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Wyatt James Hilson LeTourneau
Born: 00:28 September 28, 2006
7 lbs 13 oz.
18.5 inches long

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No, not on my manuscript or anything. It’s the name of the process by which the sun melt holes in the ice, creating black holes for more sun to be absorbed, then more ice to melt. It’s part of global warming. Warning: bleak story alert.

In other news, we had our induction moved to tomorrow. Sherry wanted to give the baby another 24 hours. As of this writing, still no labour has begun. So in all likelihood, the baby will be born tomorrow at the Sturgeon Hospital in St. Albert. I’ll post a photo when we get back and are settled.

The winners were announced today on the air. The winners are posted here. So this is two years in a row I’ve won. There were some familiar names like Marty Chan and Gary Garrison, two writers I met down in Banff back in February. According to his website, Marty has won four years in a row.

In other news, an overzealous nurse recommended that we go check in at the Athabasca Hospital because she thought SHerry was going to have the baby in a few hours. It didnt happen, but we packed the car with our stuff and headed up. (In fact, we just heard the CBC announcement before going in.) So now we’re back home. But stay tuned, because the due date was Tuesday, a few days ago, and we could be driving in to St. Albert anytime.

So, they e-mailed back and said the same thing again just with the right title (see previous post). So now, where to send it? Frontenac and Thistledown are my contenders. And, Frontenac isn’t accepting submssions at this time. So, I’ll probably send to Thistledown.

I received a rejection in the mail yesterday from McGill-Queens University Press for Terminal Moraine. Actually, I received a rejection in my name for Book of Secret Medals. That’s right, they didn’t even get my tiitle right. As you can imagine, it is a form letter where all the person is required to do is change my name and address and the title of the book. They couldn’t even get this right. Does this mean they didn’t read it? Does this mean that some pour soul who wrote Book of Secret Medals is waiting for a response? The letter is unprofessional and I was dissapointed that MQUP would send it out. I wrote them an e-mail this morning to confirm that Terminal Moraine was, indeed, rejected. I’ll keep you posted.

So now I have to figure out where to send it next. Frontenac, according to their website, is still not accepting submissions. Maybe I’ll e-mail to see when they are planning to accept submission again. Brick Books doesn’t accept until January. There’s two Saskatchewan I could try as well: Thistledown & Coteau.

In other news, the doctor said on Monday that the baby could come this week. Sherry was effaced more than last time and dilated a bit more.

And one of my friends from Banff 2005, Russell Wangersky, was long-listed for the Giller Prize for his book The Hour of Bad Decisions. He’s in good company: David Adams Richards and Wayne Johnston, among others, are also on the list. Coincidentally, his book is published by Coteau–maybe I should send Terminal Moraine there.