You may find yourself in a situation where someone you’re working with just doesn’t want to be constrained with guidelines on their creative output. Maybe you’re that person. Maybe it’s deadlines. Maybe it’s a specific word count you need to hit, or can’t go over. Maybe it’s some topic for a short story anthology you’re [...]
Posts under ‘Musing’
Mowing the lawn in your brain
I was doing some yard work today (why do I always wait until the hottest part of the day?) and thinking about the hows and the whats and the whys of it. My house sits on a corner lot in and older part of one of Denver’s more grand suburbs (if it sounds like I’m [...]
How do I make “What works for me” work for me?
or…
Why I’d Rather Mow the Lawn than Write
(In which the author raises – rather than answers – a question.)
I’m an extrovert.
Most people hear “extrovert” and think “friendly and outgoing” — let me dissuade you of that notion. Basically, an extrovert is a person who is energized by being around other people.
Extroverts tend to fade when [...]
The one where he was kind of a dick about Twitter
“How about some follow-back love, bro?” – some guy on Twitter
Let me explain what I think Twitter is for. Hmm.
Let me explain what I don’t think Twitter is for. Hmmm. No.
Let me explain why I’m not following you on Twitter? Yes.
It’s not personal.
No, I don’t mean that as some kind of reassurance; that’s my explanation: [...]
“The Image may be Closer than it Appears” – Mira Grant’s Feed
Fact One: I like zombies. I like considering the ramifications of a zombie outbreak as a mental exercise, and sometimes even use that as an excuse to buy pretty things. None of this is a surprise to anyone who knows me.
Fact Two: I like Mira Grant’s new book Feed. Again, this should also come as [...]
A bit of conversation
SO here’s a talk I had this morning:
Website: *explodes*
Me: …the hell?
Website: What?
Me: You just exploded.
Website: Nuh uh.
Me: Yes. You did. You are still exploded, in fact.
Website: Well…
Me: What?
Website: At least you noticed me.
Me: …
Website: Sorry.
Me: I’ve had a lot on my –
Website: I know. I know. Sorry. I shouldn’t have said that. Here… I’ll unexplode [...]
A good story about bad men: The First Law Trilogy
“Good men will only go so far along dark paths. We must walk the rest of the way”
– Bayaz, First of the Magi
In one line, Joe Abercrombie summarizes what I see as the basic premise of the books that make up the First Law trilogy — The Blade Itself, Until They are Hanged, and Last [...]
