First the short bit: the NaNoWriMo update. The poll results are in and the audience overwhelmingly demands science fiction. I only hope I'm up to it, as I felt that was the weaker of the two ideas, not having had as much time to germinate and I was dubious of it's abilities to support a novel-length story.

However! I attended MileHiCon 41 ( Read more... )

Things have been happening and I've not been blogging. Mostly because I've been being more social with the other people in the house and around town.

For instance, last night I drove to Boulder (following the crazy, circuitous directions the Garmin gave me) to watch Neil Gaiman read the second half of Chapter 7 of The Graveyard Book. He actually ( Read more... )

Here's a summary of the week long road trip / "vacation"

( before the con )

It's been nearly a week since I last posted. Not a lot has happened.

Notable things:
I bought a new media shelf unit for holding DVDs. I put it together and realized it's a large black rectangle that looks close to having its sides be a 1:4:9 ratio, though I haven't measured to be sure. (On closer inspection and measurement, it's closer to 1:3: ( Read more... )

I'm going to skip talking about work except to say it was boring and it should be Friday already ( Read more... )

New pics in my flickr, including this one:

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I paused in front of my book case this morning ( Read more... )

I didn't post anything about E. Gary Gygax leaving us, because so many others had, and while it's true my life would probably very different without him, I never really felt his influence.

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, on the other hand, has had a heavy influence on me and my writings.

As previously noted, almost an entire shelf on one bookcase in ( Read more... )

The other day, I paused in front of my book case ( Read more... )

I shouldn't plan to do anything Monday nights ( Read more... )