Writer’s block is my subconscious’s way of telling me I’m about to screw up in a big way. I can write mediocre stuff, no problem. But if I try to force my characters to move out of character, ZZZT. As soon as I give up on whatever I’d planned, I’m fine. I don’t even have […]
Ray had her kindergarten graduation ceremony today. Send her some love 🙂
Some guys, dressed up as Indiana Jones characters, roll a 5-million-block boulder down a San Francisco street. Hey, either it sounds freakin’ hilarious, or it doesn’t. RUN, INDY, RUN!
Ian Healy, a writer buddy I met at PPWC, opens the floor for questions. I started to type out a lame question, then suddenly realized the best favor you can do for a writer is ask a question that requires a creative answer. Here’s what I asked: In case of zombie attack, and barring “the
A Zelazny novel, The Dead Man’s Brother, was found among his papers and should be published February 2009. Now, I’ve read a lot of stuff that Zelazny wrote that wasn’t much good–pulp gone askew. But I’ve read most of it anyway. (via Gaiman)
I’m Much Ado About Nothing, which should come as no surprise, although I tend to think of myself more of a Midsummer’s Night Dream. Your Score: Much Ado About… You scored 33% = Tragic, 67% = Comic, 32% = Romantic, 23% = Historic You Scored Much Ado About Nothing! First published in 1600, Much Ado
So Ray’s trying to dare me on to making up stories for her. Making up kids’ stories is pretty durned primal, though, so I struggle. Ray picked out the character names, the subject material, and specified that it was supposed to be exciting. We’ll see. Today’s installment. I’m trying not to edit too much from
They Might Be Giants has three albums of kids’ songs! Here’s “Never Go to Work” and “The Alphabet of Nations.” Which takes me to what is (usually) my favorite TMBG song: Particle Man! Update: Tiny Toons did a version of Istanbul (not Constantinople). Wow. I missed some stuff in between being too old for cartoons
We went to The Forbidden Kingdom a few days ago. I read somewhere that it was “a Kung Fu Wizard of Oz,” and yeah, I can see that. I liked it (quite a bit), but it wasn’t a perfect movie, even for a popcorn action/adventure movie — because of the conflicts. The overall conflict was
Parade of Phantoms is shutting down, and so my story “Fragile” will not be published there. The editor was apologetic and seemed to think I should be able to publish the story in a professional market. Siiiggghhhh.
