I never do the Friday poetry thing, but this Jack Prelutsky nonsense has been winging around in my head: I Made My Dog A Valentine I made my dog a ValentineShe sniffed it very hardThen chewed on it a little whileAnd left it in the yard. I made one for my parakeets,A pretty paper heart,They […]
My life of crabby hermitude has resumed! I am finally happily ensconced, recovering from the brush with actual employment that was my last bout of substitute teaching. And I can say with joy that today no one has throw up on me, nor have I had to dry out shoes and reassure anyone short that […]
My life of crabby hermitude has resumed! I am finally happily ensconced, recovering from the brush with actual employment that was my last bout of substitute teaching. And I can say with joy that today no one has throw up on me, nor have I had to dry out shoes and reassure anyone short that […]
YA fiction written about fundamentalism intrigues me. Knowing of my own childhood, and how it was when I was coming to terms with my own wider view of the world (as if I’m not still!), I find the act of stepping away and gaining independence from what one’s parents, peers, or ‘overlords’ think to be […]
Strange things in my email:We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle also purchased books by Martina Mackova. For this reason, you might like to know that Martina Mackova’s Phytoremediation and Rhizoremediation: Theoratical Background (Focus on Biotechnology) will be released soon. You can pre-order your copy by following the […]
Total timewaster: A Fuse #8 Production discovered this highly amusing and pointless book quiz. Which character are you most like? Just so you know… I’m To Kill a Mockingbird!by Harper Lee Perceived as a revolutionary and groundbreaking person, you have changed the minds of many people. While questioning the authority around you, you’ve also taken […]
You can always tell when I’m avoiding work… I come back to ye olde blog like iron filings to magnets. It’s been quiet enough lately so you know I have been working, however; I’ve been in Edit Hell, and it looks like I’m in for a good long stay. Since I’m currently stuck, you lucky […]
The 4th of July (also known as Chinese Pyrotechnology Appreciation Day) is over, and now we’re sitting down all too early with afterimages of fireworks burned on our retinas. Well, the happy consolations for the writer are thus: SmartWriter’s 2005 Write It Now Contest has announced its winners — and, in a burst of ubercool, […]
Good grief. Caribbean…YA…Sci-Fi?! Can we get any more specific!? Still — what a cool concept. Maybe. I’m hearing steel drums playing “Under the Sea” in a space station elevator, and envisioning dreadlocked fauns prancing on the beach. Shudder. ~~~ The Commonwealth Club has announced the California Book Awards, honoring the exceptional merit of California writers. […]
Or is it just that the horrible white void of the blank page is getting you down (see below)? Well, why not visit a few links to purge that nasty (choose one) laziness/lack of motivation/writer’s block/feeling of inferiority right out? First, we’ve got a call for submissions. Do you now, or have you ever, written […]