Last Reading in Seattle, New Review for Robot Scientist’s Daughter, Manuscript Summer Camp
- At May 12, 2015
- By Jeannine Gailey
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So, tomorrow is my last scheduled reading in Seattle for The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, so if you want to see me read from the new book, come out to The Station in Beacon Hill tomorrow night at 7 PM. Nance Van Winckel, my co-reader, is pretty awesome, and I’ve heard the series is a lot of fun. More info here.
I also am very happy to post a link to Alice Osborn’s new review of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter here. It’s a really gracious and intelligent review.
“The Robot Scientist’s Daughter is a love letter to the author’s father and profession (a relationship common in sci-fi movies), a complicated love letter to Gailey’s childhood home which no longer exists, and a protest against environmental and social indifference when it comes to the effects of nuclear power.”
In personal news, we had bad news at our pre-inspection, so we’re still looking for our next house, and getting financing is just as difficult, especially since we haven’t put our current house up for sale yet. It’s hard to remain hopeful in a crazy market like ours where there are multiple offers on even houses with the worst foundations (like the one we just wanted to offer on.) Everything is expensive, small, and kind of crappy. If my current townhouse didn’t have two stories, believe me, I would happily stay put. This putting houses up for sale/trying to find a new house thing is more stressful than I remembered. It makes me want to go back to renting!
This summer, Kelly Davio and I are running an online manuscript summer camp. I’ve run it once before and it was a really fun experience, for me and for the participants. You bring yourself and your manuscript, the other participants and Kelli and I bring the fun! It runs well with about six people, so sign up early if you want in!