We had one of those March weekends where the boys get the sandpit open and ask for the pool and don’t believe me when I say it might snow tomorrow. Of course, I don’t really believe it either and I start casting a critical eye on the garden. I have Plans. They have not come… Continue reading Garden Fun
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Working Writers – Scalzi and The Big Idea
I really like reading interviews with writers about how they sat down and wrote their latest book/story etc. I don’t so much like interviews where the interviewer gets all “I want to win a creative-non-fiction writing award so let me describe the sound of the gravel crunching under my feet as I walk up the… Continue reading Working Writers – Scalzi and The Big Idea
Sci-Fi is now SyFy
Sci Fi network is rebranding itself as “SyFy” The head dude said, “When we tested this new name, the thing that we got back from our 18-to-34 techno-savvy crowd, which is quite a lot of our audience, is actually this is how you’d text it,” Mr. Howe said. “It made us feel much cooler, much… Continue reading Sci-Fi is now SyFy
“Vestes” Chugging Along
My Estes Vest (aka “Vestes) is coming along nicely. Actually, I have more done, up to the first increase after the waist. As with all cable projects (and lace), the first couple of times through the pattern repeats have me cursing and unpicking and wondering what the h*ll the designer was thinking. Then, once I… Continue reading “Vestes” Chugging Along
"Vestes" Chugging Along
My Estes Vest (aka “Vestes) is coming along nicely. Actually, I have more done, up to the first increase after the waist. As with all cable projects (and lace), the first couple of times through the pattern repeats have me cursing and unpicking and wondering what the h*ll the designer was thinking. Then, once I… Continue reading "Vestes" Chugging Along
The Angriest Stoplight
I really enjoyed this short story. (Warning: there is Language. Bad language. And also very good language.) I love a good short story. And I foam at the mouth when I read a bad one: one of those ones that goes on and on and says nothing and entertains-you-not and leaves you wondering why in… Continue reading The Angriest Stoplight
Writing Challenges
Had some ideas for an entertaining blog entry last night, but when I sat down to write this morning, it all came out flat. So far this morning I’ve stumbled down to the kitchen, stood blinking in the darkness wondering where I was and what I was doing, grabbed two cups and some milk, made… Continue reading Writing Challenges
Who-In-The What-Now?
I was feeling the need for a new sweater project, since I finished off the black one, so I sat down and scoured my magazines and Ravelry to find something I wanted to make. I made a decision. I decided on yarn. I ordered yarn. I ordered extra cables for my interchangeable circular needles (because… Continue reading Who-In-The What-Now?
Part of the Problem
This morning I was reading reflections by a favourite writer of mine. I know what she looks like and it has, occasionally, crossed my mind to envy her slim stature. In the piece I read this morning she was talking about inexplicable, abberant behaviour and she compared it to, “…hauling off and eating a whole… Continue reading Part of the Problem
Open Letter to the Authors' Guild re: Text To Speech on the Kindle 2
I read that, in response to your complaint, Amazon is preparing to give authors and publishers the choice of whether to offer their books with text-to-speech. Fine. But I’m writing to ask you to encourage your members to tell their publishers to say ‘yes’. I understand the contract issues and the rights issues. I understand… Continue reading Open Letter to the Authors' Guild re: Text To Speech on the Kindle 2