Monthly Archives: July 2012
My face file (or, I am not a serial killer)
I’m not an artist. I’ve practiced drawing some, but I’m nowhere near good enough to make what’s in my head come out on paper. Yet I find it so much easier to write a character if I can see a … Continue reading
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Twitter karma loses its hold
The other day I got an email from Twitter letting me know a friend of mine had sent me a message. I haven’t been on Twitter in months, and this time as I went in and looked around I realized … Continue reading
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Here’s to producers
…and editors, arrangers, engineers, layout designers, cover artists, and everyone else who is involved behind the scenes to make the artist look their absolute best. Recently on Pandora I was presented an “unplugged” version of Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles”, … Continue reading
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Book Review: Shades of Milk and Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal is one of the Writing Excuses podcasting team, former vice president of SFWA, and a Campbell Award winning author. As I’ve vowed to read something from each of the podcasting team, it’s time I got to her … Continue reading
Being mean to your characters
Having recently read Dan Wells’ “Mr. Monster” and some character summaries from the Wikipedia entry on “Game of Thrones” I have coming to the conclusion I have not yet begun to be mean to the characters in my novel. Granted, … Continue reading
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Send in the clones!
Feeling a little guilty for only posting a site-admin message today, I’ll try to make up for it with 365 Days of Clones! This series of photos takes action figures and puts them in rather interesting situations. Good for a … Continue reading
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Construction zone – Blog revision
Pardon our dust! It finally started to dawn on me that I’ve been setting up my blog incorrectly. I’ve been treating my categories like tags, and my tags like key words. As a result I’ve been proliferating both well beyond … Continue reading
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Book Review: Mr. Monster, by Dan Wells
This is the second book in the John Cleaver trilogy by Dan Wells. The first, “I Am Not A Serial Killer” introduces the character of John Wayne Cleaver, a teenage boy obsessed with serial killers, and a certified sociopath, who … Continue reading
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Rain
We finally got rain. It’s been far too long since we last saw it. If I hadn’t been at work I would have gone out and walked in it, I think. After weeks of temperatures in the high 90’s to … Continue reading
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When barriers mean better
There’s a maxim to the effect of “Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.” This holds true in self-publishing as well. It’s true that Amazon has removed most of the barriers to getting your book published and … Continue reading
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