Today was long. Julie and I started the morning working on the floor. Some how the camera angle seemed to keep dropping with each shot so that it felt like they were going to have to dig a hole in the floor in order to hide us. Think about it this way. What the camera […]
We got a package from Rob’s folks today. They take such good care of us; this package included coffee beans, macademia nuts, some of Pat’s phenomenal cookies, chocolate covered macademia nuts… I gave one of the boxes of the chocolate-covered macademia nuts to the puppet shop and you’d have thought that I had given them
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To celebrate the release of Twenty Epics, the contributors are having a virtual release party. Check out David Moles’s journal for links to the other authors’ blogs, party favors and information about where to buy the book. Since I can’t offer you refreshements, I thought I’d share a little bit about where my story, The
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Clearly, working with Shimmer, I’m a big believer in the power of small press magazines. So when I see Talebones, one of the most respected small press magazines put out a cry for help, I’m going to post about it. I saw this over at Nightshade Books. Dear Family, Friends, Peers, Acquaintances: Talebones has been
I’m still working on The Bride Replete First On board, the ship’s crew ran about preparing the steamer to depart, their bellies flat and taut. Last Pimi’s red tunic glared like a beacon against the muted colors of Repp-Virja. 1027 words today, bringing me up to 1252.
Welcome to the newest bookstore to carry Shimmer, Bókabúðin Hlemmi (The Happy Bookstore) in ReykjavÃk, Iceland. Check out the placement. Isn’t that beautiful?
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Thanks to John Scalzi for pointing out this post:The Art Department: In response to the old question, “What do I put in my Portfolio?” SF/F BOOK COVER PORTFOLIO DOS AND DON’TS – excerpt Figure drawing, figure drawing, figure drawing! The most important thing for a book publisher is figure drawing. You may get away with
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To keep myself honest, I’ve decided that every day I will post the first and last sentence of whatever I’ve written that day, along with the wordcount. I’m finding it too easy to get distracted by work and other bright, shiny things. So, starting with today. I’ve begun a new science-fiction short called, The Bride
I was lying on the floor assisting Thor during a big shot. I heard Jonathan shout, “Head, Mary, head!” I could not figure out how my head could possibly be in the frame, since I was lying on the floor, when a cart slammed into the top of my head. Ow. I’ve got a lovely
Ah, jetlag. The ride in from the airport was beautiful. The landscape is very green at this time of year, and all the flowers are in bloom so there are scatterings of yellow, purple and pink everywhere. It felt good to see the sky again. It felt washed out, small and low in Boston. Being
Cat Rambo at suite101 interviewed me about my work with Shimmer. We also touched on art, writing and puppetry. Check it out.
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Waking up was hard. I had planned on going to the ten o’clock panel, but by the time we checked out and put our luggage in the car it was 10:30. We wound up catching up with some folks and chatting until the eleven o’clock panels started. I went to the Interstitial Arts discussion, which
I started the day by dropping off copies of Shimmer in the Book room with Small Beer Press. Gavin Grant very kindly agreed to stock them for us. So far we’ve sold five copies of the magazine here. Which is great. I also tracked down the box of Twenty Epics anthologies. They had gone missing
To start with, Joy and I drove past Walden pond to get here. It’s someplace that I knew was real, but never really thought of as real, know what I mean? People were swimming and playing; for most of them, I’m sure it was just the local pond, not some literary shrine. I was most
I was looking for a website on Theatre Drak, and stumbled across this page. They published a magazine on Czech Theater and had an entire issue on Czech Puppet Theatre. It is out of print, but you can download the magazine in pdf format and it has gorgeous pictures. The text is in English and
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