Short Fiction Meme and You
Aimee Amodio posted this and it seems so simple and so fun that I want to play too. Tell me about a story I haven’t written (yet) and I’ll give you a random sentence from that story.
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Journal
Wine Geeks in Action
I’m in the kitchen cooking. My husband is on the phone with his friend, Wayne. He says, “Yeah, we did some barrel tasting. They’re really slutty right now.” I stopped what I was doing. “Did you say ‘slutty?’” He drops the phone long enough to say, “Yeah. Like California wines. Big, cheap, flashy… you know,
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Audrey II is officially gone
I just got off the phone with Carlisle Shipping, the shipping company that lost my Audrey II puppets. They are going to initiate a claims process because they have finally admitted that they can not find the puppets. I though I’d lost hope on this a while ago, but I guess I hadn’t because I
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The new lease
We got the copy of the new lease and our move in date for the apartment is now June 30, 2007. Of course, this assumes that nothing else goes wrong. Stop laughing.
Handmade Puppet Deams
I’ve been meaning to blog about this for awhile, but now I have a really, really good reason. Go watch the trailer for Handmade Puppet Deams. This is a collection of short puppet films curated by Heather Henson (Jim Henson’s daughter) and the trailer shows some of the most exciting puppetry I’ve seen. There is
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What gender is the Easter Bunny?
Okay. So I recognize that in the light of everything going on, this is a very trivial question, but it rocked my world today. I was trying to tell Rob this convoluted story about Norwescon and Easter. During the course of which, I said, “And I got to tell one of my favorite bad jokes.
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Cleaning the basement
One of the chores to do before we move is to clean out the basement. This is my workshop, so I have ridiculous quantities of puppet making supplies down there. I haven’t had to be selective in years and now, suddenly, I do. I’m sorting things into the categories Take, Store, Give Away. My thought
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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Good heavens. Go check out The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. Dollhouses as crime scenes. We were just tipped off to a remarkable book, the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. It tells the story of Frances Glessner Lee (1878–1962), who was barred from attending medical school becuase she was a woman, but went on, nevertheless,
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End of June?
I got a call from the fellow with whom we are doing the house swap. The management company is proceeding with the process of making things difficult by giving him an obstacle course of hoops to jump through. He says the worst case scenario is that the move can’t happen until the end of June.
Lon Prater – Your Mama don’t dance and your Daddy don’t Clerihew…
I don’t write poetry, but Lon Prater has assured that I can be a part of National poetry month. MaryRobinette still she can’t set Across the globe, yep, there she goes Some puppet out there has lost its nose!
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Monday 23rd April is International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day
Due to a series of events that are likely only to be interesting if you are an SF writer, Jo Walton has declared Monday 23rd April as International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. In honour of Dr Hendrix, I am declaring Monday 23rd April International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. On this day, everyone who wants to should give
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Michele Lee reviews “Locked In”
Well, actually Michele Lee reviews all of Apex 9, but my story “Locked In” is in there. Locked In by Mary Robinette Kowal is a nasty bit of text wedged into this issue. The other stories were safe, but this one is downright dangerous. The hazard comes, not from technology spinning out of control, but
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Camellia in bloom
I realized the other day that it quite possibly has been four years since I’ve been in Portland in the spring. I’m basing this on the fact that I have never seen the lilac in our front yard bloom, and we put it in when we put in the new stone wall. The small buds
Holy Folding Lamp in a Book!
This Book Of Lights By Takeshi Ishiguro ought to be easy to pack. Right? Huh? It’s a justifiable expense, since we’re moving and all. Right? Right? It’s not like I want it just because it folds or anything.
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Finishing in the shade
I just finished Shades of Milk and Honey. I’ll let it sit for a bit before starting the revisions. And for those of you who have been reading along, I’ll post a chapter a day for you. Thanks for reading along! Off to do some celebrating now.
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