Just got my first quote back on my novel, Prospero Lost. It came from James Stoddard, author of The High House (a really cool book) and winner of the 1999 Compton Crook Award (for best first novel.) This quote reads: "A touch of Shakespeare, a dash of Sam Spade, a truly fun read–a delightful story of a family as…
The Cherubim found this and I fell in love with it. Of course, when I sing it, I replace the word "have" with "write." Wish I knew how to imbed, but I don’t, so here’s the link.
Again…only follow the link if you’re interested in joining in on the praying this month…no literary interest:
When my editor said he was sending "Bound Uncorrected Manuscripts," I thought he meant something about the size of a computer paper page with a ring binding. But no! Today, I got home to find on my doorstep something that looks like a little book! (Like an ARC, if you’ve seen one of those.) They were…
Got this from Carbonelle. My favorite was:202. Despite the confusing similarity in the names, the “Safety Dance” and the “Safety Briefing” are never to be combined. The list can be found here.
A friend sent an article I enjoyed quite a bit — I had no idea how much taxes the rich pay! Here’s an excerpt: First, the data. The top 5 percent (those making more than $153,542 — the group whose taxes Obama seeks to raise) pay 60 percent of all federal income taxes. The rich…
Today, as I cruised through Manassas (actually, as I sat grumbling at a light) I noticed something odd. The gas station to my left read: $3.02. The gas station to my right read: $2.89. $2.89!!!! I could hardly remember a time when a gas price had a 2 at the beginning. But what amazed me…
Someone on my friend’s list posted a link for a color test, where you get to test your ability to tell subtle color shades from each other. I thought it was really cool.
I was going to do this whole long post about a problem that had come up with our adoption…but news came today that the powers that be had overturned the problem and provided a solution. I am very grateful! Instead, more Juss! We were playing a family roleplaying game. Orville was Racer O, I was Trixie…
Carbonelle wrote: "When you see this, post in your own journal with your favorite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech." "This is true love, do you think this happens every day?"