The butt end of bread will sit around forever and go bad, but croutons, designed to sit around forever, will be gone in mere moments. Yes, I’m on a crouton kick. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cube the bread into 1/2 inch cubes and spread onto cookie sheets. The cubes of bread may […]
Woot! And maybe Newt Gingrich will die before 2008, which would also be good news. (Via BoingBoing.)
The Magic Thread was written almost entirely to the tunes of Massive Attack. One Saturday, in fact, almost six hours of catching up was completed to the song “Karmacoma.” “You’re sure you want to be with me I’ve got nothing to give…”
By Yoshitaka Amano. This is a little, illustrated book inspired by the original The Tale of Genji, by Lady Murasaki. The artist is the same person who illustrated Neil Gaiman’s The Dream Hunters. I had high hopes for this book; I loved the art in The Dream Hunters. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed. Maybe it’s
By John Connolly. I enjoyed this book, but it saddened me a little. I’ll explain that later. First (or second) off, let me say that if you didn’t like Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell you probably won’t like this book. It’s intended for, say, kids 11 and older, but it has the same sense of
Amy Irving (the actress) did the singing voice for Jessica Rabbit. Sinead O’Connor now sings reggae.
I am awesome. The first draft of The Magic Thread is finished! That’s the good news…the bad news is that it’s only about 44K. I’m going to throw in my Storyball stories and do some brainstorming for a future novel rather than try to up the wordcount for Thread, because I’m burnt out on it
Apologies, all. I won’t be posting much until the beginning of December, as I’m trying to finish my NaNoWriMo novel, and everything else is getting pushed aside. Especial apologies to the Storyball cohorts…I will get caught up, but it may not be until after the first. With heroic effort, I should be able to finish.
I received the following e-mail from NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty: Dear Author, You remember those overachieving participants I talked about in last week’s email? The ones speeding past us with word counts in the 20,000s, and “kick me” signs fluttering from their backs? Most of them will be cruising into the 50,000-word winners’ circle this
