I'm procrastinating. I admit it. Yes, full confession here, I am dawdling because my current project is still trying to settle into a slightly new shape and I don't know if it's ready to run yet. Maybe I'm avoiding finding out.

In the meantime, I've been transferring some notes into a file that I keep titled "Writing Guides". These are things I've ( Read more... )

It's something that has crossed my mind from time to time, but hadn't found a way to articulate: how do you describe the diffrence between Craft and Art? There are occasions where I have seen quality craft - in visual art or writing, perhaps - where I could say, "Yes, this person has mastered their craft, but something is missing. It isn't art."

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The thing about traveling and vacations is that it sidetracks schedules.  That's why these particular posts have been skewed lately.  I'm playing catch-up.  But I mean to get back on my intended schedule, because I'm finding that I really like talking about my friends.  Onward...

A long time ago in my life, I encountered one story that made me sit ( Read more... )

There were a couple of things from this road trip that didn't quite fit in a "normal" recounting, but that caught my attention or amused me ( Read more... )

(For my friends, there are a couple of reasons I haven't been posting much on LJ lately.  The sore foot acquired at Wondercon at the beginning of April turned out to be plantar faciitis -- distress of connective tissue in the foot, mostly on the underside.  Early on, if I did nothing but lounge on the sofa with the foot elevated, it seemed fine, ( Read more... )

It's been a couple of months since I had last checked the visitor statistics on my website - mainly because the pointing of the principal URL is screwed up (trying to fix that right now).  Even so, one of the interesting things to check out is the "search threads" that bring people to my pages.  Not that I get gobs and gobs of traffic at present, ( Read more... )