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Me to Livejournal: It's over
I'm re-evaluating my various online haunts and trying to figure out where I can simplify. Unfortunately, that means Livejournal is on the cutting block. I've already been having problems cross-posting from my WordPress site so I finally turned off that feature, and today I realized that I hadn't been here to read other people's entries in over a ( Read more... ) -
2013: Favorite TV Shows
Because of my surgery and recovery time, I watched a lot of TV in 2013, and had a chance to catch up on entire series that I’d previously missed.
Top 5 TV Shows that I discovered in 2013
(Listed alphabetically)
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Journey follow-up: Flow, Religion, and Storytelling
In response to my post about Journey, my friend Ted pointed me at two articles about the game, both of which proved fascinating:
“Seeking the Light” at the Brainy Gamer, about how:
Journey elegantly conveys sapta bodhyanga, or the Seven Factors of Enlightenment in Buddhist philosophy:
Mindfulness
Investigation
Energy
Joy or rapture
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Above World 3, HORIZON: Cover!
I’m so happy to share the front and back covers of HORIZON, book three in the Above World series. As with the previous two books, the art is by Alexander Jansson and the design by Candlewick. I absolutely love it, and I hope you do, too! It’s about time the Aviars were featured, don’t you think? Calli would be so proud.
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New Story: Gather Your Bones
“Gather Your Bones,” my new short story, is online at Daily Science Fiction today! Check it out if you get a chance. (Note: It’s an adult story and not intended for a middle-grade audience.)
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TV: New Shows, Fall 2013
I love watching pilots of new TV shows, seeing how the writers set up the characters and relationships, the world-building, and the larger stories. Here are some of my winners and losers among the new shows for Fall 2013.
NEW SHOWS I’VE GIVEN UP ON
The Crazy Ones: Sarah Michelle Gellar is great, but the rest of the show is a snooze and way too ( Read more... )
