http://www.jackchalker.com/news Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:35:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dale Arnold writes: "The Science Fiction young writers' contest sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society for Maryland high-school-aged students has been renamed 'The Jack L. Chalker Young Writers Contest sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society' effective April 8, 2006. BSFS believes that given Jack's early entry into SF ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2006/04/17/thank-you-dale Well, unfortunately, today is the day that marks 1 year since Jack died. I was discussing about his death at my therapist appointment (with Boomer, looking sad eyed and hoping Dad was in the room I was) and the snow started coming down heavy. The chinese buffet plan, the BSFS ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2006/02/11/moment-of-silence Tommorrow marks 1 year that Jack has passed away. We are planning to remember Jack at the BSFS meeting, however tommorrow they are also calling for 5-10" (Winter Storm Watch) around the area. Well, Jack hated snow, and I loved snow, so why is it snowing tommorrow? http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2006/02/10/tommorrow-marks-1-year I had almost forgotten about this. We are planning to give out Jack's ashes to anybody who wants to throw them where Jack wanted to go. Marian had already done hers off the Qiongzhou Straits and Dave had already spread Jack's ashes on H.P. Lovecraft's grave. Just email Eva at ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/12/27/jacks-ashes If Jack were still alive, yesterday, December 17th, 2005, would have been his 61st birthday. If only he were still alive. :( http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/12/18/jacks-61st-birthday A Balticon party at Philcon's hotel will be hosted by us. There will be notices of the Room # of the party and my old, but working laptop will be up in case you want to register for Balticon. --Steven http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/11/13/november-13-2005  Halfway across the Qiongzhou Straits on the Shuangtai San. The lights of the Chinese Mainland had completely vanished but we couldn't yet see Hainan Island.It was time: Midnight on the Sea of Dreams.Closer to 3am really.I hadn't figured on the bus from Guangzhou spending an hour stuck in traffic. Or ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/09/09/september-9-2005 JackCon 3 will be two days from today, at the X-House again. We'll sort through what's left and get the house ready for cleaners and Bob's Hauling. Let me know if you're up for another go-round by emailing me at eva dot whitley at g mail dot com. http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/07/22/july-22-2005 We have the directions and details for the packing party up on a website. If you would be interested in joining in on July 3rd, 2005, email Mom at eva at eva whitley dot net for the URL. (You can understand that we'd be nervous about handing out the URL ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/06/05/june-5-2005 Argh, it's a Balticon without Dad, however we did have a panel talking about him called "Midnight at the Wake of Chalker". It was really great, and a lot of people came and told their true tales about Dad, for instance, somebody mentioned he wanted something to eat at 1am, ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/05/29/may-29-2005 (We are beginning to send out invitations to our packing party soon. We are moving on July 3rd, 2005. If you would like to help us move & can come to the Westminster, Maryland area (where we currently live) please drop an email by my Mom at eva dot whitley ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/05/23/may-23-2005 Steven again-- It's been rough not having dad around lately. My little beagle, Boomer, is getting lonelier(sp?) every day and missing someone else to hang around while boo sleeps. Though Mom is convinced that Dad's death was probably a Malpractice-- that this could have been avoided! This might be debatable(another ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/03/29/march-29-2005 http://www.nndb.com/people/735/000023666/ A bio of Jack from a database of biographies.We're burying the ashes on Friday, at 2:30 P.M. It's going to be a small, private ceremony. If you're local to Baltimore, and want to come, send me an email. (Eva at evawhitley dot net) http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/03/02/march-2-2005 The Memorial Service was beautiful. We had around 120-130 people there (the funeral director's estimate) and a HUGE turnout at the reception afterwards. My older brother flew in from Chicago, and one of Jack's Internet buddies flew in from Detroit (I was gobsmacked), and there were a few people from ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/02/22/february-22-2005 As of 11:12AM Friday, February 11th, 2005, Jack Lawrence Chalker has now passed away and is now in a greater place. He died of Kidney Failure at age 60 in Baltimore, MD. He was born December 17th, 1944. Thank you for praying for us. Funeral services will be held at ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/02/11/sad-news Sorry we haven't updated lately. Wish I had better news. Jack was sent to University Specialty Hospital at the beginning of this month but last month got moved back to the hospital (Bon Secours, not University of Maryland, which was on Red Alert and not accepting emergencies). The situation is ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/02/09/february-9-2005 Steven Chalker again... We've narrowed down the choices of nursing homes. It's either going to be University Specialty (aka Deaton) or a nursing home that begins with "Ft. " and it's in Southern Baltimore. Lorien in Mt. Airy, MD has it's beds full even though the Adelphia Advertising Center still ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/01/19/january-19-2005 Eva Whitley here: We went into the hospital today. Jack's eyes opened from time to time but he wasn't particularly responsive and he kept drifting off. We stayed on the idea he was hearing us and appreciating his company. We also talked to the resident for about 10 minutes who ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/01/15/january-15-2005 This morning I was awoken with breaking news: Dad was being moved to University of Maryland, and not Deaton. The problem was that around 2am his trach started having him bleed a lot and CHC could not fix it and moved him to UMD. So they had to send the ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/01/03/january-3-2005 This is going to be the final news post on www.JackChalker.com unless a big emergency or something really exciting happens. Mom & I came up with an idea if you want to help instead of donating. You can contribute a present or a get well card to:The Mirage PressP.O. Box ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2005/01/01/january-1-2005 I don't know how to start off, but Dad is going from Carroll Hospital Center to University Speciality(? [which was formerly Deaton]). The doctors expect him to be out of the nursing home in several months, and his car is being sold. (I get dibs on his cell phone! No, ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2004/12/30/december-30-2004 Click here to donate to the Chalker Family Emergency Fund  http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2004/12/18/december-18-2004 Jack is awake! (Click here to learn more)  http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2004/12/15/december-15-2004 How Jack Chalker's Surgery Went, and Click here if you still want to leave Jack a "Get Well Message", because Mom or Dave is reading all of them (except mine) tomorrow at 12pm. Please do it before 11:45am EST, thank you!  http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2004/12/10/december-10-2004 Taken from Mom's (Eva Whitley) LiveJournal: We went in to visit Jack today and talk to the doctor about the trach. (This would be doctor number 4, in as many days.) This guy was very optimistic. Basically, if we agree to the trach, it would NOT be permanent, it could ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2004/12/09/december-9-2004 This is not Jack Chalker, this is his son Steven. Dad has had problems lately with his leg and yesterday he went into the hospital. This evening Mom (Eva Whitley) and me went into his room and he was sleeping. He is in Fair Condition according to the nurse, but ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2004/12/07/december-7-2004 Now you see why I don't do a blog. They'd throw me out for inactivity. I'm spending from now through the end of August finishing a book that's long overdue so I can go to the World SF Convention in Boston with a relatively clear conscience. Health wire, I've been ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2004/07/29/july-29-2004 Yes, you're right, it's been a very long time since I updated this site, but in addition to the health problems is that I have lost two to three months and I haven't been able to recover them no matter how hard I try. I need to catch up on ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2004/03/31/march-31-2004 Yes, it's been a while since these pages were updated, but that's due to a lot of things happening within the past couple of months. I'll try and bring you briefly up to date.      Through August, 2003, things were pretty normal, if hectic. Eva had a serious operation and had ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2003/10/23/october-23-2003 We have a choice after finishing Kaspar to either go to a convention or take a real vacation, the first in several years. It looks like Eva and I are going to opt for the vacation, so it may well be the end of May before we get back into ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2002/03/23/march-3-2002 CORRECTION TO BELOW. I have now been informed that the Greenberg collection will contain Dancers in the Afterglow, Moth and Candle, and one other story of mine not yet determined, but not the whole of my short stories. Still worth it, though, I suspect. Whether they will keep my title ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2002/03/03/march-3-2002-2 My old friend the late Ted Sturgeon used to always sign his name with a small glyph. When asked what that meant, he always explained, "It means 'Ask the next question.'" I was reminded of that when looking at a few responses to my comments on the 9/11 events. The ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2002/01/15/january-15-2002 Well, temporarily at least my email is back to normal. In general, the miragepress.com address will work even if there are problems, but only after I know that a problem exists. They say they're going to be upgrading the servers again in January. Their customers shudder. It's also the fifth ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2001/12/19/december-19-2001 Important note! About 3 weeks ago my ISP's mail server began to develop problems. Only some emailwas delivered, and it could be receive but not send, send but not receive, or nothing. The ISP got thousands of complaints butnone the less insisted there was no problem. Ten days ago their ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2001/11/25/november-25-2001-mail-problems A few follow-up comments, including a bit more on being Cassandra while writing political science fiction. For years there were many people who didn't understand my Soul Rider books. I recall some British critic writing that he couldn't understand why I seemed such a nice, regular fellow when I could ... http://www.jackchalker.com/news/2001/11/07/november-7-2001