I’m just back from seeing Adrian Bedford at the first stop of his book tour — a reading at The Grind Café. It was excellent to finally meet Adrian and Michelle. It’s an example of the power of the net to allow people to make connections all over this floating ball that we call Earth. Neat stuff.
If you haven’t met Adrian yet, I’d highly recommend it, as he’s a clever and witty guy, and he’ll sign your copy of Orbital Burn, absolutely free! Even in the short time we were able to chat, he imparted a great deal for me to mull. I’m mulling even now. Principally, his advice was to start small and work my way up, which seems far more sensible than what I was doing. I started with an epic, 1,500-year plot and worked up from there, expecting to finish in a couple of months. Maybe that was a bit too much for my first attempt.
I wish Adrian and Michelle all the best as they wend their way across the continent, stopping in Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto, New York, and finally Boston for the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention.