attention right now is Ariel's Dance with White Time. I did an email interview with her last week. Amazing! Did you know that her whole Airlands Series was influenced by Rocky and Bullwinkle? We have parts 2 and 3 on the website, with part one for free on the Books for sale page. She said that her favorite character in this was Archanuiss. He has a lot of potential as a character, but a a reader, I think the Heron God Beast, Feather, is more interesting.
But what has my attention right now is Ariel's Dance with White Time. I did an email interview with her last week. Amazing! Did you know that her whole Airlands Series was influenced by Rocky and Bullwinkle? We have parts 2 and 3 on the website, with part one for free on the Books for sale page. She said that her favorite character in this was Archanuiss. He has a lot of potential as a character, but a a reader, I think the Heron God Beast, Feather, is more interesting.
I have to admit that I was never very smitten with
The Stainless Steel Rat chronology. Harrison is not one of my return-to
authors. I have enjoyed some of his work, but not a lot of it. From what you
shared, maybe I'll try again.
I have always enjoyed Cleese's slapstick humor – but
only in short bursts. He must, however, be incredibly bright to make the connections
and word plays that he is well known for. I loved what you inserted about "Jack".
And I could actually see "Jack" tearing up the Dear Jack letter and
moving on! Cleese's comments and thoughts about editing are right on! I've translated it to: Put the key action at
the end of the chapter! That way readers will read on!
His comments about teaching boys were also right on!
My male students are a bit older than 10
or 11 by almost 10 to 15 years. Believe it or not, the same tactics apply. Males
are really into fairness and usually, by the time they get to me, they really
do want to learn. They've overcome the jock nonchalance of high school and realized
that the world really doesn't care about whether or not they played spots in high
school.
Here in finally sunny Colorado (we went through a
couple of weeks of ice showers then snow), I am learning about Internet
Marketing. It is a six week course with 12 modules. I'm in the process of designing a marketing
plan for Wormhole's Transport 40 which will showcase the work of Tammy Narayan,
one of our writers. I have so many choices! And knowing which ones will work
and what will work better is not on my magic 8 ball.
I've been teaching Press Releases to my Comp I class
as part of their research process. And I'm excited about using the technique
myself! But who do I send it too? Or do I just give it a shot, see if it helps
and work from there? I think the banners and click for view things that can be
done are bit beyond my budget right now – probably because I don't know if they
really work. I'm not the kind of person to click on an advertisement. Should I
base the rest of the population on my actions? I hope not! There is so much
that could be done! What is the right path?
I read an article on "Dreaming of Wormholes:
Four ways to break the universe's speed limit" by Jessica Orwig. She
talks about how subatomic particles communicate with each other by vibrating,
and that when they are close together, they vibrate in unison. Then, no matter
where they are in the universe, they will continue to vibrate in unison. What
she doesn't answer is, what happens when another particle comes along? Does it start
vibrating with the other two? If this is true, then by association, isn't the
universe already vibrating in unison? 
So does this also explain why some groups of people think certain things are funny and other groups don't? Who you vibrate/associate with determines your humor factor?
Twain got "fiction" right: it does have to makes
sense. It is reality that gets a bit strange.
Travel safe! and I hope that the weather clears long enough for you to get home safely. And that this year, your pipes are not frozen.
Carolyn
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images downloaded from Googe Images
Fig
1 – vacation retrieved from blog.goodbyecrutches.com/GoodbyeCrutches-blog/bid/...
Fig 4 – subatomic particles retrieved from ILC NewsLine - 8 October 2009 - Feature 1
Fig 5 – Wormhole retrieved from
travelmeintime.blogspot.com
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