August 2011

I asked for suggestions on games to play (indie, ~6 sessions, any genre, storytelling high, crunching low/medium), and I’ve already gotten multiple responses that look interesting.  This is to keep track, so I can find them later.  If you’re reading this and have more, let me know 🙂 I’ve played Weird West lately too, and […]

1.  The wandering in which you are looking for something in particular but do not know where to find it. 2.  The wandering in which you go to a place you do not know or do not know as well as you like and become lost in it. 3.  The wandering in which you are

Now at Smashwords, OmniLit, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. Praise be to those who steal not, but use this coupon this weekend at Smashwords:  GD23J Lady of the Floods by DeAnna Knippling Praise Be to Those Who Steal Not The picture on the cover was made by Cathy Miller Burgoyne, who records the weird and wonderful at her Arctic Fire website.

Now at Smashwords, OmniLit, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. Praise be to those who steal not, but use this coupon this weekend at Smashwords:  GD23J Lady of the Floods by DeAnna Knippling Praise Be to Those Who Steal Not The picture on the cover was made by Cathy Miller Burgoyne, who records the weird and wonderful

I’ve finished The Happiness Project now.  The point is that an accretion of small things (or a lack of accretion of small things, in the case of negative stuff) is what forms a greater sense of happiness. One of the small things that I pondered was the way she describes her books of clippings, trivia,

Because I’m feeling foolhardy today, I’m going  to work on commas. People have a lot of problems with commas.  Why?  Because there are 1001 rules, and nobody explains why you use them.  Comma between two complete sentences joined by a conjunction.  Yes, but why?  And why not between this and that? Commas for, well, interjections.

Something that was frustrating me a while back was coming up with solid story ideas.  I knew I could, on occasion, but not consistently.  Plus, the more I wander into the uncharted territory of pantsing (versus plotting), the more important it is to have something worth writing about. The interesting question is not, “Where do

I’ve been reading The Happiness Project by Gretchin Rubin.  So far, I don’t agree with her on everything, but it’s an interesting exploration so far.  I wish she’d gone into more detail on how she’d figured out her “Secrets for Adulthood” and personal commandments, but she blows over that in the beginning. I was thinking

Now at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and OmniLit. Who wants a coupon for a free ebook this weekend at Smashwords?  Duh.  It’s RD46D. Which Is Bigger, the Moon or an Elephant? and Other Stupid Questions by De Kenyon Antonia does not need a babysitter.  She has her CPR certification and a list of emergency contact numbers.  But the

Now at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and OmniLit. Who wants a coupon for a free ebook this weekend at Smashwords?  Duh.  It’s RD46D. Which Is Bigger, the Moon or an Elephant? and Other Stupid Questions by De Kenyon Antonia does not need a babysitter.  She has her CPR certification and a list of emergency contact