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Death of Superman
Probably one of the best fan-made videos deconstructing a comic I’ve ever seen. Excellent review of the WTF moments in the Superman comic, Death of Superman.
Random text messages
Yesterday I got a call from someone in Tennessee with a 423 area code. My cell phone has a 423 area code (long, convoluted story) and I sometimes get random calls from people with really thick accents. That’s okay. It … Continue reading
Tonight, we write
The characters are playing. Specifically: one story, Ride Softly, is pounding to be written. I’m seven pages in, which doesn’t sound like a lot until you consider it’s the most fiction I’ve written in a year (much less in two … Continue reading
Writing mentoring sale from Judith Tarr
I regularly read Judith Tarr’s Livejournal blog. This week she announced her annual sale on writing mentoring. Judith Tarr is a fantastic fantasy / historical fiction author who has authored dozens of books. (Take a look at what she has … Continue reading
Which Fantasy author are you?
I found this meme on LiveJournal, so of course I had to take it. I think I actually have some of Tove Jansson’s books from when I was little. I’ll have to check. Pretty in depth, but the author selection … Continue reading
That BBC Book Meme on Facebook
I think this is based on the BBC Big Read top 100 list from 2003. Most of the books are the same. I was curious how many books on this list my English studies covered. Apparently the BBC reckons most … Continue reading
Link collection for technical writing
At different times, I’ve mentored people who are interested in technical writing. I have over ten years of experience as a professional technical writer and some definite ideas about how to get started in the field. A friend of mine … Continue reading
The 20 Dumbest Warning Labels Of All-Time
You know, in tech writing you find some pretty silly examples of poorly translated warning labels and paragraphs. Here are some from general products. Humor at it’s very best. This article exposes the stupidity of the manufacturers. We know, they … Continue reading
Poem: Transfer of Owners
This poem was written in 1994 at a point when I was going through a traumatic time: financial difficulties, 8 funerals in 18 months (including my Dad), and then the worst of all… Losing my horse. I felt your breath … Continue reading
Open Office: Using Page Styles to Create Unique Headers
A lady on a mailing list I’m on asked if it was possible to have secondary header that was not used on the first page. In Microsoft Word you can use section breaks to divide page sets. Each section break … Continue reading
Writing for other blogs
What are the implications of writing for another blog? Continue reading
WEBook — Writing en mass?
Here is an interesting idea: WEBook. According to the web site, the purpose of WEBook is to: WEbook is a revolutionary online book publishing company, which does for the industry what American Idol did for music. (Modestly speaking, of course.) … Continue reading
Posts suddenly appearing….
I’m playing catchup with posts, so if you see posts appearing for earlier dates in March, you’ll know why. I often email posts to myself with notes about things to blog and then forget to post them (or run out … Continue reading
“The Seeker” Sucks, part 2
In October, I wrote a comparison of the movie The Seeker to the book upon which it was allegedly based, The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. My opinion? The movie sucked rocks and hurled chunks. I love the books … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy, Movies, Review, Susan Cooper, The Seeker, Writing
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The Seeker: Movie vs. Book (Spoilers)
I have my copy of The Dark Is Rising (both a first edition paper back and a SF book club edition with all five volumes bound together) out and I am watching The Seeker (if you search for it, you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy, Movies, Review, Susan Cooper, The Seeker, Writing
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