Comments on: My Version of Religion http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/ Rational Life Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:59:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: ScottieVegas http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-136 ScottieVegas Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:30:21 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-136 Thanks Melinda! Your postings keep me informed and reading. Because of your posting a few days back I just ordered Daniel Abraham's book from Amazon. Make sure he kicks you back your 10% Keep on scribing :) SV Thanks Melinda! Your postings keep me informed and reading. Because of your posting a few days back I just ordered Daniel Abraham’s book from Amazon.

Make sure he kicks you back your 10%

Keep on scribing :)

SV

]]> By: Melinda http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-137 Melinda Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:51:27 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-137 You are a good man, Scottie Vegas. :) Since my 10% will be in the form of an imaginary gold star I officially pass one on to you. BTW you are in for a treat with Daniel's book. This is a quartet, and I've read the next two books at Critical Mass, and we're just starting to read the final volume now. They just get better and better. Book two is coming out in August. Summer is going to be wonderful. The Spiderman movie, the Harry Potter movie, the 7th Harry Potter book, Daniel's book, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Bubonicon (our local SF convention which is great, and the ratio of writers is _huge_. Let me give a little taste of who attends -- Walter Jon William, Steve Stirling, Daniel Abraham, Suzy Charnas, Fred Saberhagen, Vic Milan, Bob Vardeman, Carrie Vaughn, George, if he isn't in Japan, Steve Donaldson, Jane Lindskold, me, and I'm sure I'm forgetting people. Anyway, it's fun, and folks ought to think about adding it to their list of conventions. You are a good man, Scottie Vegas. :) Since my 10% will be in the form of an imaginary gold star I officially pass one on to you.

BTW you are in for a treat with Daniel’s book. This is a quartet, and I’ve read the next two books at Critical Mass, and we’re just starting to read the final volume now. They just get better and better. Book two is coming out in August.

Summer is going to be wonderful. The Spiderman movie, the Harry Potter movie, the 7th Harry Potter book, Daniel’s book, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Bubonicon (our local SF convention which is great, and the ratio of writers is _huge_. Let me give a little taste of who attends — Walter Jon William, Steve Stirling, Daniel Abraham, Suzy Charnas, Fred Saberhagen, Vic Milan, Bob Vardeman, Carrie Vaughn, George, if he isn’t in Japan, Steve Donaldson, Jane Lindskold, me, and I’m sure I’m forgetting people.

Anyway, it’s fun, and folks ought to think about adding it to their list of conventions.

]]> By: Gabriele Campbell http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-140 Gabriele Campbell Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:52:36 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-140 Sounds like you had the perfect Easter holiday. We (that is my father who lives in the same town and I) met with my brother and family, had a nice lunch and a long walk in the Harz national park. Else I fought a plotbunny. Sword and Sorcery, no less. :) Why do they always come when I have enough projects to work on? Come weekend I'll participate in a symposium about <i>Drama and Mythos in Scandinavian Literature</i> which means reading a few books I missed during my studies. But I'll find the time to write that post about Maria Padilla. Sounds like you had the perfect Easter holiday.

We (that is my father who lives in the same town and I) met with my brother and family, had a nice lunch and a long walk in the Harz national park.

Else I fought a plotbunny. Sword and Sorcery, no less. :) Why do they always come when I have enough projects to work on?

Come weekend I’ll participate in a symposium about Drama and Mythos in Scandinavian Literature which means reading a few books I missed during my studies. But I’ll find the time to write that post about Maria Padilla.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-148 Aaron Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:24:08 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-148 I know the night. We made the sudden decision to drive the six hours down from Edmonton to Medicine Hat. We started out at 10:30pm so by the time we escaped the city's masking glow, the stars came out in a rich tapestry of ancient light. After Camrose, we stopped the car on Driedmeat Hill Road and got out to look at the pulsating galaxy, fresh midnight snow beneath our feet and the wind whispering of warm weather ahead. As we passed Drumheller, the moon began to rise a bloody red, just starting to wane. Out on the prairies, you can see it come up over the horizon, something that the city obscures, and the slow, steady inevitability of it threw me into a deep quiet. if I could just capture even one moment of that drive in my paintings, I'd be a happy man. I know the night.

We made the sudden decision to drive the six hours down from Edmonton to Medicine Hat. We started out at 10:30pm so by the time we escaped the city’s masking glow, the stars came out in a rich tapestry of ancient light.

After Camrose, we stopped the car on Driedmeat Hill Road and got out to look at the pulsating galaxy, fresh midnight snow beneath our feet and the wind whispering of warm weather ahead. As we passed Drumheller, the moon began to rise a bloody red, just starting to wane. Out on the prairies, you can see it come up over the horizon, something that the city obscures, and the slow, steady inevitability of it threw me into a deep quiet.

if I could just capture even one moment of that drive in my paintings, I’d be a happy man.

]]> By: Tori http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-151 Tori Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:06:28 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-151 I had been thinking about hitting Bubonicon this year, but since I ended up taking an unexpected trip to NM in March, I think I will probably wait for next year. I had been thinking about hitting Bubonicon this year, but since I ended up taking an unexpected trip to NM in March, I think I will probably wait for next year.

]]> By: Marisa http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-178 Marisa Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:50:17 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-178 I enjoyed your description of your weekend. I too believe rain is a marvelous experience, lately, too rare for my taste. It would have been a mistake to turn your laptop computer on, in such a place. Greetings from Barcelona. I enjoyed your description of your weekend. I too believe rain is a marvelous experience, lately, too rare for my taste.

It would have been a mistake to turn your laptop computer on, in such a place.

Greetings from Barcelona.

]]> By: Melinda http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-179 Melinda Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:20:50 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/04/09/my-version-of-religion/#comment-179 Barcelona! I would love to visit Spain. My friend George Martin was a guest at a writer's conference, and his travel stories were magical. The pace of life, the warmth of the people, the history, the way he grazed from cafe to cafe until late into the night, the seafood .... I want to go travelling again, but I've had a very tough year on a lot of fronts, and I've got to get back some reserves before I can venture very far from home. Right now I'm writing and finding great solace in my work. Melinda Barcelona! I would love to visit Spain. My friend George Martin was a guest at a writer’s conference, and his travel stories were magical. The pace of life, the warmth of the people, the history, the way he grazed from cafe to cafe until late into the night, the seafood ….

I want to go travelling again, but I’ve had a very tough year on a lot of fronts, and I’ve got to get back some reserves before I can venture very far from home.

Right now I’m writing and finding great solace in my work.

Melinda

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