Ann loaned me a book, Stuff White People Like, by Christian Lander. There’s a website, too. Now, most of this book does not apply to most white people, but most of it applied to me–either directly or because I know someone who’s like that. As the temperature starts to drop, many white people are forced […]
Ray’s birthday was on Friday the 17th. We ordered pizza (she picked Italian ham, pepperoni, and pineapple), opened presents, played World of Warcraft together, and played a good bit of a round of Pet Shop Monopoly. The joys of turning seven in a geek-positive house. Sunday the 19th was her birthday party, with kids from
I went to the PPW Fall writer’s workshop, “Goal, Motivation, and Conflict and the Writer’s Journey,” presented by Debra Dixon. I took a lot of notes, I mean, a lot of notes. (It’s not that I don’t love you, it’s just that I’m too lazy at the moment.) Little lightbulbs went off all the time.
Here’s me, finishing up Alien Blue: You know you’ve been blogging too much when you start typing HTML tags instead if CTRL-i for italics. (Is there a mod or setting for Word that lets you get away with this?) Pandora radio is good, but it won’t be as good as having a human being picking
I’m working on Alien Blue. I finished the rewrite on the Shootout at the OK Corral chapter, which leaves me with just a few loose ends to tie up. Then a scrub for consistency, etc., and I’m…ready to send it off. The end is in sight?
Have 2 Nagila,Have 3 Nagila,They’re pretty small… (Rowan & Martin‘s Laugh-in) “That’s funny. That’s the way we elect the president.” “I’ve never played that one.”
After a long summer filled with petition hounds at every major place you can buy groceries in town, I am tired of filling out paperwork. I am tired of being hassled by people whose petitions I don’t want to sign, either because I’m busy* or because I don’t want to see the damned thing on
The Career Novelist: A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success, by Donald Maass. I haven’t read this yet…
