It's been such a hectic week that I forgot to remind my fellow Lee and Miller fans that the first chapter of Fledgling is up. Looks like it's going to be a fun book, but of course I wouldn't expect anything else from them. … [Read more...] about Fledgling
Novel in 90, week #1 report
Word count: 6204. Mood: elated. As I said over there, I don't know why this is working so much better for me than other writing challenges I've tried. I suspect it has to do with the people running it, the mood they've created, and the firm but manageable goals. In any case, … [Read more...] about Novel in 90, week #1 report
The Devil’s Dictionary of Publishing
The Devil's Dictionary of Publishing, part 2, and corrections. Added to Writing & Publishing 101 … [Read more...] about The Devil’s Dictionary of Publishing
Snow days
Yesterday we had a snow day. Today Michael is still at home, but I had to come in to work. Bah. Driving actually wasn't too bad; not many people were out, and all the overpasses had been sanded. Getting through the 1/4″ sheet of ice on my car so I could get in it? Trickier. … [Read more...] about Snow days
Crusie/Meyer writing workshop
I completely forgot that Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer had planned to start up a new blog on Jan. 1. Unlike the old chatty one, this one is strictly a writing workshop. The syllabus indicates that it'll run all year. These are NYT bestsellers, and they're spending the next year … [Read more...] about Crusie/Meyer writing workshop
Noted in passing
1. I have been home all afternoon with what is either an oncoming flu or one of my patented hit-her-like-a-ton-of-bricks allergy attacks. This circumstance has afforded me the opportunity to observe that: 2. Gaudy Night was indeed quite a treat. … [Read more...] about Noted in passing
Time on the iPhone
Time on the iPhone — the interface did come out of early tablet development. Interesting. … [Read more...] about Time on the iPhone
Sundry
The old PowerBook having been pronounced not worth fixing by a genuine Apple Genius Bar employee over the weekend — remind me to tell you sometime about the "authorized reseller" that does repairs locally — and no new laptops having been announced at the Expo this … [Read more...] about Sundry
Strip Microsoft smart tags with regex
I've just come across a series of regular expressions that will remove smart tags, o tags, and other Microsoft XML cruft from HTML documents. Jonathan Snook is my hero du jour. With one minor modification, it'll catch the closing smart tags too: </?st1:.*?>. … [Read more...] about Strip Microsoft smart tags with regex
Why a Mac tablet from Apple does make sense
The Unofficial Apple Weblog posted Why a Mac tablet from Apple doesn't make sense earlier today. I commented briefly there, but this seems as good a time as any to spout my theory of the Apple tablet. (I bored several of you with this in person a few months ago. If you're one … [Read more...] about Why a Mac tablet from Apple does make sense
