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Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom.
-- Maria Weston Chapman
Tuesday, July 29, 1997
Back to work this morning, after being oof (I like that expression -- Out Of Office. But the abbreviation doesn't reflect the words.) for Friday and Monday. There were only 200 unread messages in my inbox, which isn't too bad.
Tonight was the last Clarion West reading for the summer. Leslie Howle, one of the non-secret Masters of Clarion, anounced the teachers who are set for next summer. Connie Willis is among them, and Gardner Dozois will be the token editor.
Nicola Griffith read two sections from Slow River, her latest published novel, and a selection from her book that will come out next year. The title for this isn't set yet. What she read was very gripping, and her voice is great! I'd like to have an audio tape of her reading aloud.
R--, a Microsoft cow-orker, joined me for dinner at the cafe and the reading. I'd been posting these events in the singles events Public folder all along, but he is the only one who joined me. I like posting events there, and I am not disappointed so long as I post things that I'd like to do anyway. I've actually had some success in recruiting folks for the dances we have with Cacophony.
After the reading I was quite chuffed when E---- thanked me for posting details on the reading to the rec.arts.sf.written newsgroup. Then V--- was asking me for advice on HTML editing tools. Always nice to be asked for advice, great for the ego.
I should have brought some meds with me to the reading, since the ibuprofen had quite worn off by the time I left. But after taking some when I got home, I felt better.
I can never decide whether it's better to write my journal first, then read others; or read first and write later. I am more likely to write if I do it first, and let the reading be a reward. But then I can't react in the journal to what others have written.
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