by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele. You know how people play MMORPGs too much? What if the whole world were like that, people playing their lives via android? Hm…there’s really only one way to go from there: somebody decides it’s a bad idea and starts taking that away from other people, because, you know, it’s […]
by Gail Simone, Terry Dodson, and Bernard Chang. I’m not sure where in the timeline this belongs. But I liked it: The first part is a Greek tragedy, with the characters’ personalities so strong, so fully developed, so inevitable, that the end has its own dignity and grace. The second part is funnier but less
From April 23-25. I don’t know much about writer’s conferences; I’ve only been to this one. Nevertheless, I get the impression that good things are happening. One, I’ve worn more off the edges of Am-I-Really-A-Writer panic at this conference (and getting ready for this conference) than anywhere else, except for actually selling stuff. Shit yeah,
Book 3 of the Long Price Quartet, by Daniel Abraham. Sometimes it’s good to have faith in people. Take, for example, the third book in the Long Price Quartet. This is a fantasy epic (ha ha, try to deny it) with a hero (ditto). There’s lots of magic (actually, there’s not much magic, page by
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: anybody interested in making money freelancing (not just freelance writing) should read this guide, especially the Money and Negotiation sections. She’s still updating it, so keep checking back for updates. Her husband is Dean Wesley Smith, and he has good posts on
Late, late, later. I’m working on a project to re-read all of Steven Brust’s Vlad books this year, to try to work out what’s going to happen next, or at least to understand some of the deeper currents I picked up from reading Iorich. I’m reading them in publication order. Don’t read these posts if
@MsAllieD Oh, yeah? ME AND MY COUSINS AND YOU AND YOUR COUSINS, IT'S A LINE THAT'S ALWAYS RUNNING! Earworm that, you. in reply to MsAllieD # @MsAllieD I throw down "Banana Man." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoGuoXuLmsk in reply to MsAllieD # I got stuck yesterday. Then I hung out with Lee while he was playing WoW and things
I have one more set of pictures on the camera. These are two-week-old pictures. Lee’s shop, embarrassingly (to him) messy and full of fascinating (to me) contrasts. Ray in the liberry. KK at 12th night. I did something screwy to the settings and ruined most of the pictures. I liked the way the dots on
Can’t take it…must blog…no time… Wow. Not linking to Amazon is sometimes a pain in the ass. Anyway, a link to the game is here. Ray got Valley of the Pharaohs from Dave and Margie and Katherine for Christmas this year, and we finally sat down and played the game recently. It’s a delightful exercise in deliberately
@DaphneUn Yeah, but that only makes, erm, 6 2/3 pictures per day. in reply to DaphneUn # @BarelyKnit fierily http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fierily in reply to BarelyKnit # @BarelyKnit It was quite the adventure in spelling, fierily was. in reply to BarelyKnit # God, I love rewrites now. Who knew that so-and-so was a never-you-mind? # I will
