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Most mags now have “dormant” submission periods. Yes, one does open its subs page at midnight.
I can’t finish without mentioning that one brave editor, David G. Hartwell (of Tor Books), passed away yesterday. He was always nice to the new authors and visited often our Canadian SF conventions (here at Anticipation but I also met him in Boréal 2010 and Ad Astra 2014). He and his exuberantly colored ties will be missed.
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Yes, we do watch the X-Files !
The Resolution Run is an annual event by organized by the Running Room. They hold bi-weekly runs open to every one, and in winter it is better to run in a group, because of the danger of falling on ice.
There was not much snow at the 2015 RR, but half-melted, darkened snowpacks were abundant. Despite what the comic may let you think, there were crews presents, cheering us at various points on the 5-km route, so no “dark” places.
It was a good run with the moon peeking through the branches, ominous and magnificent.
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Thanks to my fellow colleague Yves Bourgelas for the anecdote!
Those mishaps happen, from time to time, when the place is packed full.
And my calendar is packed, hence the delay!
A signed book is a treasure. I buy a lot of books from my fellows SF writers!
(This blunder really happened: I’m known for my absent-mindedness, but no book was harmed nor thrown on the floor in the telling of this event.)
FYI: Yves Meynard is also a Tor Books published author.
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This slight mishap happened at the end of a long day…
My colleagues are respected writers, Philippe-Aubert Côté wrote Le Jeu du Demiurge, and Yves Meynard has published The Book of Knights and Chrysanthe at Tor Books.
My own science-fiction book, L’Écologie d’Odi, and my 16th novel, received an enthusiastic review. It is the first time that I write a story in a shared universe.
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One bookfair coming and the launch of my 16th novel… don’t leave a lot of free time to draw signing table gags!
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Personal musings at the end of a long election campaign.
What do I want to conserve?
Our environment, because without an hospitable planet, there’s no viable economy!
Social diversity as much as biological, guaranteeing humanity’s long-term survival.
Sciences and education, because we will need all the available heads to solve issues born from the past, to face the challenges ahead. (No, there are no piranhas in the St. Lawrence River, but other exotic creepers such as Asian carp threaten these places.)
Public support for the artists, magazines and cultural organizations, for without creativity, without imagination, where are we going?
I need a cultural diffuser as CBC-RadioCanada because no eventual “official organ of the Party” will replace it A mari usque ad mare. (As a Franco-Ontarian, the CBC is our own French language buoy! )
I am a staunch conservative for human dignity, honesty, and the liberty for women to choose their own path in life.
I want to get back to what is, for me, the original meaning of the word “religion“, reli-connected + ion-all, “to connect all”: building bridges between people, multiplying loaves of bread instead of fences.
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Those using the term “tax payers” are not only stating that people as walking
wallets, they exclude many amoins us who contribute positively to society.
Among others:
– Those too poor to pay return taxes on their income (and the very poor, the homeless, etc.)
– Small-wage earners, paying a 13% tax on purchases (except food and some
goods). This tax rate is only slightly less than many large companies, nominally
taxed at 15%! And they pay hidden fees on many services (and pay more with
privatization!)
– Retired who have worked all their lives for trivial pensions, made by
companies that have played at the casino with?
– Children and students.
– Large companies and their CEOs who send their profits in tax havens!
And when I hear “hard-working”, I always ask myself: are some people soft-working? Certainly not my fantastic fans!
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Echoes of a Sunday artist 