Do you compose best with a pen and paper or typing at a computer?

I suspect I do better with a pen and paper but that turns it into a two-step process and I'll often think "Maybe I shouldn't write any more until I type up the bulk of it in word" and that always, always leads to stalls.

How about all of you?

This time it was a fairly rote rejection letter and I wonder whether my work just wasn't up to their standards or if they simply didn't have a position for me. I suspect it's the former, since they responded quite swiftly with a firm "Sorry, after looking over your submission we won't be hiring you" once I asked if they'd had a chance to review my ( Read more... )

Many thanks to everyone who was a beta-tester/critic over the weekend. It's greatly, greatly appreciated. Now all I have to do is sit back and anxiously refresh my e-mail every ten minutes relax.

PS: All the professional animation/design nerds on here (there's like...half a dozen of you) should check out Paprika and Tekonkinkreet. I liked Paprika a ( Read more... )

There's two houses I'm arranging to have rented out up in St. Albert. If anyone is interested, they should drop me a line. I'd be more than happy to show off the properties whenever is convenient. I should be contacted fairly soon, though, because if not I'm just going to take out some ads.

I received a rejection letter from the magazine I sent my short story, "The Architect of Planets", to. It would have been fantastic to have it published but I'm not crushed. It just makes me want to try again. You haven't heard the last from me, unnamed magazine! I'll just do what almost every other writer in history has done: Submit my first story ( Read more... )

My mom hurt her ankle. She's OK but can't go on her New York trip now (walking tours) and the tickets aren't refundable. So uh...looks like I'm going.

I had no idea this was going to happen until about 20 minutes ago. It still feels a little unreal. I'll see you guys when I get back!

Me: Tum te tum tum...doin' stuff...lah la ( Read more... )

Zero Punctuation by Yahtzee Croshaw is my new favorite series of articles on games. There's places where I both agree and disagree but this is the only "video review" I've ever felt was worthwhile MAKING into a video instead of just writing down. Also because I'm a sucker for minimalist-illustration when it's done right. (Perhaps because my own ( Read more... )

I'm coming back from Vancouver with 23 more books than I had when I left. I kept calculating the cost of ordering them online versus BC's tax rate (BC's taxes won out, shipping can be awful) and some were from used bookstores but still. I do this every time. I have one or two books I still haven't read from my last visit here ( Read more... )

The madmen finally went and did it. Looks like 10 years worth of internet predictions come true today ( Read more... )