Fall season debuts
Posting frenzy this evening? I suppose. It’s been a while since I posted, and then all of a sudden I’ve got a lot to say. So I watch a lot of TV in the evenings. For one, with being sick …
Scalzi!
I just discovered that my friend ‘s archnemesis has an LJ feed. If you pop over to Brandon Sanderson‘s (as he’s known in real life) LJ or to his site and forums, you’ll see that during the recent Hugo Awards, …
And in an encore presentation of craziness…
I bought a cake pan this afternoon to replace the one that, sadly, perished with the chocolate chip cake. You know how the labels are usually a piece of card stock adhered to the pan with a piece of rubber …
Writing for me
Ever since I was an undergrad, I’ve been working intermittently on a book based on a Scottish fairy tale that I love. Other things are higher priority, and I’ve never really thought I’d get it published except as a “wouldn’t …
RIP, DVD player
Last night, I was all set to post about how powerful a girl with a drill can be, but then five minutes after taking my DVD player apart and cleaning the lens and getting it running again, it freezes up …
Wayward Wizard out; ninjas everywhere say "buy it!"
The inestimable Sindri Suncatcher, kender wizard extraordinaire, is the main character of The Wayward Wizard, book 1 in the Suncatcher Trilogy of Dragonlance: The New Adventures. It’s out this month, and you should read it! It does refer a bit …
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The further adventures of the hapless cook
So sad. I made a chocolate chip cake the other day and took it to work today to share–because I wanted a piece (or two or three), not the whole cake. I put what was left of it, about 3/4 …
The Writing Life
Linked from my friend Erin Annie, an article about the writing life that really describes me to a T–and probably most literary-inclined people I know. That article is so me. To the point. I even majored in animal science, pre-vet, …
Strange places to pitch a children’s book
Publisher’s Weekly has a great article today on the occupational hazards of working in children’s books. Check it out–very funny, and very telling. For example, Beverly Horowitz, of Bantam Delacorte Dell Books for Young Readers: My mother was close with …
Happy Birthday, MrOctober!
Hope your day is full of happiness, !