Hello,
The new issue of the Writers’ Symposium Ezine is below, or please download the full color PDF at the link below.
For those of you in the Salt Lake area please check out Pod Casting Camp 2009, Friday March 27 at Neumont University in South Jordan, UT.
PodCamp isn’t just about podcasting! If you’re interested in blogging, [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Writers’ Symposium Ezine #6–The Pitch Sessions and Kazoo Issue
Posted in Uncategorized on February 28, 2009 | Comments Off
The Bulletin
Posted in Uncategorized on February 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Hello,
I’m an active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and have really enjoyed reading their magazine, called The Bulletin. A new president was elected some months ago and SFWA’s magazine has gone in a wonderful new direction. I was interested in it before, but now it is so informative. [...]
LTUE–Saturday
Posted in Uncategorized on February 26, 2009 | Comments Off
I’ve been meaning to blog about day two at Life, The Universe, and Everything (LTUE), a writers symposium on science fiction and fantasy at BYU. It was such an amazing day.
I arrived at 10:00 AM and was on a panel with some amazing writers. The panel was titled, The Problem of Sequels—how can you write [...]
The Golden Cord wins two awards
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Hello,
I found out tonight that The Golden Cord won two awards from an influential blog reviewer, Shaun Duke. It won Best Cover and I won the Kudos award, which was very cool.
Check out all the awards here: http://wisb.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008-wisb-awards.html
Thank you all for your support.
Paul Genesse
Author of The Dragon Hunters
Book Two of the Iron Dragon Series
Releases May [...]
LTUE–Friday
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Hello,
I had a great day at Life, The Universe, and Everything ( www.ltue.org ) a writing symposium held at BYU. I got to chat with some old friends, met some new friends, and got to be the moderator of a panel about writing dialog. JoSelle Vanderhooft couldn’t make it, so on the panel with me, [...]
Life, The Universe, and Everything
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2009 | Comments Off
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LTUE is the best gathering of science fiction and fantasy writers in Utah. Attendance is free and lots of great writers attend. It’s held at BYU and is sponsored by the university. I went last year for the first time and loved it. I’m going to be on a few panels this year, and will [...]
Madame Butterfly, The Ballet
Posted in Uncategorized on February 15, 2009 | Comments Off
Madame Butterfly, The Ballet
On Valentine’s Day I took my wife to see Madame Butterfly, a ballet adapted from the original opera by Puccini (1904). The ballet was created by Stanton Welch in 1995 and is now being done by Salt Lake City’s amazing company, Ballet West. You can see it from February 13-21 at the [...]
Greensword
Posted in Uncategorized on February 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Greensword: A Tale of Extreme Global Warming by Donald J. Bingle
My review
rating: 5 of 5 stars
GREENSWORD, a novel by Donald Bingle is one of those stories that works on so many levels. First of all, you hope to god it will never come true. The story centers on what a [...]
Granite Elementary School
Posted in Uncategorized on February 6, 2009 | Comments Off
I just got back from speaking at Granite Elementary School in Sandy, Utah. My friend and co-worker, Holly’s son goes there. Nate is such a cool kid and he reminds me of myself at his age, except he is much taller and a lot smarter.
Anyway, it was so much fun. I spoke to an assembly, [...]
