For the last week I’ve been writing 2000 words a day, with the goal of finishing a novel by the 24th. I spent an equal amount of time writing today and wound up with an overall wordcount 90 words shorter than yesterdays. Mind you,today wasn’t a day designated for editing, I just couldn’t get the […]
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After having Icelandic visitors for the last week, I’m missing the place even more. Daddi and Friða left last night, safely, and our apartment seems empty. As much as anything else, I miss the sound of the language when they would quickly chat with one another. I made a few abortive attempts to use my
Stan Winston died last night. Stan Winston, an Oscar-winning visual effects artist, has died at age 62. Winston died at his Malibu home Sunday evening after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, according to a rep from Stan Winston Studio. I never met him, but I have a lot of friends who worked with him
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All right. I’ve sent this question to a couple of teens that I know, but I figure the wider the spectrum the more chance I have to not screw up. Please — if you are an adult, only answer if you have a teenager handy as a reference guide or if you can provide a
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I like this recipe for cookies. What I don’t like is that my oven is running 200 degrees hotter than it should. See those cookies that look like they are completely burned? That’s how much was left on the pan after I chiseled the rest away. I don’t use the word chisel, hyperbolically. Nice, huh?
Rolande Duprey documents the process of repairing an historic marionette. It’s fascinating and with beautiful photos. Paul McPharlin, sometimes called “the Father of American Puppetry” built a marionette covered wagon with a team of two horses and a driver for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair “A Century of Progress”. Many years later, the horses and
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We did the benefit performance of Peter and the Wolf yesterday. I’d spent the week in rehearsals and intended to blog about them, but I kept dropping into bed instead. I know, I know. Picking sleep instead of you guys. Clearly, my priorities need work. So, we’ll catch up today. The puppeteer who played the
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Jayme Lynn Blaschke has tagged me with the page 123 meme. To participate, you grab the closest book, go to page 123, find the fifth sentence, and blog it. Then tag five people. So, the closest book is Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti, from Juno Books. “The rest of the evening’s guests were trickling into
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As I stared at Mr. Purvis standing in the door with a pink slip in his hands, I gripped the edge of the counter with both hands to keep from swooning yet again. The revelation that he had been duckwrangler508, my illicit internet romance, had already shocked my system beyond endurance. Now, to see that
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SF Signal’s MIND MELD asks, “Who Are Tomorrow’s Big Genre Stars?” Gardner Dozois namechecks me in his list, along with some truly fantastic writers. At any rate, new or newISH writers to keep an eye on would include: Ted Kosmatka, Vandana Singh, Justin Stanchfield, Jason Stoddard, Lavie Tidhar, Carrie Vaughn, Andrea Kail, Daniel Abraham, Ysabeau
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Coffee Sensibility: Part IV When my eyes fluttered open, a shock coursed through me that rivaled the strongest cup of Java. I found my head cradled on the lap of my manager, Mr. Purvis, duckwrangler508. Keith. “You?” He regarded me with tender eyes. “Did you never guess?” “Guess? How should I guess when I know
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Lisa Mantchev posted this video of You Think You Can Dance and I clicked on it because usually Lisa is smart about these things. At the 1:34 mark, the male dance did a move that I specifically teach new puppeteers to avoid because it is physically impossible. Let me repeat that. Physically impossible. He stands
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Coffee Sensibility: Part III A thousand tortured thoughts flew through my mind as I waited in the vacant chatroom. Where was my beloved duckwrangler508? What if my reply had been lost in cyberspace? What if the address were wrong and he waited elsewhere, convinced I had spurned his attentions? What if a customer wanted coffee
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This is mostly so I can find the recipe again. A friend of mine gave me a bag of Thai Iced Tea, which is one of my favorite beverages. I can only have one and early in the day, because I have issues with caffeine, ((More than a half cup of coffemakes me shake, sweat
I bit my knuckle in dismay. How could I meet [email protected] for a chat in real time with my manager sitting in the café with me? And yet–how could I deny my longing to be with duckwrangler508? It had begun innocently enough. I subscribed to the newsgroup for a new inventory system, which my manager
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