Aug 29
I was out working in my garden yesterday, trying to get it semi-tidy before the autumn rains set in. I know it’s still August, but the chilly wind and low-angle sunlight made it feel like fall. (Fall and spring have always been my favorite seasons. Thus me moving out to the Pacific Northwest rather than …
Mar 14
Firstly, Happy Pi Day to one and all. I am celebrating with an apple-raspberry pie which will hopefully turn out as coherently as I want it to. In other news, yesterday I went to Emerald City ComiCon, which was an experience, let me tell you. It was my first comic book convention, and was replete …
Feb 25
So, this article from The Guardian cracked me up: Writers’ Top Rules for Writing Fiction They are diverse in style and content, everything from Richard Ford’s, “Marry someone who loves you who thinks you becoming a writer is a good idea” and “Don’t have children,” to Elmore Leonard’s “Using adverbs is mortal sin,” to Margaret …