The Kingdom of the Spiders
Today’s my birthday. I should probably post something Deeply Meaningful but I find I’m not in the mood and because it’s my…
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Spattercus: Blood and, well, more blood
I’ve just watched the first episode of Starz’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Oh, dear. The blood was candy-red, and flung over everything….
Read moreHoly cloud, batbeing…
KOMOnews.com Look at the forecast. Look at the icon for my birthday: an unadorned round shining sun. I am gasping with disbelief…
Read moreTake me to your vet, no, your leader
According to the Telegraph, Mazlan Othman, a Malaysian astrophysicist and current head of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs (Unoosa), is…
Read moreOur ten-day birthday jubilee
KOMOnews.com Look at that weather forecast: some sun every day, even into October. If it turns out to be true, this will…
Read moreBoys and girls and books. Emperors with no clothes. How long should your book be?
It’s a sunny day here in Seattle, perhaps one of the last of the year, so I’m going to get away from…
Read moreHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Due out November 19. Looks pretty good… Though, hmmmm, I don’t understand why the picture is lopped off on one side. Go…
Read moreAttention, young people: it gets better
This is for all the young people, especially the young dykes and gay boys, the bi-girls and trans kids, who find it…
Read morePerfection is not a useful comparison
A beautiful morning here in Seattle: sun! I think it’s going to turn out to be one of those lost days where…
Read moreBirthday
Happy birthday to Kelley. We have Many Plans for the day. Mostly, though, I’m looking forward to spending every waking minute inside…
Read moreSwedish Bikini Werewolf Destruction
From Threadless Tees, their latest t-shirt and hoodie: Swedish Bikini Werewolf Destruction. I’m thinking this might look very tasteful on the soon-to-be-50…
Read moreWriters and research
I do a lot of research. I don’t think I do it very well. I never do it in the right order….
Read moreWet sunshine, dry mist
Here are photos from two morning this week. The first (taken by Kelley) is mist over the ravine, on what turned out…
Read moreYoda says ‘red’ (well, he should have)
Heavy into Hild world. Today, two links for you. A Sterling Editing links post, in which writers support each other, non-writers (but…
Read moreThe secret of business success: good writing
From SocialBeat (via Media Bistro): Among startups, there’s a tendency to emphasize product technology, rather than fuzzier skills and qualities that don’t…
Read moreTiVo your life
Apparently, you can now TiVo real life. From Fast Company: Ever see something you wish you had on film? Say, a miraculous…
Read moreFog and sun and Hild
Yesterday began draped in mist. I stood outside in my sweater, tea in one hand, and listened to the trees in the…
Read morePresent tense: this wretched fad
I’ve talked before about present tense being over-used and misused in contemporary fiction: These days it seems fashionable for beginners, especially in…
Read moreCheerleaders in football uniforms: gender transgression on Glee
Kelley and I started watching Glee a few days ago. The first few eps, for me, were a time for pleasant, brightly-coloured…
Read moreThis and that
It’s a grey day here in Seattle. In fact, it’s been so miserable, weather wise, that I decided to bring the basil…
Read moreBack into Hild world
I’m moving inexorably back into Hild world. Hopefully I’ll still be around here a lot, but if I’m not, you know why….
Read moreMaintaining my interesting status
From: Pia I have read some of your recent Ask Nicola blog entries which support epublishing. I have become inseparable from my…
Read moreBirthday feast with dancing girls
Kelley and I both have big birthdays coming up at the end of the month. On my 30th birthday, I told Kelley…
Read moreBooker prize shortlist
Booker prize shortlisted authors (clockwise): Andrea Levy, Howard Jacobson, Tom McCarthy, Peter Carey, Emma Donoghue and Damon Galgut. Photograph: PR/Eamonn McCabe/Sarah Lee…
Read moreH. Rider Haggard and the Venerable Bede
Yesterday I was feeling torpid and decided to actually read some of the free books I downloaded a few weeks ago, last…
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