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Shuttering the writing log
This blog is going dark now. Lights out, and I'm done here. I've been on the journeyman path in writing since 2003, and, quite frankly, it's time for a change. This blog has seen me through a divorce, some crazy times, a new marriage, and a couple major location moves, through the goods, the bads, and the very, very uglies. I need to move on, put ( Read more... ) -
Hot means Hot
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/article6860067.ece
Hot sauce rocks; insanity sauce blinds.
:D
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For all the music fans on my list...
http://www.lostsoundsorchestra.org/
These people are reconstructing ancient music instruments, or at least the way they think they'd sound. It's _very_ cool.
:D
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Calling all Witches!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/28/england.witches.audition/index.html
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What's with that description, anyway? Part 2
Every once in a while, I run into word choices that makes me squint and go "hmmm?" Just ran into one now. It's in Path of Blood by Diana Pharaoh Francis. Let me quote the paragraph. The sentence in question is underlined.
There was no trail. The mountain was steep and thick with vines and trees. The air quieted and the wind stilled. There was a ( Read more... ) -
First line variety
We were discussing first lines in FM Chat, and I typed up a bunch. Just recording them here. Maybe will make commentary on them another time ( Read more... ) -
*sulk*
*sticks fingers in ears*
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
Don't wanna hear it!
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
Good advice is bad for a sulk.
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA -
*grr*
*once again commits to the path of folly instead of bliss*
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My list of 15 SF/F authors whom I adore
In the order I thought of them ( Read more... ) -
Politics alert...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/15/playwright.kushner.interview/index.html
The especially funny bit...
Drive through downtown Minneapolis these days and you're almost certain to bump into a billboard (or two or three) emblazoned with ( Read more... )