Sarah Kanning

Every Friday, I read the front page articles of the Kansas City Star into a little headset that records them into a phone system that people who are visually disabled can call to hear the stories read back to them. It’s a great program (Audio Reader), and the perfect volunteer opportunity for people who are [...]

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Just picked up a copy of Kate Wilhelm’s book, Storyteller, and I really like it. It’s a sort of memoir/writing guide that recounts the history of the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop and provides a lot of useful writing advice.
I especially liked her description of what she calls Silent Partner (SP for short), [...]

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So I picked up this book at the library, Elemental mind: human consciousness and the new physics, by Nick Herbert, and it’s pretty interesting. It’s about how studies of quantum mechanics and human consciousness might fruitfully intersect, and Herbert uses as a literary device the story of a sentient robot named Claire who strives to [...]

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I’m so excited. My first fiction sale, and it’s available online now at
www.strangehorizons.com/2008/20080818/sexghosts-f.shtml
It’s going to ruin my wholesome midwesterner reputation completely, but I’m very happy with it. I mean, a robot sex worker quoting Yeats while she makes tea? It was a lot of fun to write, anyway, and I hope others will like reading [...]

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I have now officially re-purposed this blog. Look here for interesting things I’m reading or have stumbled across recently, opinions (never a shortage there), and updates on what I’m working on of late.
Whew, that was a relief. Now I can do whatever I want with this thing!

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