My friend Dave Bara–no doubt sick of hearing me whine about revising–sent the following quote from one of his college English Profs, “Every writer must overcome their aversion to their own work.”
Thanks, Dave.
Archive for September, 2007
Words of Writer Wisdom
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2007 | Comments Off
I Speak!
Posted in Book reviews news and 'zines, Personal blither, Stuff about the book(s) on September 29, 2007 | Comments Off
Wanna hear the “real” me? Go listen to my interview with Shaun and Sam at Adventures in SciFi Publishing.com! Very cool folks.
Free Historic Photos
Posted in Cool writerly people on September 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yes, my friends, you can get something for nothing. My friend Richenda Fairhurst has uploaded part of her collection of public domain historic postcards of scenes and people in Europe to her site at the Historyfish Photochrom Collection. It’s a nice little collection to pick through if you’re into dramatic scenery or quaint [...]
Tasty New UF Books
Posted in Cool writerly people on September 25, 2007 | Comments Off
Today, Mindy Klasky’s new book–Sorcery and the Single Girl, a sequel to Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft featuring librarian and witch JaneMadison–is hitting the shelves, and fellow Penguin Group writer Kelly McCullough’s latest Urban Fantasy, Cybermancy is also out. They’ve both been kind enough to put up some Frequently Asked Questions about their books, [...]
Mutant Otter!
Posted in Just Plain Weird on September 24, 2007 | Comments Off
So I was browsing the web while cat vacuuming and I found… this
Read about the Mutant Sea Otter! (OK, not really so mutant, not really so otter, but we all know what a sucker I am for mustelids, right?)
They’re at it again
Posted in Just Plain Weird, Kat Litter on September 22, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Continuing the theme that spammers are idiots, here’s a piece of screenshot from my spam filter:
I couldn’t make these things up.
A Criminal(ly good) Party
Posted in Cool writerly people on September 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Had a lovely time today in spite of a clinging sinus headache and the overhanging revision of Underground. I trotted down to the Seattle Mystery Bookshop–which is one of my favorite haunts–to meet a thriller author I’ve exchanged e-mail with and got to hang out with a threesome of fabulous female mystery writers. [...]
Shiver me timbers!
Posted in Just Plain Weird on September 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tis Talk Like A Pirate Day! Avast there y’swabbies an’ hearken up good! Levity be the order o’ the day. Break out yer (rubber) cutlasses and prepare to make with the “Arr”! Keelhaul yer formal English! Away all boats for Tortuga! Bring back a prize worthy o’ the mighty Blackbeard [...]
Go Spainy!
Posted in Cool writerly people on September 18, 2007 | Comments Off
Very pleased to say Spain the Cat is on the mend (and shall be made fun of with pics in the traditional “cone head” collar we hope). Yay, Spain!
A Cat of a Different Color
Posted in Kat Litter, Unbearable cuteness on September 18, 2007 | 8 Comments »
In contrast to Spain who is lovely and quite sweet, I present my cat (who is not).
He is 19. He is the most cantankerous cat in Ballard–which is going a long way, considering that this is an industrial district on a canal. (There are rats the size of Toyotas here.)
His name is Kitts. [...]
Support Spain
Posted in Cool writerly people, Personal blither on September 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’m serious here. My friend Cherie Priest has the world’s wickedest cat: Spain. Spain is not well: Heretic Spire, a Damn Lie – not. funny. (Looks like a rubber band doesn’t it?) So, think good thoughts for Spain the Cat, because a world without Spain would be… a lot less funny [...]
More dumb spam
Posted in Just Plain Weird, Personal blither on September 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This just in–and I do mean just into my recently reconfigured e-mailbox: many many spams purporting to come from dissatisfied lovers complaining about their male partner’s male appendage. What’s funny about that? How bout that my mail client shows the sender’s soi disant moniker right after the subject line, so that “My boyfriend’s [...]
