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Thanks to SF Signal for adding Lynda to their list of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors who Blog.



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Received a lovely "thank you" from Rita McInnis of DP Todd Secondary School about the visit David and I made there on April 24. PS I love her tag line - Live each day to the fullest!. It's good advice. Thank you for having us Rita!

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Mel gave me this notebook to capture thoughts about the Okal Rel Universe. I would sketch in it, too, but I don't draw like Mel does. :-) The anime-style chibby of Amel on the cover is actually a separate picture we applied with Photoshop and some editing help by Tegan to remove the lines of the ruled paper Mel drew the original on. I have a bunch more chibby from Mel to get into the gallery and she is keen to do some interviews with characters for the podcast I keep threatening to set up.

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Much thanks to teacher Rita McInnis-Ryan, David Lott, student Nicole and other volunteers who helped connect students at D.P. Todd Secondary School with the Okal Rel Universe Thursday, April 24, 2008. David Lott helped me set up, modeled the Ann T-Shirt and put up a page for the April 24 2008 Visit to DP Todd. We had a reading by Nicole (center in picture) and some mock duels as well as slide shows, questions and a book giveaway to students interested in doing art, skits, dress up or otherwise strutting their own interpretations of the ORU for the launch of Book #3, Pretenders, in September at the Prince George Public Library.

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I am interviewed by Marie Bilodeau on this week's On the EDGE. There'll be more coming in the podcast realm from the ORU, so sign up to the EDGE podcast using your favorite podcast aggregator. In this interview I talk about the origins of Okal Rel in my disgust at the cold war mentality, the character Horth Nersal, and the theme of opportunism vs. integrity in Righteous Anger.

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Anne M. Stickel of the First Expansion (ORU) is also on the editorial staff of Ray Gun Revival. To quote Johne Cook of Ray Gun Revival, "Anne Stickl is our copyeditor extraordinaire". I second the sentiment.

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Thrilled to see Righteous Anger in the Barnes & Noble catalog snag on my google alert for Okal Rel ... but shed a tear to see they haven't got the cover art in yet. Sigh. Being an author is so "emo" as my kids might put it. :-)
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At the invitation of club rep Daniel Archambault, Lynda Williams has agreed to act as judge of the West End Writers 19th Annual Contest. Lynda will present the award to the winning enty Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at the awards ceremony at Barclay Manor.

Contest details: $200 First Prize, $100 Second Prize and $50 Third Prize
This year, Poetry and Prose will be judged together.
Submission Deadline - Thursday, May 15th, 2008. For more information, see contest page on the West End Writers homepage.
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A snip of an e-mail exchange with Kristin C. of Ft. St. John, who was one of two participants in Dr. Marian Scholtmeijer’s class ENGL 486, Literature of the Fantastic, who received copies of Courtesan Prince after my guest appearance by audio conference, March 29. I enjoyed an exchange of e-mails with Kristin after and obtained her permission to blog a "slice of life" snip from one. :-) A book also went to Harold Feddersen. Much thanks to Marian and her students for having me as a guest to discuss identity issues in Courtesan Prince.

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Surf to the Edge website for some audio clips of me answering questions. Working on making them shorter and shorter, like beads on a necklace. Many beads still amount to something substantial but each is more accessible. My way of simultaneously bowing to and rebelling against the sound-byte phenomenon.

• I was a special guest in Dr. Marian Scholtmeijer’s ENGL 486, Literature of the Fantastic, class on March 29. Had a good time. Give away copies of Courtesan Prince are being sent to student participants Kristin C. and Marold Feddersen. Next event I'm looking forward to is appearing in Rita McInnis-Ryan's enriched English class at D.P. Todd Secondary School, in April.


• First Expansion mailing list still down due to port to new hardware by the ORU's hosting service. My husband and webmaster David Lott is in Vienna on a special trip to see old friends, so I won't be able to fix or re-construct until he gets home.


• Heard exciting news about Alison Sinclair through the grape vine! She's sold a triology to ROC. I've sent congratulations.


• Steph has out a video interview with Nina Munteanu on site at her Chapters signing.


• I've seen the draft cover of Pretenders, Book #3 of the Okal Rel Saga. Disappointed Echo couldn't do it due to illness but delighted Brian Hades was able to find an artist to make the very tight deadline. Di Mon is on the cover, with the Monatese library for backdrop, and framed in green marble.


• Had a wonderful coffee meeting with Rémi Despres-Smyth, a master enterprise programmer and the partner of Prince George's own Garth Frizzell, CEO of Terra Cognita, to discuss his reactions to Righteous Anger and the saga, in general. Programmer/analysts seem to be one of the demographics the ORU appeals to and I am particularly honored to count Rémi as an engaged reader.


• Kept new reader Heather Ouelette, a faculty member in the UNBC Nursing Program, up very late finishing Courtesan Prince [evil gleeful laugh]. Her husband had to take the book away from her.


• Finally getting to read Courtesan Prince to my two younger daughters, oth teenagers. Gratified by their interest. It isn't a given that one's own family will be "into" one's fiction. Especially not teenagers.


• Planning to meet with Craig Bowlsby in Vancouver mid-April to discuss his novella from Horth's period in Bryllit's fleet.


• Been skyping back and forth with Justyn Perry of Edge about various things, and exchanging e-mail with Brian Hades about Pretenders. Justyn has me thinking about doing an ORU podcast with longer readings, discussions, interviews, etc.
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• Engaged Jill Bell, the book chick, to help me with the Big Move from Windstorm Creative to Edge for the works in the extended series. Still getting my act together on this front as I work with Edge to put Pretenders to bed. :-)

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