Buzzwords that are currently bothering me: utilizefunctionalityimpactful
Tools for the writer
An interesting survey of just some of the tools available to writers. What gets you going? http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/02/top_gadgets_for.html#more
Truth on Youtube
Here's a video from YouTube of an ad that was featured in this year's Cannes Advertising Festival.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHu5YOogV8I
Mythspring review at Asimov’s site
The web site for Asimov's Science Fiction magazine has a review posted on Mythspring.Quite deliberately, editors Julie E. Czerneda and Gen-evieve Kierans have summoned over a dozen Canadian writers to supply stories inspired by “the lyrics and legends of Canada.” What results is a stimulating journey through northern realms of the imagination.The majority of the… Continue reading Mythspring review at Asimov’s site
Distracted by the shit
So far the only downside of my job is that I want to go to the company lunch room and socialize with my other workers. This isn't really a downside, except that it means I'm not reading or writing at lunch as I have with every other job in the past ten years. I have… Continue reading Distracted by the shit
Ad Astra 2007
I'm trying to pick a few more choices for panels for the upcoming Ad Astra convention. I have the feeling I should be guilty that most of the ones at a literary convention that are drawing my attention are the media panels.
January books read
So far this year I've read:A Long Way Down, by Nick HornbyCell, by Stephen KingChildren of Dune, by Frank HerbertDark Tower III: The Wastelands, by Stephen King Two of these I started in December. I wish I could read four books in 20 days, but I'm just not that fast. And two were audiobooks.
2006 in books
I started out not having much time to read, but then changed jobs at the end of March and had 2 hours to read on my commute each way. Then I changed jobs again in November and went back to having very little time to read. There were also more false starts; books I started… Continue reading 2006 in books
Four days in and it’s going well
Hopefully I'm not being premature, but after four days on the new job I'm really liking it. I've already received more training in four days than in the past four years at others jobs, and there's more to come. The two other writers I'm working with have both been friendly and in some of the… Continue reading Four days in and it’s going well
World Fantasy Convention report
It’s the day after my first WFC and looking back on the past four days, I’m quite pleased I came. I went over budget on food and books, but given that it’s a literary convention I think I can be excused on the excess of books. In actuality many of my purchases were magazines; market… Continue reading World Fantasy Convention report
Dispatches from Obscurity 