Stuff, stuff-stuff, stuff!
Wow, another round of updates?
Let's see... I no longer work for Apple (and apparently, neither does Mr. Jobs, te-hee). Did anybody see that hilarious XKCD (http://www.xkcd.com/527/)? Of course it cost me a pound of flesh, or at least, a pretty nasty scar, as the Micromanaging Hobbit had me get something down from a top shelf while I was suffering from a head cold, and I lost my balance and met a nice, sharp, metal corner. Yeah! Unfortunately, it didn't scar in the form of the Apple logo, so I can't have that as a conversation piece. Oh well.
It's a new year, and I work for a new NASA contractor under a new contract. We're waiting on all the connections to be fully established, and until then, we have to find ways to be busy. Yay.
I've been roped into doing early reviews of books for LibraryThing.com (Check me out, I'm aethercowboy!). If you would like me to do an early review (or even a review) of your book, contact me, and I'll tell you where to send it. I'll even post it to my blog!
I recently read Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry. It's like Tom Clancy and Max Brooks wrote a book together, or something. Here's my review: http://www.librarything.com/review/39779688.
Coming up next is Rich Like Them by Ryan D'Agostino.
And next? Who knows!
Also, I decided that now I have loads of free time, I'm starting a local writing group that will be infinite times better than BAWL (Bay Area Writers League) or The Word Factory, because (A) it pertains to writers critiquing each other's writings distributed to them the previous week, (B) it's free, and (C) there will be talks, readings, and activities to help writers. Woot woot.
The official blog is http://clearlakeareawriters.blogspot.com. It's called "Clear Lake Area Writers" (CLAW). Sweet.
Hopefully the other writers will not be just Romance/Memoir writers as was BAWL, which was the main reason I gave that up (also, four hours of boring non-writing activity). I needed a group that was more specific to me, and since I can't find one, I'll go out and make one. I just hope our local art center will let me meet there. Otherwise, I suppose the library's the next best thing. And if all else fails, maybe Borders will host me. But I'm going Indie first, yo. I'll find out next week. In the meantime, if you're in the Clear Lake area, feel free to subscribe to the blog, or leave a comment (once I post something). There's also a public calendar, but it has nothing on it. Watch the CLAW blog for updates!
Well, that's really all I had in my buffer.
Until next time.
Let's see... I no longer work for Apple (and apparently, neither does Mr. Jobs, te-hee). Did anybody see that hilarious XKCD (http://www.xkcd.com/527/)? Of course it cost me a pound of flesh, or at least, a pretty nasty scar, as the Micromanaging Hobbit had me get something down from a top shelf while I was suffering from a head cold, and I lost my balance and met a nice, sharp, metal corner. Yeah! Unfortunately, it didn't scar in the form of the Apple logo, so I can't have that as a conversation piece. Oh well.
It's a new year, and I work for a new NASA contractor under a new contract. We're waiting on all the connections to be fully established, and until then, we have to find ways to be busy. Yay.
I've been roped into doing early reviews of books for LibraryThing.com (Check me out, I'm aethercowboy!). If you would like me to do an early review (or even a review) of your book, contact me, and I'll tell you where to send it. I'll even post it to my blog!
I recently read Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry. It's like Tom Clancy and Max Brooks wrote a book together, or something. Here's my review: http://www.librarything.com/review/39779688.
Coming up next is Rich Like Them by Ryan D'Agostino.
And next? Who knows!
Also, I decided that now I have loads of free time, I'm starting a local writing group that will be infinite times better than BAWL (Bay Area Writers League) or The Word Factory, because (A) it pertains to writers critiquing each other's writings distributed to them the previous week, (B) it's free, and (C) there will be talks, readings, and activities to help writers. Woot woot.
The official blog is http://clearlakeareawriters.blogspot.com. It's called "Clear Lake Area Writers" (CLAW). Sweet.
Hopefully the other writers will not be just Romance/Memoir writers as was BAWL, which was the main reason I gave that up (also, four hours of boring non-writing activity). I needed a group that was more specific to me, and since I can't find one, I'll go out and make one. I just hope our local art center will let me meet there. Otherwise, I suppose the library's the next best thing. And if all else fails, maybe Borders will host me. But I'm going Indie first, yo. I'll find out next week. In the meantime, if you're in the Clear Lake area, feel free to subscribe to the blog, or leave a comment (once I post something). There's also a public calendar, but it has nothing on it. Watch the CLAW blog for updates!
Well, that's really all I had in my buffer.
Until next time.