Someone recently told me I wrote "old school urban fantasy." It comes as a revelation to me that there even is an "old school" for urban fantasy, but apparently that’s not only true, I’m in it. Hell I’m even "old school" about the way I type up my mss: double-spaced Courier with 1" [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Old Skool–thats me
Posted in Stuff about the book(s), Writing on September 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Spammed!
Posted in Personal blither, computer stuff, internet stuff on September 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m aghast: I’m watching my mail client download the mail. I checked 30 minutes ago and got 20 messages–mostly spam–now, I’m watching it download 4032. Yes. Four-thousand, thirty-two. I may be sick….
Rising from the Dead… or almost
Posted in Personal blither, ferrets, photos on September 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Taz the ferret has not been a happy camper lately. He has a fun disease, insulinoma, which basically boils down to severe hypoglycemia because he has too much insulin–the opposite of diabetes essentially, but in this case caused by a cancer of the pancreas. Friday he had his first (and we hope only) [...]
Team Seattle Ramage!
Posted in Cool writerly people, Silliness, Team Seattle, other people's books on September 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yes, in case you didn’t already know, the wild and wacky group that is Team Seattle now has a MySpace Page and a Facebook page for all your social networking needs.
Yes, we beez crazy.
Meme-alage
Posted in Personal blither, photos, tagged meme on September 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As today’s meme appears to be “take a photo of yourself looking ordinary,” here is mine:
Yes, I’m coming out of the closet (the water closet) because it’s the only place you can stand and not fall down while you take a photo of yourself.
There. I’ve memed. Now, back to the 54K and crawling….
Gauche
Posted in Personal blither on September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It seems I did my right elbow an injury back in June and now have persistent tennis elbow. My doctor is advising I learn to use my mouse left-handed, so I’m giving it a try, but I have to say… I feel like a total klutz. Typing is still the same and that [...]
Big Time Happy
Posted in Personal blither, Stuff about the book(s) on September 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Two Very Good Things happened today:
I am within spitting distance of the half-way mark on the mansucript (48,300 words of a projected 100,000) and it’s going faster.
Our friends Mike and Sharon Sheffield are now grandparents!
And we started the day with breakfast with a particularly good local friend, so it’s been a great day all around. [...]
Sentence of the Day
Posted in Writing on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yes it’s my own, but I have to admit, I like this bit that I wrote today:
It was the sort of phone call that causes some people to go to the office with fully automatic weapons and a bag full of ammunition.
Her Master’s Voice…?
Posted in Stuff about the book(s) on September 9, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I just got the news: Recorded Books LLC is releasing the audio version of Greywalker September 23! Hurray!
I can haz forum!
Posted in Personal blither on September 6, 2008 | 11 Comments »
My buddy Blue Ninja, from my Thief-gaming days, has started a fan forum for the Greywalker books. Appropriately it’s hosted at an RPG gaming site: Greywalker – CriticalFumble.net Forums. Looks like fun, yes? Go, go! Register! Chat!
The Onion Whisperer!
Posted in Just Plain Weird on September 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Oh those naughty people at the Onion! Looky what they did:
Being A Detective Who Talks To Ghosts Not As Exciting As It Looks On TV
You’d think they’d been peeking over my shoulder and taking notes! I am laughing my butt off, thanks to the inimitable Glenn for sending me the link.
Petty, petty, petty… but mine!
Posted in Personal blither, WoW, computer stuff on September 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Yeah, OK, so… I’m being acquisitive. Yesterday, it being both Labor Day and the last month of this fiscal quarter, I decided to pretty up by laboring environment by buying a new laptop. I didn’t actually need it, but I wanted it and… well… petty as it sounds, I felt the need to [...]
