So one of the problems I've run into with using magic in my series is that doing research is really difficult. My online searching keep running into pen and paper roleplaying games or online MMOs instead of anything that's actually historically probable. Luckily I've got a few books at home that help me get to some really useful information, even ( Read more... )

So a few nights ago I did a whole bunch of research for my NaNo novel, a supernatural adventure tale set in 1880s New Orleans. I had to figure out of what kind of method they would use to travel from the location I left off in the last book, a city in Texas, to New Orleans. Now that sounds a lot easier than it actually was.

I knew they would be ( Read more... )

So the more I'm thinking about self-publishing, the more I'm considering starting out small first. I have my first published short story, "Clawbinder", coming to the end of its contract term at the end of this month, and I'm thinking about publishing it for free up on Amazon, Smashwords, and B&N. Just to get my feet wet pretty much ( Read more... )

Was just linked this awesome "Gotham" article and thought I'd share. Its amazing how much the city of Gotham of lore matches that shown in the Batman comics.

... [Gotham] became fabled as a place of madness, it’s inhabitants proverbial for their folly.

This quote just makes me laugh cause Batman's Gotham City really is stock full of crazies.

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Thought I'd share this interesting article. Its too bad that this is happening still - even to women who are high up in academia.

Inventor's Digest: Science Needs a Woman’s Touch

Well, I've had one helluva week. =P I had a ~40 pg paper due, two presentations to make, and a math test all at once. Lots of group work like this on top of my PT work is just crazy. Of course, I'm seeing the effects of finals/projects all over campus. Wednesday early morning I saw a girl in the library who had pushed three of those rolling ( Read more... )

Well, today was pretty much a gaming day. =P Yes I am on Spring Break, but I really needed to work on my City of Heroes project and try to find some willing person to be interviewed. So I had to play on CoH for quite some time today -- and I *did* find a potential interviewee! Yay! Won't find out if they decided to do it or not until I get the ( Read more... )

So its been an interesting week to say the least, with much confusion and uncertainty in the air, but I think everybody's held up okay. Over the weekend one hell of a tornado hit Atlanta (or I should say like 14 tornadoes if the reports are correct). It was kind of weird coming into work today because based on the news reports I thought most of ( Read more... )

As Friday finally dawns, I have to say that I'm feeling much better after my bout of pissy-sickness earlier this week. I'm certainly glad that the Help Desk was so quiet today because it gave me a chance to not only get some training in but also to follow up on some jobs I'd been wanting to get back to. I also finally got to upgrade my comp at ( Read more... )

I can't believe it! I'm finally finished with this semester! *Happy Dance ( Read more... )