2024 - 06/2024 Meeting

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R GARY RAHAM

ONLINE

Website: <https://www.rgaryraham.com/>

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BOOKS

Not Quite Dead Geniuses at Large on an Angry Planet

A Twice-Dead Genius Comporting with Misunderstood Abominations

A Once-Dead Genius in the Kennel of Master Morticue Ambergrand

A Singular Prophecy

Confessions of a Time Traveler

The Dinosaurs' Last Seashore

The Deeptime Diaries

Non Fiction for Children

.....Dinosaurs in the Garden

.....Explorations in Backyard Biology

Meeting Date: June 8, 2024.

Meeting Site: Zoom Video Conference.

Attendance: 18.

Meeting Program: Talk / Q & A w/Artist / Writer / Amateur Paleontologist.

Notes:

The post-meeting Virtual Diner Run was attended by 7 people. Topics discussed included the talk by Adam Nimoy (Leonard's son), STAR TREK STRANGE NEW WORLDS, PLANET OF THE APES, romantacy, THE FOURTH WING and IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros, THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (movie), and THE CALCULATING STARS by Mary Robinette Kowal, and HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterly.

Newsletter Account:

Meeting Notes:

Ace Double: The 1000 Year Plan (Foundation) by Isaac Asimov

Jumping Spiders

Lichens

Pill Bugs

Writing for Children:

.....Sold articles to Highlights for Children and Cricket Magazine, as well as Discovery Books.

.....Articles must be shorter, 500 words instead of 800 words

.....Use active verbs

Science Book Series for Children from 1950s, 1960s, & 1970s:

.....All About

.....How and Why Wonder Books

.....Landmark Books

Olaf Stapledon

Scratch boards (art)

Will teach course in making your own ink.

Recommended Groups:

.....Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

.....Northern Colorado Writers Workshop (Ed Bryant, Wil McCarthy, Dan Simmons, Connie Willis)

.....Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

.....Western Interior Paleontological Society (WIPS)

Science Writers / Illustrators Who Inspired Him:

.....Loren Eisely, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loren_Eiseley

.....Douglas Henderson, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Henderson_(artist)

.....Charles L Knight, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_R._Knight

.....Lynn Margulis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Margulis

His Books:

.....Dinosaurs in the Garden,

.....The Deep Time Diaries, A family travels to the past and bounces around to different times

.....A Singular Prophecy, his first book, shares similarities to Avatar and Jurassic Park

Short Fiction:

.....Succession, Aboriginal Science Fiction

Writing Methodology:

.....Uses Pages for Mac

.....Put a picture / drawing of your character next to your computer & pretend you are talking to them

.....One year to research & do art / one year to write

Hybrid Author

.....Early works were traditionally published

.....Now self-publishes

Kirkus compared his first book to Vonnegut

His books are a throwback to Golden Age science fiction.

Biology Degree from the University of Michigan.

Taught Middle School / High School.

Married a P E Teacher