Harriet welcomes the Spring
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Interview on Canadian Broadcasting’s DNTO
Tomorrow, you can listen to me on DNTO — Definitely Not The Opera — hosted by Sook-Yin Lee on CBC. We’re talking about letter writing as part of a larger show focusing on the question, “What was the letter that changed your life?” Here’s the description of the episode and the people that Sook-Yin talks
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Glamour in Glass: The town of Binché
One of the things I had fun with in Glamour in Glass was sending Jane out of England. See, Shades of Milk and Honey took place in 1814, which is when Napoleon was defeated and went into exile on Elba. In 1815, people flocked to the Continent which was safe for the first time in years. Jane
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We have an apartment in Chicago
Yesterday, Rob and I signed the lease on an apartment in the Ukranian Village that is less that two miles from his new job. It’s the second floor of a 1913 building, which is on the historic registry. We move in on May 1st. Meanwhile, here are some photos as a teaser.
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Case Study Coffee: Perfect Hot Chocolate. Perfect
I talk about Case Study Coffee a fair bit, and how it’s my favorite coffee shop in Portland. Now, part of that is because it is close and they let me sit for hours to write. It’s a nice shop with good light and a pleasant atmosphere. But… But they take their beverages very seriously.
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Glamour in Glass: Jane’s high-collared walking dress
As Jane is traveling about in Europe, she’s in need of an appropriate dress for walking. I found this one, to serve as a model, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog. One fo the interesting features, if you enlarge it, are the buttons down the front. To my eye, they look like shell
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Readers wanted: Draft “Wary of Iguanas”
Edited to add: Thanks, everyone. I have enough volunteers now and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it. I have a 6700 word science-fiction story that I’d love to have some readers for. This story might seem familiar to some of you. On Writing Excuses, we brainstormed some stories to show how idea
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Protected: Draft: Wary of Iguanas
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Writing Excuses 7.12: Writing the Omniscient Viewpoint » Writing Excuses
Let’s talk omniscience, because we’re TOTALLY that smart. Specifically, we’re talking about the omniscient viewpoints. This is the POV from which Tolkien wrote, but we see it a lot less often these days. Has it fallen out of fashion, or does it just not work well? Generally speaking, the omniscient viewpoint is where the narrator
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Return from the dentist
I have returned from the dentist and the entire right side of my face is numb. Such fun. They were successful in saving and reconstructing the tooth. Next up, is preparation for a crown which will entail two more trips to the dentist. Each trip is the day before I leave for a convention but
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Off to the dentist!
You know… strangely you CAN self-diagnose when the symptoms are: Shooting pain when biting down. Part of a molar wiggles. How’s your day going?
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A public service announcement: For the love of your pets, please get them a microchip
Yesterday, we found a terribly emaciated stray cat in our apartment complex. He was not microchipped and had no tags. Let me pause here and BEG you to microchip your pet. This is the second stray we’ve found that had a collar but no tags. Even if the collar has tags, you can’t rely on
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Writing Excuses 7.11: More Microcasting » Writing Excuses
It’s again time for us to do a Q&A by any other name! Is it better to include romance, horror, SF, or other genre elements to flesh out a story, or should the story stand alone? Any tips for developing an idea without getting caught in Worldbuilder’s Disease? Any NaNo WriMo tips? (yes.) What did
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Caught by the Camera — European puppetry pioneer Richard Teschner
This is circulating in the puppetry community because it catches rare footage of Richard Teschner performing. According to Bil Baird’s The Art of the Puppet, “In 1911, an event occurred that had a profound effect on a large segment of popular puppetry. Richard Teschner of Vienna and his new wife traveled to Holland on their honeymoon, and there
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Writing Excuses 7.10: Importance of Criticism, with David Brin » Writing Excuses
David Brin joined Mary and Dan at World Fantasy to pound the importance of criticism into our heads. Our episode opens with a discussion of what your first book should be (a murder mystery) and why David recommends this to his students. And then on to criticism. It’s important for us, as writers, to be
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