Barb is currently at work on a sequel to Willa's New World and is also writing a science fiction novel based in southern Alberta. She says that winning the R. Ross Annett award is an honour, and that writing fiction is a lot of fun, but also hard work. I don't think winning an award makes the writing process any easier. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is.
Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.
It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. As well, this system will allow staff to store some critical files off their microcomputers. All of these files would be backed up on a regular basis. Both will be run by a UNIX operating system, and set up in such a way that either machine can take over the functions of the other. Both servers were purchased with an eye to maintaining a high level of uptime.