May 2008
48 posts
Story done →
Ended around 2000 words that I’ve edited down a bit. I’m setting it aside to read tonight, again tomorrow, and then it’s ms. printed and out in the mail Monday morning. I have three or four complete…
Trying out Blog IT →
Trying a cool Facebook app that pushes what you post to all the blog, social net, platforms you’re using. Blog IT
Writing and traveling →
I always write when I travel, and last weekend’s trip to Wiscon gave me time to put some ideas down. I started two short stories while out there—and on the way there, and I’m just finishing up one…
Cool →
Cool stuff over on www.ImageChef.com
museThis.com →
Something I’m playing around with, a platform for getting your readers to promote your books. I’m testing out the first one, which is a really basic “widget” that has a pile of links to book…
wisconopeningceremonies [Flickr] →
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Favorite or memorable teacher? →
I don’t know what made me think of this, but I’ve been traveling lately and when I travel I get more time to sit around and do my introverted thought games, gathering wool, and just wondering…
Those crazy guys at the customs office →
“An unwitting passenger arriving at Japan’s Narita airport has received 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry…” A customs agent planted the stuff in a random passenger’s bag, the dog…
I have mine... →
The t-shirt is great—got one a couple months ago, but now I’m looking at the hoody. Go get yours: I just pulled out Silk to re-read. http://www.caitlinrkiernan.com …
Sick... →
Four years of blogging and I have never done a cat or sick post. I’ts about time. Here’s our cat Niki, with our German Shepherd, Keia. She’s the coolest cat. I’m sick as a dog, a…
WisCon 32 →
Flew out this morning, stopping off in NYC, and then direct to Madison. Look here’s proof: Talked to Paula (Juno Books) and Sean (Wildside/Prime Books) Some cool…
Seaborn e-sneak-peek →
The first four chapters of Seaborn are up on the Juno Books website! http://www.juno-books.com/seaborn_ex.html
Forbidden Love T-shirt →
I must have one. Get yours here: http://www.spacepancake.com/shirts/forbiddenlove.php via Tcritic
WisCon Schedule →
I’m going to spend more time today going through the program for Wiscon (http://www.wiscon.info). I’m showing up early afternoon on Friday, and leaving Monday around 2PM—have to…
umi →
My son Christopher and I got out our brushes tonight and went to work on some Kanji. I spent most of my time with umi, which means ocean or sea in Japanese, drawing the character in a fairly normal…
Seaborn shirts →
Just a couple of them, giveaways. Front: Back:
Edits →
Okay, I emailed off the final edits for SEABORN. Just a handful this time. I’m somewhere toward the bottom of my timeline (posted here). So, now it all goes back to my editor, and again…
Seaborn Info Sheet →
I was talking to my sister last night—she has a stack of the SEABORN samplers to hand out at bookstores in the San Joaquin Valley, Fresno, Clovis, other cities in the valley. She asked me if…
SpringBird [Flickr] →
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Reading, editing, shooting pictures →
I spent the morning reading probably the last edit pass of SEABORN I will get, and I had my camera with me, telephoto lens, and between chapters I’d scope out something to snap. The theme of the…
I Heart Spuds →
I reached into a bag of Lay’s Wavy potato chips tonight, and pulled out a heart-shaped one. Alice and I immediately made a wish and shared it.
One of my arthropod buddies →
I sat out on the back deck this morning, a warm spring morning, a cup of coffee, my post-copyedited manuscript of SEABORN, and my camera. Shot this little guy on the side of the house. Click…
Syren Tears →
Or, how do mermaids cry and sweat, and what it looks like in the water. This is the second in a set of posts for those speculative fiction authors out there who have already—or are planning…
Editors prevent over-spitting →
Among a few million other things. But this one’s crucial. While I try to refrain from spitting with the exception of brushing my teeth, my characters are apparently enthusiastic…
orioles [Flickr] →
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A pair of orioles nibbling on half an orange in our front yard. The male is hogging the orange
This one goes out to Baltimore →
Shot this one this morning, a pair of orioles nibbling on half an orange in our front yard. The male is hogging the orange. Click to see the large view.
Athena Mourning [Flickr] →
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A detail of the “Mourning Athena,” relief sculpture (artist unknown, c 450BCE).
Classic →
Here’s another shot from my ancient Hellas collection, a detail of the “Mourning Athena,” relief sculpture (artist unknown, c 450BCE). Click the pic to see the large view.
Hi5'n in the Galapagos →
I’m looking at the global social network map over at Wandamere by way of an analysis of the map post at Valleywag. It’s basically our planet with national boundaries filled in with the color…
What are you reading? →
I’m right at the end of Connie Willis’ To Say Nothing of the Dog—which is fantastic and funny. Also halfway through another reading of Tobias Buckell’s Crystal Rain. (I’m reading…
Chloe loves Little Brother →
I do too. We’re talking about Cory Doctorow’s latest novel, Little Brother, about Marcus (w1n5t0n), coolly subversive, hacker of high school surveillance systems, good guy, who—along with his…
Think organic →
Not in what you eat but what you write. (Think Dr. Seuss). So, I’m wondering about the world that fills the pages of what I’m writing right now, and I’m looking back at my last three Seaborn…
Sadko →
Sadko is a Russian epic—named after the hero of the story. Sadko is a “merchant and gusli musician from Novgorod, he is transported to the realm of the Sea King. There, he is to provide music…
Electricity →
Spent a few hours painting tonight. This is in progress, so I’ll be updating—really like the way this is going, though. (Click the pic for the large view).
Apollo →
Apollo (Aπόλλων), the son of Zeus and Leto, brother of the huntress Artemis (they’re paternal twins). (I took this in the museum at Delphi). Click the pic for the large view. …
Another edit pass →
I printed out the latest PDF of SEABORN, and I’m going through it with an orange highlighter, slapping on little yellow stickies to mark the pages. All of them are minor, and all but two or…
Seaborn countdown timer →
Ocean Seed →
Painted this one for Illustration topic: seed (Click for full view) .
One step closer →
I have the PDF of SEABORN, typeset, looking wonderful—still a little ways from the final, but I’m sure this is the final format, the type, very nearly the exact page count. Can’t wait to see…
Harvard Museum of Natural History →
Alice and I took the kids to Cambridge today, spent a few hours wandering through the museums. Amazing stuff, especially the marine exhibit—all made from glass.
The Harvard…
