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Attack the Block
Just read a list of really wonderful pieces of advice for getting out of creative ruts, courtesy of fastcodesign. Some of the pieces contradict the other ("get lots of sleep" vs. "drink coffee before bed"), but hey, if you're in the middle of a creative block (writing, designing, illustrating), you're willing to try anything.
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Pre-order Deadroads!
Re-posted from big_pink:
You know, I'm actually unsure what punctuation to use in the subject line. I wanted to use a question mark, except that was way too Canadian, and then I wanted to use an exclamation mark but that seemed too enthusiastic (heaven forbid I would be enthusiastic about...my own writing). And then there was the period, but that seemed... ( Read more... ) -
Headshots
Originally posted at my blog Ooga Booga Boo.
Being Canadian, when I use the word "headshot" I realize most people think I'm talking about hockey. Since we have no hockey this year (I am a self-described cultural hockey fan...no, that's not an oxymoron), the "headshot" in this case is the photograph taken for promotional purposes.
Hopefully not to ( Read more... ) -
Book Trailer
Anyone ever made a book trailer? Like a movie trailer, except for a book? Anyone want to try? I know that there are exceptionally talented vidders out there and I think that this would be right up their alley. I have no money, only glory. Well, if I do have money, it's out of my own pocket, so let me know ( Read more... ) -
I'd like black, please.
I've decided that there are too many things one (i.e. me) could do to promote a book. I was just reading this http://www.30daybooks.com/31-ways-to-find-new-readers-outside-of-your-network/, and I've decided that perhaps it would be most useful for me to hang a sign around my head with the title of my novel, set my head on fire, and run down a major ( Read more... ) -
Greetings from Downton Abbey
Okay, really, it's the Muskokas, but for any of you who've been here, it's more or less Downton Abbey with loons. Friends have rented a "cottage" on a lake that I believe was last let by Reese Witherspoon. I'm pretty sure that there's a wee door that leads to the servants quarters, but I have yet to find it.
It's a log cabin with different wings so ( Read more... ) -
Hello!
Still rather dazed from vacation and news about selling Deadroads to Night Shade Books. UNREAL. But mostly, I think, dazed from vacation. I need a vacation from vacation. There ought to be a word for that.
So far, today:- Slept in, as apparently I am still on west coast time.
- Forgot to reprimand cat for purring on my head because he was so darn cute.
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Exhaustion, an excellent motivator!
I'm assuming I actually know what the term 'productive' means.
PRODUCTIVE:- Finished off the first draft of The Novel, tentatively called 'The Deadroads' after a Rural Alberta Advantage song.
- Scripted out the storyboard for the video shoot for the exhibition.
- Finished editing all the damn text for the exhibition.
- Looked after the recording of the audio ( Read more... )
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Achieving Lift Off with My Friend Caffeine
There are two kinds of people, really. Those that hang around, smelling stuff like roses and whatnot. And then there are those that make themselves ill with trying to do too much. I am, I'm afraid, one of the latter types of idiots. Smallish updates - the book launch is on the weekend at Firehall and it's going to be fun. We are getting a lot ( Read more... ) -
Weekend bliss
I need this weekend like crazy. There was the nuttiness that was the work week, punctuated by the Super Ex (when did it become 'Super', I ask), and a run on movie-watching. Considering it's the summer, I seem to be ingesting both big screen and small screen offerings with abandon ( Read more... )