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Return of the Internets!
Well, it isn't much of a return. I could do a great deal of reading and a little bit of commenting on my ipod--and did. And it's not like I don't work with easy access to the internet 5 days out of 7 at, well, work ( Read more... ) -
Meme: So what do you ACTUALLY do for a living?
We all talk about our jobs--obliquely at times, clearly at others--but too often we have no clue what we all do every day. What do you do? In more than a three sentence summary, with as little unexplained jargon as possible.
( What I do at my dayjob. ) -
Honestly? I'll take the minor annoyances.
Failed to put my 2011 parking tag in the window of my car. Ticket! Oh, fickle fiscal years that begin for me right after a long holiday... About every three years, I get stung ( Read more... ) -
Refilling the Well, or whatever.
The days tick away with little writing to show for them, for I am without deadline. My brain percolates with the upcoming first drafts and with the future re-writes, while I consume, consume, consume. All of the Big Bang Theory on DVD, loads of Daria, the last bit of House, the newest of the new Doctor Who, half a dozen books on the Middle Ages ( Read more... ) -
Randomly
I wish there were a way to grab all of one sort of tag from across one's friendslist ( Read more... ) -
Beyond my skill level
(Not-so-confidential to this years' Hastings Point Workshoppers...)
I keep getting the critique that my main character, Dru, (in Prince(ss)) is a little bit boring. Funny--but kinda boring anyway.
Here are the notes I wrote up about Dru before I started the book:
Hero) Dru (Drustan). Prince of Serilda. A "coaster." Does well with his tutors ( Read more... ) -
Stole the idea from Cat Rambo
But slightly modified, since I only have a few stories in circulation these days.
Short stories!
Stories currently out to market for first time: 1
3rd time: 1
10th time: 1
11th time: 1
18th time: 1
Stories sold on the first submission: 3
2nd sub: 3
3rd sub: 4
6th sub: 2
7th sub: 1
8th sub: 3
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Thud.
I haven't had a thud in a while, so I decided to report on it. "Currer Bell Comes to America," complete today at 5765 words. It is unabashedly YA, alternate universe, and totally one of those sorts of pet stories where you get to ride around on your hobby horse like an idiot, showing everyone all the weird theories you cherish--in this case, ( Read more... ) -
Women Writers of SF
I stole this from aliettedb:
The Rules of the Game Are:
Bold the women by whom you own books
Italicize those by whom you’ve read something of (short stories count).
*Star those you don’t recognize
Unmarked are those whose work you have not read
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Lost and The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder opens with a mystery. In colonial Peru, a bridge collapses, and five people plummet to their deaths. A friar, who witnessed this event, has been trying to sort out God's plan by analyzing the deaths of plague victims, realizes he has a perfect opportunity to understand God's plan here--with plague ( Read more... )