Archive for January, 2008
I’ve joined the growing family of HDTV owners. I don’t think I can ever watch a standard-def TV again, but at the same time, I have some serious complaints about some of the experience. Like cabling. That’ll all be detailed at DLOH in a post I’m writing. Having a TV again has cut into my [...]
So this is one of those posts where I’m trying to get in touch with a couple of old friends because I want to say “hi” and see how things are going for them. It’s worked for me before — it’s how I found my college friend, Jana, and we’re still in-touch, which is cool. [...]
So there’s something about being unemployed that’s good. Don’t get me wrong — mostly, it sucks. I’m stressed about money, I’ve got bills to pay, and I’m boooooored. That said, however, I seem to be making a TON of progress on various projects that have been piling up. For example: Making headway on a font [...]
Based on an entry over at The Happy Hospitalist, I am putting serious consideration to giving the açaí berry juice a try as a dietary supplement. Here’s his impressions by week: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Given the current state of my unemployment, this isn’t something I can just jump on and start doing [...]
So everyone has their inspirations, people or works that inspire them. As a cyclist, you’d think I’d say something like Lance Armstrong, or Greg LeMond, and while I do think of Lance as a pretty incredible rider, and credit Greg with really growing the popularity of cycling in the U.S., neither of them really inspires [...]
So a friend, via IM, asked me if I could re-write a show, similar to what Ron Moore has done so brilliantly with Battlestar Galactica, what would I do? And it hit me. The idea was fully-formed in my head, it could be brilliantly done, and with a pre-defined story arc that would make for [...]
So I’ve figured out the markets I’ll be submitting these two new stories to — the first one I started is going to start the Grand Tour of Rejection at Strange Horizons, and the second will start the journey at F&SF. I will have to do the smart thing and create a spreadsheet to track [...]
…so an item of note: old TVs can catch fire spontaneously, even when powered-off and such. For once, I am grateful to be unemployed, as I was actually home when the debacle occurred. Fortunately, I unplugged the beast before it got too out-of-hand, and was pretty able to keep it from spreading beyond the innards [...]
The short story I mentioned is finally underway. The ideas haven’t gelled yet, but I’ve got an idea for structure, and I can write little bits that fill in the story. I’m going to have to rape this thing with the red ink when I’m done getting all the pieces down, and I’ll restructure it [...]
Well, it’s 2008. This August, it’ll have been a decade since I left Mankato State University with a B.A. in English (Creative Writing), and I figured it’s high time I got something published. So my 2008 resolutions included writing a new short story every month (and getting it in circulation), and getting the novel I’ve [...]
