An artistic school is in general no more than an exit, from which the artists that belong to it separate, each going his own way, searching for his own multifaceted education and perfection.  Only the followers and imitators remain stuck in the doorway.  On the way, every artist arrives, through experience and maturity, at new realizations, in the ( Read more... )

I should avoid reading Peter S. Beagle, because he always makes me want to write.  And I really don't have time for fiction right now ( Read more... )

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Butternut Squash and Apple Soup: Color not as orange as I expected, texture nice, taste ... could have used a heavier hand with the spices.  Will try again with that change.

Watercress Sandwiches:  When I reviewed the recipe again, realized these were really egg salad with watercress.  And the mixture was delicious.  I will add this to my permanent ( Read more... )

(I don't have as much time for cooking as I'd like during the semester - but this week I'll MAKE time!)

Bill of Fare

Appetizers:
Butternut Squash and Apple Soup [recipe from Epicurious.com]
Cucumber Sandwiches [originally Water Cress - if I can get some I'll try that instead]
Ripe Olives and Gherkins

Main Course:
Roast Turkey & Bread Stuffing with ( Read more... )

In the Amber game, one thread of several player-characters is ... acting like they're player-characters.  I'm reminded of some of the commentary in Darths & Droids, to be honest.

Or possibly the bit about the llamas in Knights of the Dinner Table (and how sad is it that I couldn't remember the title, but found it by Googling "I waste him with my ( Read more... )

Fell off the wagon last night & wrote a page and a half of two police detectives, Dall and Tess, investigating a 40s-vintage apartment that's been closed up probably for at least a decade.  And has a painting of a door into a sunlit garden on one wall, which they obviously recognized but didn't bother to explain to *me ( Read more... )

Spent a sum of birthday money at Borders today (those discounts really add up):

Norse Code by Greg van Eekhout;
Sixty-One Nails by Mike Shevdon;
Inda by Sherwood Smith; and
The House on Durrow Street by Galen Beckett.

Whee!  I have no tiiiiime to read them!

For once I got news about a new! service! at the same time as writerbeware - since I'm already on Barnes & Noble's emailing list.  They've now launched PubIt! as an e-book self-publishing setup (in open-source format).

I glanced through the FAQ.  It doesn't answer that I think is the most salient question about the service:

Why would anybody want to read the ( Read more... )

I managed to scribble out a review over at http://diaryofatextaddict.wordpress.com/ for the first time in ages.