Following The Sea

Bon Voyage, Michael Perham! Last January 3, we left him in a warm Caribbean harbor, receiving acclaim after sailing the Atlantic solo. He's back, and off to sail around the world -- at age 16. His adventures will unfold at http://www.totallymoney.com/sailmike/Read more... )

The HP readerdom hasn't diminished much since Book 7; perhaps they've just gone from the real thing, JKR, to the world of fanfic ( Read more... )

Hey, here's an interesting new feature for the fanfic writer. Fanfiction.net has added a statistic: reader hits by country, tracked by the month ( Read more... )

I'm weeks overdue in plugging Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008. Sorry about that. Here goes: arrrr!


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End Of The “Magic”

The end is in sight for What Is This Magic?, this blog’s older sibling. The website has been around about 5 years, offering three pages of fanfic samples and caption humor ( Read more... )

I recently posted this on WritingForums.com in a poetry challenge on the subject of "spaces." (No word yet on who won it, but it would be a tough one to judge; lots of good entries.)

Afterthoughts

And on the eighth day, stuck for some amusement ( Read more... )

The combination "SK" to a Morse Code operator indicates the end of transmission; the station is closing down for the day. By derivation, SK and the term "Silent Key" came to indicate something else: a sentimental term of honor for an operator who had died ( Read more... )

In a few hours, we should know who the other Vice-Presidential candidate will be. The rumor de jour says the governor of Alaska and family have flown to the city where the announcement will be made. That would be about as history-making a choice as Mr. Obama's run, in that the governor is a woman. (Do I hear, "well, it's about time!"?) As a ( Read more... )

Okay, so Harry Potter was about to go to Hogwarts - as an exchange student. That’s because he was actually born in New York state, not Godrics Hollow, y’see. (A/N: relax, this is not a badfic, just a badblog. I’m borrowing the Potters to use as an example.)So Harry had to get a US passport, and he applied to New York state for a certified copy ( Read more... )

Just when we thought that the voters had rejected the only woman candidate for US President, along comes another. We endorse this move to improve a campaign season that gets rougher by the day. Welcome to the White House race, Paris Whitney Hilton!

We must confess that our last review of this lady was not too favorable. This time, let’s play ( Read more... )