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Process
(Hi. Am not dead; only happy. Will post some sort of status update soon.)
Let’s begin with another music video: “In Your Arms,” by Kina Grannis. The song itself is… cute. A happy if not particularly world-shaking romantic pop tune. But the video:
I know, right? That’s a hell of a lot of work. Specifically, it’s 2,460 frames, created and shot ( Read more... ) -
Hey, Look!
It's the hockey players from last night! Current best theory is that they're in town for the 2011 World Police and Fire Games.
Thanks to Croft for the link.
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Hockey in the Moustache of the Storm
Greetings from the last couple of hours before Hurricane Irene hits NYC.
I just walked back to Don's after finishing a shift at the Gray Lady. The weather right now is mostly OMG Rain as opposed to Aieeee Hurricanocalypse. Lots of rain but very little wind; not so much the teeth of the storm as the moustache of it. Passing through Times Square I ( Read more... ) -
Beaten to the Punch by a Buncha Swedes
Nertz. See, this is what happens when you have to do things like go to work and write a novel instead of investing your time and energy in projects of more immediate importance, like turning recent funkstraveganzas into a cappella free-for-alls -- other people do it instead. It's kinda nordic, but hey, hats off to them anyway.
For those who don't ( Read more... ) -
High-Wire Act
Let's begin with an open letter.
Dear Julie Taymor:
I get it. I totally get what you're doing with Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Don't let the haters get you down.
Yours, &c. --
Andy
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Nest the Corners, Smooth the Edges, and Fold in Thirds
While I was at Boskone last month I had the opportunity to sit down with my alpha readers for Mojo City. To my delight, they approved of the shape of the first draft, and their concerns about what would need to be fixed in the 2.0 release matched my own. They even, dare I say it, enjoyed reading it. And having spent a month away from the thing, I' ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes You Have to Stay Up Late and Write Stuff Down
I got off the subway this evening at my usual stop, from my usual position at the door directly ahead of the conductor, which lets me off right in front of the exit. But as my neighbors and I squeezed off the train I got edged just far enough back from the front of the pack that it was impossible to break free. I was caught in the mob, trapped in ( Read more... ) -
We Live in the Future, Vol. 732
Time to close a browser tab. Hey, look! Finnish a cappella singers gone wild! A nice tech demo combined with a good arrangement. I approve. (But I'm still not convinced I need an iPad. Fun as it looks.)
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Learning Experience
Six years ago I started thinking about a novel. Six months ago, I started writing it. And yesterday, to my surprise and delight and relief, I finished the first draft. I am pleased to announce the birth of MOJO CITY, Version 1.0, weight 98,000 words, length 450 double-spaced pages.
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Culture Time!
Hey, folks! I'm still alive, I just spend all my time in rehearsals right now. Or writing. Or going to the theatre, because the lovely bf is undergoing something of an arts-journalism renaissance these days and has press tickets falling out of his adorable jug-handle ears.
Rehearsals for what? you ask. Well, several things -- and the first thing ( Read more... )
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