About 8 years, I spent six months with a local company called Infinity Software Development. While there, I met a number of interesting people, one of whom was Jeff Vandermeer. Aside from having one of my favorite surnames, Jeff was also a lot of fun to work with. On top of that, he is a writer. And I mean a Writer as in Some One Who Actually Gets Published. (I've been reading a lot of A. A. Milne to Adah?)
Now I will confess, that I enjoy having a friend who is a real writer. He's a vicar for my own creative aspirations. Though I have done very little in the way of keeping in touch with him.
Jeff was kind enough to invite us to his book release party for his latest novel, Shriek: An Afterward. Sandra and I heard him read an excerpt from the novel, we watched a 15 minute short film based on the book, and we had the chance to chat with some common friends. Jeff is doing some exciting things and I would encourage to check out his work.
Another friend of ours, Brian Flager, has also been writing. Sandra and I have been somewhat closer to the process, as Sandra has been doing a lot of the editing for Brian. (I like to delude myself by thinking that I had a part in insipiring him to write. I once told him over lunch that we should stop being passive consumers of media, i.e., television, and that we should put some effort into producing.)
I should take my own advice.
Now I will confess, that I enjoy having a friend who is a real writer. He's a vicar for my own creative aspirations. Though I have done very little in the way of keeping in touch with him.
Jeff was kind enough to invite us to his book release party for his latest novel, Shriek: An Afterward. Sandra and I heard him read an excerpt from the novel, we watched a 15 minute short film based on the book, and we had the chance to chat with some common friends. Jeff is doing some exciting things and I would encourage to check out his work.
Another friend of ours, Brian Flager, has also been writing. Sandra and I have been somewhat closer to the process, as Sandra has been doing a lot of the editing for Brian. (I like to delude myself by thinking that I had a part in insipiring him to write. I once told him over lunch that we should stop being passive consumers of media, i.e., television, and that we should put some effort into producing.)
I should take my own advice.
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Sunday, October 22, 2006
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