Alaska

One positive aspect of my business travel is that I get to visit numerous cities. This week I find myself in Anchorage, Alaska in a hotel room with a view of the mountains and bay - truly a beautiful setting complete with snow (April 28) so Spring has not arrived yet.

While scanning the brochures at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce office I noticed a brochure advertising this conference:

Alaska Writers Guild
"Speculative Fiction Writers Conference
Anchorage, Alaska
October 1 to 5, 2008
Coast International Inn
http://www.akwworkshop.alaskawriters.com/

Personally I don't know if I have EVER read a "speculative fiction" book but perhaps some science fiction books from my teenage years would qualify. I did not recognize even one name on the conference speakers list in the brochure which is a reminder that we can always read more than we do today!!

One item in the brochure that I thought was interesting was that "Manuscript Reviews" were being offered for $50.00 -- which is probably a useful tool for potential writers. Of course I would be paranoid that someone would still my book idea so clearly some legal safeguard would be needed.

Since Alaska is the "land of the midnight sun" just imagine how many books you can get read if you lived here permanently!!

Head north and read,

Todd