September 2008

All-ages pirate band, Captain Boggs & Salty. I love the way the kids’ faces light up when the Cap’n walks in – total Liam jam. (via Ann)

Seriously. This was one of more unappetizing-looking things I’ve ever made…but it’s the kind of comfort food that makes you want to smile on a bad day. Don’t make this if you find hot dogs offensive; I’m pretty sure the materials that go into a package of Mexican chorizo are similar, if not worse. They

I’m brainstorming this morning for the next NaNo story, trying to find a good middle ground between having no idea what I’m going to write and plotting the whole thing out. (The first is interesting but has caused me a LOT of heartache trying to do rewrites; the second is more professional but caused me

I hate pie crust. Bleah. But I like pie. So I made up a new pie crust, because I was determined to make peach pie. I stripped the baking soda out of a biscuit shortcake recipe and called it good. I left the egg in because pie dough is so hard to work — I

Eoin Colfer is writing a sequel to the Hitchhiker’s Guide series. Whee! Eoin Colfer is fun, and fun is good! If you haven’t read his books, well, you should! –I’m not one of those people who think Hitchhiker’s should NOT be tinkered with. And, considering the various transformations the original idea went through before it

September 16: September Write Brain (Getting ready for the 2009 Pikes Peak Writers Contest)September 17-20: Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Trade ShowOctober 3-4: Author Fest of the Rockies, Manitou SpringsOctober 18: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict with Deb DixonOctober 21: October Write Brain (Story Structure/Daniel Abraham)October 24-26: MileHiCon in Denver (GOH: Jim Butcher) I am skipping

You may have noticed I like to come up with theories. Personality tests? Love them. I love to put things into categories, organize life by philosophies, etc. Whenever I look up my personality in personality-test books, I come up with the category “likes to make up personality tests.”* Anyway, I think I’ve come up with

One: he has a novel, Pair of Bullets being serialized in the poker magazine Blind Straddle. It’s a pay site. Free sample of the story. Two: he’s discovered a gene for bad science writing: Given that everyone surveyed had been writing about science for at least a week, the team suggests that having multiple copies

I’m finally making more progress with Alien Blue; once again, writer’s block defeated by figuring out I needed to stop beating my head against the wall that my outline ran me up against, and go around. I jotted something down for Bill to say to his listener just after his “black moment.” I ended up

So I went with a group of girls from work to the Crooked Still concert in town. Never heard of them before. OOoooOOOooo. Here’s a good one of Happy Bob Dylan on the banjo.