Daily Archives: June 11, 2012
Dear Pasadena: I Promise I Won’t Be Sticky This Time
Posted on June 11, 2012 21 Comments
So, Pasadena, do you remember that time I worked on a parade float for the Rose Bowl parade? When I had to take dried, halved peas and stick them to the side of a float which had been painted with glue, and then the glue got all over my hands, and then it dried and […]
Mark Reads “Shadow War of the Night Dragons”
Posted on June 11, 2012 67 Comments
The story here: This fellow named Mark Orshiro, who has made a name for himself by doing stuff and recording himself doing it and then posting it online (at the logically titled MarkDoesStuff.com), did a thing where for $25 he’ll read anything you give him, up to 20 minutes in length. So someone (not me) […]
Pictures from Yesterday
Posted on June 11, 2012 9 Comments
The fabulous Mary Robinette Kowal and me, slightly grainy, at my event yesterday. (Photo from Antmuzic) And now me doing my best Mary Robinette Kowal imitation, with her hat and fan and sunglasses (note: it wasn’t a very good MRK imitation. It was however, a strangely passable Truman Capote imitation). (Photo from Milkdud148.) Me and […]
The Big Idea: Rhiannon Held
Posted on June 11, 2012 6 Comments
I’ve often mentioned to hopeful writers that doing something else with one’s life than just writing is often very useful for one’s writing. As a cogent and very interesting example, here’s debut novelist Rhiannon Held, talking about how the knowledge and experience gained in her day job made a material difference in how she crafted […]
Why Mary Robinette Kowal and I Should Not Be in the Same Vehicle of Any Sort
Posted on June 11, 2012 11 Comments
She explains why on her site. It involves fire.
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