After almost a week of being snowed in, we were running out of groceries. So, I dug out one of the surviving toboggans (sledding on a very steep, icy hill earlier in the season had ripped up most of them, including my 30 year old one from when I was a kid.) It had lost its…
No post due to no school due to snow. Ping-Ping’s picture of snow from an earlier snow a week ago.
A friend was listening to musac, a song with the line "there is no lover like the one I got." but that wasn’t what he heard. What he heard was the line in the Subject. This amused me to no end.
Senses: Add three to five senses to every description. When I started writing, I used to swap my pages done that week with two friends. We would read each other’s work and send back comments. My friend’s comments were almost universally the same. I had not included any sense impression except for sight.…
The children were home due to snow, and as Justinian spent the morning playing Club Penguin, a gift from his Uncle Law, I did not see the computer all day. So…regular writing entry postponed. Hopefully, tomorrow.
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 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.
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…
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…
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.