Inexpressably Weird.
Saw this when I was picking out Valetines for my kids. It was so bizarre that I had to take a picture. I have no words for this…. Pink Skulls.
Ardeur–Esseys about Anita Blake
Ardeur is the latest Smart Pop book from Benbella. It’s a collection of essays about Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake. series One the essays is by me. It is called Dating the Monsters.
Great Backyard Bird Count
GBBC participant newsletter – January 26, 2010 Mark your calendar! The 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is just a few weeks away. It’s your chance to count for fun and count for the future, from Friday, February 12, through Monday, February 15. Whether you participate once or several times, by submitting your list…
Wright’s Writing Corner: The Joys of Editing
Mephisto and his Staff I am in the throws of finishing the polishing of Prospero Regained, the third and last book in the Prospero’s Daughter series. I have finished the whole thing, except for one new scene that I need to write to add to the epic battle near the end. So, what, you…
Frankly, My Dear, I Don’t Give A Damn!
Avatar is doing quite well in the box offices…but it’s kind of eerie that, if you adjust for inflation, the top ticketseller is still 1939’s Gone With The Wind.
Shocked Beyond Words (Luckily, I can still type)
Just heard that at some point in the last year, Obama — to placate China — refused to meet with the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama!For…CHINA??? Words fail me.
A Twofer!
Last night, Ping-Ping’s new tutor visited. Afterwards, Ping-Ping wanted to work on her English. I realized that one of her main problems is not knowing the proper sounds for the letters–she knows the Pinyin souns of the Chinese Arabic alphabet, but they are different from ours. So, I got out the boys Hooked On Phonics…
Ping-Ping Post
A friend has asked for news on Ping-Ping, so here goes: Our daughter is doing very well. She has settled into her routine. She plays nicely with her brothers (though they feel she’s a bit rough). She looks after Roland. (John worries that we should have named him something that didn’t have two letters she has…
Alternate Worlds
This is the third time I’ve written this…keep losing it somehow: Still reading Red China Blues. Very few people left the West to go China in the first few decades of Communism there. Very few. At one point, there were maybe two dozen Westerners in China (or at least in the Beijing area.) Among those…
Wright’s Writing Corner: The Foil
Next in our series of examining my Writing Tips in more detail is The Foil. The Foil: Use other characters to showcase the strengths of your main characters and to make them seem extraordinary. The best example of the idea of a “foil”, in fact the place that the term comes from, is Hal from Shakespeare’s King…