I just realized that I hadn’t actually announced my latest project here. Last week, I launched a new blog, 512 Words or Fewer, where I’ll publish a flash fiction story every Friday and post audio of myself reading that story….
Month: October 2008
Perspective
“Everyone’s really self-employed. If you work for a company, you just have one client,” says Gregg Fisher, 35, founder of Gerstein Fisher, a New York financial-planning firm. “If they fire you, you’re out of business.” — “6 financial milestones before…
Almost Famous
My friends Crissy and Elena feature prominently in today’s San Jose Mercury News story about the city’s annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon: Eschewing the mental “zone” that long-distance runners try to enter, Crissy Gugler and Elena Melendez decided they…
I Really Should Be Writing
Instead of browsing teh internets. And yet… HowManyOfMe.com There are44 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name? ~CKL
The io9 Guide To October Science Fiction
A handy, printable calendar showing sfnal media events in October. Includes conventions, author appearances, book and DVD releases, movie openings, and new episodes of TV shows. The “new comics” dot on Wednesday is unnecessary, but overall, a nice planning aid…
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die
Skip ahead to 2:05 if you must. Yes, you do recognize her from Dr. Horrible; and no, you should not judge. Simply enjoy. ~CKL
Short Answer: NO
Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten’s September 21st piece, titled “Illiterature: Can a computer judge fiction?”, includes 385 words of custom-built slush. An excerpt: JASMINE AND LAURENCE By Gene Weingarten The two lovers writhed as one, entwined and moist, like a…
Beginnings
Something Scalzi said at Viable Paradise (paraphrased): “Your first sentence buys you the first paragraph. Your first paragraph buys you the first page. Your first page buys you the first chapter. Your first chapter buys the next one.” In that…
iz mai birfday
I thought there would be more lolcats on this subject, but I guess it’s a bit common. Today is also former President/peanut farmer Jimmy Carter’s birthday. I recall with unusual lucidity a moment from my childhood, when some friends and…