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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Nancy Fulda has an excellent post about her theory on Why Modern Readers are Less Tolerant of Description, which rings totally true to me. One hundred years ago, or even fifty years ago, the average reader did not travel widely and did not have access to full-color photographs or television. They had never seen pyramids,
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I thought you might be curious to know how it ended up… Neil says: The three covers in the poll were presented in chronological order and represent a sampling of our favorites. During the 24 hour period prior to the poll, there was a lot of discussion about color, framing, fonts, and such. I have
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I’m doing the cover design for Realms, the anthology of Clarkesworld Magazine. There is a poll to see which of the three versions people respond to most. Please hop over to the Wyrm Publishing webpage and cast your vote. Which one do you most want to read? Cover 1 Cover 2 Cover 3
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The Table of Contents for the Best of Apex 2006 anthology is out. The list is final. The decision has been made. We are publishing the following stories in this year’s Best of Apex 2006 collection. Blood Baby – Jennifer Pelland The Queen of Stars – Bryn Sparks That Old Sandlands Fever – Douglas F.
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I’d read about this artist, Theo Jansen, but have never seen his sculptures in motion before. These are all powered by wind. Thanks to Grant Kruger for pointing this out.
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I’m sitting in the Portland airport and just realized that I left my spare computer batteries at home. I have a total of three batteries. This one has two hours of life. I’m figuring between this and my palm pilot I ought to be able to write for a good chunk of the five hour
Now, if you’re in the voting mood. Apex is considering doing a calendar with each month having a scene from a story published in 2006. Wouldn’t you like to see my story, “Cerbo en Vitra ujo,” have a page in this calendar? All you have to do is drop by Apex’s site and vote. Such
I had dinner with Jay Lake tonight, which was fun. It’s nice to catch up with someone, like, in real life, instead of just existing online. I love you guys, but it’s nice to see facial expression beyond an emoticon. That and Jay is funny. Afterwards, I went to see The Curse of the Golden
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I spotted this Dr. Who quiz on Lisa Mantchev’s blog and couldn’t resist. You scored as 4th Doctor. Wild, eccentric, wacky! do you want a jelly babie? What Doctor Who character are You?created with QuizFarm.com I can’t say that this is really surprising as this was “my” doctor. I think everyone has a doctor that
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Jay Lake mentioned the Anthology of New Weird, which has a very cool clockwork bug on the cover. That bug is made by Insect Labs, which combines antique clockwork parts and actual bugs to create confections of neo-victorian clockwork. There are also some “higher tech” ones with LEDs. These are very, very cool. Go check
Talebones just announced the table of contents of #35. The cover artist will be Richard Pellegrino who is doing the fantastically cool “Painting a day” blog. “Landing Day” by Michael Canfield “Two” by Jack Skillingstead “Mildred’s Garden” by James C. Glass “Death Comes but Twice” by Mary Robinette Kowal “Sweep Me to My Revenge!” by
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As Gigi says, irresistible silliness. My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Entirely Miss Reverend Lady Mary the Coherent of Kirkby Overblow Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title
I spotted this on Patrick Swenson’s blog. You paid attention during 91% of high school! 85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don’t get scores that high! Good show, old chap! Do you deserve your high school diploma?Create a Quiz I had to go back and see which ones I missed. #3,
I saw this on Patrick Swenson’s blog. He’s a mere 14% evil. You Are 22% Evil A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well. In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil. How Evil Are You?