1) One need not get worked up before a Carrie concert. It’s Carrie. What could go wrong? Like a true believer in the face of death. 2) Slayton’s pickle chips of deliciousness. Who knew? 3) The High Plains Unitarian Universalist Church did, indeed, take over “the old miniature golf course,” which may be why the […]
In an era that believes in a scientific explanation for spirits, ghost stories aren’t fantasy – they’re science fiction.
I’m brainstorming an idea I want to try to explain to a member of my writer’s group. As always, as I explain something, I get better at actually doing it myself. Okay, you have a first draft. You know what your story is about. You know your characters, conflicts, settings, etc. But your chapters aren’t
(Pleeeeeeease play this for KK.) Tally Hall – Banana Man Ladies and Gentlemen, curl PT Chester with boys are proud to present Bumbo Chumbo and the Zimbabwe Songbirds! Do you see banana manHopping over on the white hot sandHere he come with some for meFreshly taken from banana tree(1,2,3,4)Banana man me want a tanGive me
Andy posted a clip of Tally Hall for me. It’s freakin’ brilliant! And they have a whole website of this stuff!
John Updike: “The communion between reviewer and his public is based upon the presumption of certain possible joys in reading, and all our discriminations should curve toward that end.”
Alien Blue is in for the 2009 ABNA. Next update March 16th (quarterfinals).
Er…I might be done with Alien Blue? The penultimate chapter was such a bitch, I was so torn up about it that the last chapter is kind of a let-down. Is it supposed to be like that? A little bit of hope, is that enough? I think I’ll wait and see what everybody else says.
You may or may not have heard, but there are five basic tastes (things you can sense with your tongue, not with your nose), not four: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami.* Umami is a fifth taste, discovered either by Escoffier or Professor Kikunae Ikeda. Escoffier went on to invent French cuisine; Professor Ikeda, MSG.
The deadline for submitting Alien Blue to the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award is approaching ever closer. I just figured out the Mimi has to narrate her POV – and suddenly the climax sings! Why do I have my most brilliant moments of inspiration just before a deadline? Don’t answer that. Wish list: Add three horrendous
