I woke up in my own bed this morning, for the first time in a week. Last week was spent at Disney’s Animal Kindgom Lodge in Florida and yes, I was aware of how fortunate I was, every minute of the trip. Before we left I was out of sorts. By the time we got… Continue reading Happy Holidaymaker
Category: Me
Fighting It
So, I wrote a children’s book. It’s a short, 6000 word chapter type book, like one of thos series books that early readers hoover up. My idea was to write a series of them. The first one went really well, and I think part of it was the simplicity. I used a published book as… Continue reading Fighting It
Haircut
I went to have a trim today and came out… …a brunette.
Oh, To Be Welsh
I sat at my computer and just goggled. (That’s right, “goggled”, not “googled”!) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw&hl=en&fs=1]
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
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
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
Hi-Tech Snow Day
My six year old and my almost-four year old are lying, one in the top bunk one int he bottom, sending messages to each other on two Nintendo DSs. The eldest drew a head and sent it to his brother, who added a body and sent it back…. Remember when we used to do that… Continue reading Hi-Tech Snow Day
Kindle 2 Text-To-Speech
…The Author’s Guild should consider that as the Kindle 2’s text-to-speech technology advances, it might just be that it gets people MORE used to listening to their books, and increases demand for high quality audio books.