Dr. Doom Returns!
The lost Victor Von Doom doll has been found and reunited with his missing boot. He is back in his cubby, and no longer striving to take over the world. The world is safe once again.
Appearing today! — At the Baltimore Science Fiction Club Roundtable
FANTASTIC HEROINES OF SCI FI & FANTASY Authors Brenda Clough, Mindy Klasky, L. Jagi Lamplighter and Jeri Smith-Ready will talk about the heroine in literature, both in their own works and those that have influenced them. * *Colleen Cahill, Library of Congress Recommending Officer for Fantasy and Science Fiction, will moderate what is sure to…
The Strange Case of the Vanishing Dresses
When I was young, there was a cut of dress that had been around for about 50 year or so. People wore them. You saw them in old pictures. They were popular in a longer form during the Edwardian period. I saw them in real life. I saw them in photographs. I saw them on…
Overheard at the Wright Household
Juss and John talking in Character. Juss is moderating. In this scene, he is running Bob the Plesiosaur, the friend of John's character, Abednego Blaze. Bob is always very polite to his master, but his master tends to babble on and on and on… Bob, in his gentle voice: "Please be quite, Sir." Abednego: "I'm…
Overheard at the Wright Household
Juss, after hearing that I failed in my quest to become a lucid dreamer because whenever weird things happened in my dreams, I thought it was a roleplaying game. "No offense, Mom, but you're weird." Considering the rest of my life, one cannot help wondering what his basis of comparison is.
Corporate Elf King
So, Juss has decided to form a corporation…to make origami Star Wars stuff, I think. I'm sorry to admit I wasn't paying attention when he first told me. He asked me what he should do with his inventions: sell them or just keep them. He then told me he had some employees. "Puppy?" I asked,…
Happy Gotcha Day, Princess!
Hard to believe it's been three years!
One Word
It is amazing the difference one word makes. When I changed the description of the top of the tower from 'upstairs round chamber' to belfry…it made such a difference in the scene.
Elf King Triumphs! — A good day.
Reading DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, Juss pointed out that ‘gonna’ was not correct grammar. I explained why it was there. He said, “Kids do write that way. But not me. I use correct grammar, because I’m precocious. And I know what precocious means, which means, I’m precocious.” Juss just read the line in…
Amazing News From All Girls Allowed
The whole thing below, but here's the most amazing part: Later today, we will release the latest news that at least 20 of China's 31 provinces have publicly published the policy to forbid all late-term forced abortions. Dear AGA Prayer Warriors, We believe the end of the One-Child Policy is near! A chain…