Quote of the Day
“Vision without execution is a hallucination.”– Thomas Edison
Conversations With My Coworkers
Graphic designer: Wow, you look nice today. Did you iron that shirt and everything? I love my coworkers. (P.S. I did, in fact, buy 3 no-wrinkle shirts this weekend, for just this reason. I’ve begun looking a lot like Raggedy Ann again.)
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Oh, the Wilderness!
I’ve lived in Alaska. I’ve lived in South Africa. I’ve lived in rural Washington. The longest I’ve ever gone without power was while living 5 miles outside of downtown Dayton, OH. Seriously, people. Went off about 1pm yesterday, and still isn’t back on as of this morning. The only real annoyance was lack of any
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Death By Pizza
Insulin pumps are really awesome when they work. They aren’t so cool when they don’t work. Since getting the new pump, I’ve been able to eat more than 2 pieces of pizza at a go, which is pretty awesome. Longtime readers may remember that pizza has pretty much been my death food since I got
Alaska.
I’ve been thinking about it more and more lately. I usually do, around this time of year. Here’s why I still think of it so fondly (this post originally appeared here): Drunk & Unpublished at the Edge of the World My first year of undergrad work in Alaska, I met a girl named Lou who
Wiki Fame: I Keep Wondering…
… when someone is going to do this up properly. Maybe I have to be srsly famous first? At least I have an entry!
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How to Write a Query Letter
Finding good examples of query letters and synopses online can be tough, especially when you’re an SF/F writer. I returned again and again to this one by Lynn Flewelling when I started writing mine. And lo, look, now here’s a whole bunch of them. For those working on Queries, I also recommend Elizabeth Lyon’s book,
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How (and Why) to Turn Your Info Dump into Conversation
Infodumps bore the living crap out of me. It’s probably one reason why I don’t read a lot of hard SF. Hard SF loves the infodump. The trouble with infodumps is that all they do is get you information. It doesn’t expand on character. It doesn’t move the plot forward. People aren’t moving forward with
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