I should not have stayed up late to watch Alias after the movies we rented last night, but it was so damn good that I can forgive them the last dozen or so crappy episodes. Good ol' Jack, killing people and reviving them just so he can kill them again. That's badass. Kill Bill … [Read more...] about Monday morning
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Writing Jams
Writers who are not getting married and buying a house at the same time might want to check out Tobias Buckell's Writing Jams this summer. … [Read more...] about Writing Jams
More drive-by linkage
Too busy to write much, but here's some cool stuff to read about: Backyard shack I need to resub to ReadyMade, yes I do. Quicksilver For Mac types. Menu Calendar Likewise. Brad Choate's OS X software inventory Lots more cool stuff here. Sorry, We're Open Fun little … [Read more...] about More drive-by linkage
first novel sales
I think the tale of Elizabeth Bear's novel sale is going into Writing & Publishing 101. … [Read more...] about first novel sales
quick links
on web design… Why Web Standards Are Difficult to Learn Gurus v. Bloggers, Round 1 To Hell With Color Coding Creating palettes from photos … [Read more...] about quick links
on movies I saw this weekend…
Hellboy. Enh. I loved the blue flame effects, but the rest of the movie (cough*plot*cough) left me pretty cold. The trailers were good, though, and there were a lot of them. Spider-man 2, Van Helsing, Kill Bill 2, White Chicks, The Punisher, Soul Plane, Sky Captain and the World … [Read more...] about on movies I saw this weekend…
Quick Monday notes
We've accepted the sellers' counteroffer on the house. And now there is paperwork. Wonderfalls is gone. Sigh. But just when I was wondering why I bother with TV anymore, the Farscape miniseries comes along. I did manage to get some writing done today. Progress is almost too … [Read more...] about Quick Monday notes
Friday catch-up stuff
We made an offer for a house last night. Did I even mention here that we were house hunting? I'm so frazzled and worn out that I have no idea what I've said where. Anyway. House. If we get it, I'll post pictures. If not, I'm not going to advertise the innards of someone else's … [Read more...] about Friday catch-up stuff
On deus ex machina, clench racing, and the mists of flashback
The Well-Tempered Plot Device, as published in the July 1986 Ansible: bq.. You may find, in the course of hacking forth your masterpiece from the living pulp, that none of the plot devices hitherto catalogued, none of these little enemas to the Muse, will keep the story … [Read more...] about On deus ex machina, clench racing, and the mists of flashback
Five elements of good web design
Text never runs against column edges, borders, images, or captions. These items are separated by as much whitespace as possible. Headings are easily distinguished from paragraphs and list items. Headings and other emphasized items cannot be mistaken for links. Links are … [Read more...] about Five elements of good web design
