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February 16, 2010
Godzilla for Valentines
For Valentine's Day, my wife and I bought the two-DVD set of the 1954 movie Gojira and the 1956 movie Godzilla, King of the Monsters. For those who don't know, Gojira was the first movie to star the giant dinosaur-like creature that has terrorized Tokyo for over five decades. In 1956, an American distributor shot footage of Raymond Burr and edited the footage around some of the Japanese sequences and released the movie in the United States.
Both versions of the movie tell more or less the...
January 21, 2010
Updates for a New Year
Hope everyone's year is off to a great start. It's been a while since I've had a chance to post an update to the web journal. Some of that has been juggling work and the holidays. Some of it has been me taking a little time to myself to come to terms with my mom's passing in November. At any rate, I wanted to pass along some news and information that might be of interest.
Upcoming EventsOn Jan 28th at 9PM Eastern Time, David Boop will be hosting a show on Blogtalk Radio for Red River...
December 14, 2009
CrossTIME Short Science Fiction Contest
I'm passing along news of the CrossTIME Short Science Fiction Contest held each year by Crossquarter Publishing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here is the information I have:
The deadline is February 15, 2010.
Crossquarter Publishing wants your original short (up to 7,500 words) science fiction stories that demonstrate the best of the human spirit. Stories may be science fiction, fantasy, or urban fantasy. No horror. No dystopia. The down-side of life is entirely too easy to imagine. They want to...
December 10, 2009
Remembering Shirley Summers
My mom Shirley Summers passed away on November 7, 2009. She was 82 years old. Mom helped to cultivate a lifelong love of story and art that helped me to become a writer and collector of tales. I was asked to tell a little about mom's life at her funeral in San Bernardino, California last month. I'd like to share that with you.
My mom, Shirley Nell Burson was born on June 12, 1927 – just three weeks after Charles Lindbergh made his historic flight across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St...
November 19, 2009
The Gift of Lit
I would like to tell you about The Gift of Lit, a collective effort by many of the fine authors from Podiobooks including myself. Together, we would like to share with you our diverse works and invite you to take a look at the nice selection of books we have spent hours, days, months, or years writing.
The Gift of Lit: Holiday 2009 is now here. If you are looking for a great gift this holiday season, whether it be for a family member, friend…or for yourself, take a look at the list at the...
October 30, 2009
David Lee Summers – Romance Writer?
My publisher recently posted an ebook edition of Vampires of the Scarlet Order at All Romance ebooks. I've never really thought of the Scarlet Order series as being romance. However, romance is very much a part of the book. There's the romance between the vampires Daniel and Mercy, Hunter and Alice and of course Rudolfo and Jane. I also imply a romantic relationship between the more minor characters of Alexandra and Roquelaure. Because this is a vampire book, I've not been afraid to...
October 17, 2009
Upcoming Conventions
MileHiCon 41
I will be a participant at MileHiCon 41 in Denver, CO at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center. Most of my panels will be on Saturday, October 24, but you might well find me slumming at the Science Fiction Trails Publishing table in the Dealer's Room if I'm not scheduled to be on a panel. All of my books will be available along with recent issues of Tales of the Talisman Magazine.
On Saturday, October 24, I'm scheduled as follows:
10am in Wind River A: Panel – The Science of Science...October 1, 2009
Old Friends and Ghosts
A Visit With Old/New Friends
September 25 proved to be a delightful day. It was my first day off from duties at Kitt Peak. I woke up at noon to meet with two friends I last saw when I was only 2 years old. They were Don and Elaine Braden. Don was one of my brother's school teachers in Barstow, California in the 60's. Of course, I didn't remember Don and Elaine from that long ago, but Don and my brother Dean have kept in touch over the years. Dean recently re-introduced us via email...
September 13, 2009
Week in Review – September 12, 2009
The kids are back in school and Kitt Peak's summer shutdown for maintenance is over as is Tales of the Talisman's summer reading period. Autumn is almost here and it's time to look back at the last couple of weeks and look forward a little as well.
BuboniconI had a great time at Bubonicon in Albuquerque, New Mexico the weekend of August 23-24. I was there as a panel participant and Hadrosaur Productions was there as a dealer. I spoke on panels about everything from alternative marketplaces...
August 22, 2009
A Busy Summer
This has been a rather busy summer and I'm afraid the result is that I haven't posted very much here in the last few weeks. To summarize a bit, the reading period for Tales of the Talisman magazine was July 1 through August 15. That kept me busy reading stories and poems. I'm still sorting through the short-listed items, but hope to get final answers out to people soon. We also brought out the summer issue of Tales of the Talisman. You can learn more about that at TalesOfTheTalisman.com. I
