You might have noticed that I've been pretty quiet lately. Sorry about that. I'm pregnant, and as a result, I sleep a lot. In fact, I pretty much slept through April and half of May. I'm still catching up with life. So, yeah: we're expecting! Due in December, and we find out … [Read more...] about Expecting
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Young Miles, XKCD-style
"We booksellers of Harvard Book Store think that the original cover for Young Miles (an otherwise fine production) is unspeakably ugly and may deter you from purchasing this Hugo-award winning book which would otherwise provide you with hours of entertainment. With that in mind, … [Read more...] about Young Miles, XKCD-style
Ladies: the New York Times thinks you hate fantasy.
The NY Times has an amazingly patronizing review of Game of Thrones: In a sense the series, which will span 10 episodes, ought to come with a warning like, “If you can’t count cards, please return to reruns of ‘Sex and the City.’ ” Well, gosh, Ms. Bellafante, I'm sorry all … [Read more...] about Ladies: the New York Times thinks you hate fantasy.
Doctor Who flyers
As you know, Bob, I work at Texas A&M University. Also, I spent a good chunk of February watching Doctor Who while battling the flu, and am newly caught up on all the inside jokes I've been missing for years. Imagine my amusement, then, to see that someone's posting … [Read more...] about Doctor Who flyers
Blackwashing
Sometimes I forget to discuss things here after I've mentioned them on Twitter. Sorry about that. Here's a good one: you might want to check out Ben Aaronovitch's books, Midnight Riot (or Rivers of London if you're in the UK) and Moon Over Soho. They're excellent. The premise is … [Read more...] about Blackwashing
Going digital
Since I bought my iPad a year ago, I've been steadily filling it with ebooks, especially when I find $0-5 sales. (Thank you, Webscriptions and Weightless Books.) For a while, I still preferred paper copies, especially for single-use books, because I could then swap them on … [Read more...] about Going digital
Observations
I've spent part of my writing group meeting this morning reading my friends bits from this article in The Guardian, in which writers answer some basic questions about the writing life. So why write? Hilary Mantel: It's always worried me, is writing a way of life or is it a way … [Read more...] about Observations
Plagiarism on WordPress Arena
I just discovered that WordPress Arena has plagiarized my article on the hidden feeds in WordPress. My table was published here in 2009, appeared in the Hidden Gems presentation I did for OpenCamp Dallas last summer, and was published in Chapter 4 of Beginning WordPress 3 last … [Read more...] about Plagiarism on WordPress Arena
Video: good presentation visuals
Here's a video from my day job, from a workshop we held for faculty who teach public speaking. I talked about creating good presentation visuals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0EEH80AeUg … [Read more...] about Video: good presentation visuals
First lines
If you're new here, you might not know that when I'm not working on WordPress, I'm usually writing fiction. In fact, if you're just here for the WordPress goodies, you might want to subscribe to the WP category feed instead of the main one, because I'm pretty burned out on WP and … [Read more...] about First lines
