Last night I was busy throwing the abovenamed WorldCon room event. Here is what greeted people:
Both the promo and the chocolate buffet got gobbled up.
The typewriter saw some unique contributions, including vintage WorldCon letterhead paper from 44 years ago.
I have one panel left at WorldCon tomorrow on the Phylogenetic Tree of Space Opera, with some greatly renowned authors. Catch us if you can.
I’ll be bringing my typewriter to Seattle to host a Love Letters station at Celebrus Lupercalia, Saturday Feb. 1, 4/8pm-2am at Substation.
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~~Lupercalia~~
a pre-Roman pastoral festival; releasing, love, health, bounty, and fertility.
It is a celebration of the fertile spirit, and we honor this with a [paean] to PAN. The holiday was the inspiration for the western holiday of Valentines and a continuation of the ancient celebration of FEBRUA [~= febrile]; which is the root for the name of the month February. It is a light hearted celebration intended to lift spirits and bring about a bountiful spring summer and harvest season. It is also to honor that romantic desire of connection and lust.
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A love letter can be to anyone, of any kind of love you wish to celebrate and commemorate. I can aid you as scribe with transcription or creative guidance, and the letter is a keepsake. I previously typed love letters for people at Behind the Veil 2 in Port Townsend and the variety was a delight. As a young person learning about love, I read a volume or two of love letters by luminaries to their romances, and while I realize those were not addressed to me, they did inspire me to cultivate my own sentiments. I’m pleased to be keeping this art alive. Meanwhile there will be rooms and hours of music, a 4-course dinner to delight, and merriment besides.
Official live events:
– Pop-up midday readings post-Thanksgiving at the Fernie Brae gallery in Portland, OR
– words between: typewriter collaborative poetic creation, hosted during Full Moon Gathering Dec.19 at CoSM NY
Plus recently, I did some writing here:
Taking a moment here to appreciate the layer of my process that is the typewriter draft. Bones of Starlight second draft occurs via typewriter, and it’s just worked well that way the entire time. Rhythm, immediacy, physicality, sound, focus, energy investment, all are contributing factors. So here’s some upcoming prose in its raw typewriter incarnation. I do fewer on-page edits than when I began.
Today, a glance at the typed draft 2 manuscript of the upcoming section, 61.
The process: idea journaling, computer 1st draft, typewriter 2nd draft, computer 3rd draft, amazing editor (since book 2), internet.
Bones of Starlight 3 : Greater Beyond 