Posted in Holidays, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration on November 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada. I found this commemoration of Canadian soldiers in England both unexpected and beautiful.
Red Maple Trees Line English Road to Honor 418 Canadian Soldiers Who Died Defending Freedom Overseas
Many motorists are unaware that they are passing through a sacred war memorial on the A3 in Hampshire, England.
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Posted in Funny, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, weird contests on October 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
On the off chance that you’ve been sitting on iron-clad evidence of alien activity, this one’s for you.
Ring is awarding $1 million for capturing extraterrestrial activity
The contest, open only to Americans at least 18 years old, is to capture “unaltered scientific evidence of a real extraterrestrial lifeform” with a Ring device.
Videos must be submitted by Nov. 3, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.
I mean, if you do happen to capture an alien on camera, I’m pretty sure it won’t matter where you come from or what kind of device you used.
You’ll still go down in history.
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Posted in Entertainment, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, booksbooksandmorebooks, inspiration, reading lists, recommendations on October 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I spend a not-insignificant amount of time asking that most critical of reader questions: What should I read next?
Goodreads can be helpful, as can library collections, author interviews and award lists. Even pure chance can lead to delightful finds, and I’m always on the lookout for new and interesting book ideas.
Enter this website:
What Should I Read Next? Book recommendations from readers like you
I’m having fun sorting through the mix of books known and unknown. Perhaps you will too.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Hugo Awards, inspiration, Worldcon, Writers, writing on October 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »
My timing’s a little off (thanks, International Date Line!), but the 2023 Hugo Awards were announced this weekend at Chengdu Worldcon in China.
Here is the full list with winners highlighted: 2023 Hugo Awards | The Hugo Awards.
If you’re interested in short fiction, here’s the winning short story, by Samantha Mills:
Rabbit Test – Uncanny Magazine
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Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, Mars, science, space exploration on October 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Today, a trip to a most excellently named location on Mars, courtesy of the European Space Agency’s Mars Express satellite program.
Fly across Mars’s ‘labyrinth of night’ with Mars Express
The video begins on a rotating full-globe of Mars, with white polar caps and mottled tan surface visible. It then zooms in on the westernmost part of the large Valles Marineris canyon system, a region highlighted by a white box, and swaps to a new Mars Express visualisation of Noctis Labyrinthus. The camera then flies slowly across a landscape that is broken apart by deep intersecting valleys and canyons.
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, inspiration, persistence, quoteandaprettypicture, Thoughts, Writers, writing on October 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
— Thomas Edison
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Posted in Entertainment, Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, adventure, creativity, deals, Fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, science fiction, Writers, writing on October 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It’s last call for StoryBundle’s To the Stars Adventure SciFi bundle, featuring Writers of the Future v.39 and so much more!
This new StoryBundle will take your autumn, and your e-reader, to the far edges of the universe. Curated by bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson, this cosmic batch of eighteen books showcases the range of epic science fiction, from galactic empires to time-travel adventures to alien invasions. These books are from classic award-winning science fiction authors and hot new indie authors.
Only a few hours left to grab this Great Deal on Sci-Fi. Enjoy!
Am I biased? Sure, I happen to think our collection is great. But the bundle is curated by Kevin J. Anderson and also includes books by other names sci-fi/fantasy fans may have heard of, like Todd McCaffrey and Nancy Kress, as well as others I look forward to discovering.
Enjoy!
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers on October 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“It’s the people, in the end, isn’t it?” says Viktor. “It’s always the people. You can move halfway around the world to find your perfect life, move to Australia if you like, but it always comes down to the people you meet.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed
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Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, nature, Thoughts on October 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The weather today is beautiful and I wish I could go outside for a walk. Sadly, work, so instead I was happy to see this Google Doodle commemorating one of the world’s great hikes, the Appalachian Trail.
Here’s the Doodle.
For more on the Trail, here’s the National Park Service site to give you a sense of what it’s like… minus the bugs.
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (U.S. National Park Service)
The Appalachian Trail is a 2,190+ mile long public footpath that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands of the Appalachian Mountains. Conceived in 1921, built by private citizens, and completed in 1937, today the trail is managed by the National Park Service, US Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, numerous state agencies and thousands of volunteers.
I haven’t hiked the Trail but a lot of my best childhood moments revolved around the woods in the Allegheny Mountains, part of the central section of the Appalachians. My father also recently sent out a collection of his backpacking memories, which were great to read. (Although how he wasn’t eaten by a bear or something is beyond me.)
The beauty of these mountains, however, is something special.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, inspiration, quoteandaprettypicture, Thoughts, Writers, writing on September 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It’s doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.
— Julia Child
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