The RIAA tries to pull an Enron, and fails: they're bitching that CD sales are down, when the decline is in CD-single sales – which the RIAA is no longer pushing – not the full-length discs. It's like shipping half as many books this year as you did last year and then … [Read more...] about Cooking the books
*blinkblink*
170 last night and 220 so far tonight – and I just had an a-ha moment. It explains so much! (How can you explain to a non-writer that you know what's going to happen, but you don't necessarily know what leads up to it? In my experience they just look at you. blinkblink … [Read more...] about *blinkblink*
ReadyMade
I have a new favorite magazine: ReadyMade. Even the New York Times thinks it's cool. … [Read more...] about ReadyMade
User Friendly
I am loving the hell out of User Friendly's latest thread – Pitr sees the world as web pages, and has found out how to view the source code. (Be sure to read Friday's, 3/29.) … [Read more...] about User Friendly
The Oracle
400 words tonight. I think it fits in chapter six, though if that's true, the section that's currently in chapter six will have to happen later. why do I bother to outline? Saw an interesting show today on the Travel Channel – Secrets of Ancient Rome. They talked a bit … [Read more...] about The Oracle
Ouch!
Got my ears pierced again today. Damn, I'd forgotten how much it hurts! … [Read more...] about Ouch!
Hilarious and sad all at once….
World's top road safety expert killed by bus as she crossed the street to get some photocopies. … [Read more...] about Hilarious and sad all at once….
On a roll
Another 150 words. I feel so much better! I really have to get back to doing this every night. I get unbelievably grumpy when I haven't written in weeks. … [Read more...] about On a roll
Jump start
I knew I needed a con. Woke up this morning with a scene in my head, for the first time in ages – and it's part of the elusive chapter one! Wrote 450 words without breaking a sweat. And now I have a really excellent excuse to get Rainen into the city, and I can shed a … [Read more...] about Jump start
*zzzzzzz*
Changed jobs. Very busy, no time to blog. Then got sick. Ver' ver' sick. Diagnosis: flu-like virus plus anemia. Yippee. Take iron supplements, sleep. Wake, eat, repeat. zzzzzzzzzzzzz Back in a few days. … [Read more...] about *zzzzzzz*
