I finally got the bugs worked out of the Alien Blue plot. At least, in theory. I have: a two-sentence description, a four-page full summary, and a timeline. I had been using the sticky-note layout to try to work out the timeline, but there were too many things to keep track of, so I put […]
anamnesis: a recalling to mind Platonism. recollection of the Ideas, which the soul had known in a previous existence, esp. by means of reasoning. –You know, I’d completely and ironically (or appropriately) forgotten about this word.
So I’m trying to patch up some plot holes and I decide the bartender’s father, an atheist who ends up trying to recreate the crucifixion (dying in the process), went nuts during WWII in Czechoslovakia while he was being hidden in the basement of a Catholic church (he was a commie, and the Nazis [right-wing]
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John Medina, a geek on brains, gives 12 rules for using your brain (for example, “exercise”). Some snippets: “Millions of years ago, if we sat on our behinds for even a few minutes, we could be somebody’s lunch.” “Active people have half the risk of Alzheimer’s of sedentary people.” “Any experience you have creates new
I forgot–I did, eventually, work up the courage to ask where my book fit in. Me: Beth Anne, I think you’re going to tell me my book is science fiction, but it really doesn’t feel like it. BA: What’s the story about? Me: It’s called Alien Blue. It’s about a bar owner who has to
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The March Write Brain for PPW was on Tuesday. Topic: “Fish or Fowl: Where does my book fit in?” Speaker: Beth Anne Steckiel, owner of Beth Anne’s Book Corner. Beth Anne gave a short talk but reserved most of the time for questions. For some reason, I didn’t end up taking very good notes, but
via ***Dave. List 5 things you still do, that you did when you were a baby/little kid. 1. I read. A lot.2. I like to fall asleep next to cats. Too bad our cat has been such a jerk this winter.3. I sing/whistle/tell myself stories when I don’t think anybody’s listening.4. I’m shy around new
The link to multiple trailers for the Colour of Magic. Um, how did Twoflower get to be not old enough to be a grandfather? Ah, a trivial quibble. I’m not over-fond of Rincewind, but I really like the actor. …And Terry Pratchett will be in Phoenix, AZ, September 4-7, 2009 at the first North American
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The Pikes Peak Library District sponsors the Mountain of Authors event on April 12th. Local authors include Kevin Anderson, Beth Groundwater, and Katherine Pebley O’Neal. It’s at East Library from 10-3:30. It’s free, includes free lunch, & no registration required.
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One of my favorite language shifts of the last few years is the construction “yeah, no.” I remember back in the day (high school) when people would ask you a negatively-phrased question–“You don’t like sauerkraut, do you?”–and wait for you to answer. Answer “yes,” and they’d say, “Oh, so you do like sauerkraut?” Answer “no,”
