TL;DR: oh, just go read Cecilia Tan’s blog post instead. This summer, my friend Katrina Archer self-published her YA fantasy novel Untalented (previously a 2009 ABNA quarterfinalist): This week, she discovered that the eBook version had been pirated: If I…
I am busy
and don’t have time for a proper blog post today so instead please enjoy this animated GIF of Alison Brie winking at you.
I May Have Gotten a Bit Drunk along the Way
DeeAnn and I went on an epic quest last weekend to collect McMenamins Passport stamps. She was our designated driver, and I did my best to chronicle our journey on Twitter and Instagram: StampsQuest 2014https://twitter.com/sparCKL/timelines/504524715923230720 In all, we visited 25…
I Support Movie Reboots with All-Female Casts
And I have been thinking about it probably too much, thanks to this sidebar from the August 15th issue of Entertainment Weekly (click for larger version): Yeah, I know, that’s pretty tongue-in-cheek. The online article “Would all-girls ‘Ghostbusters’ be a…
SnoutCast #208: Annie Percik
This month, we talk to Annie Percik, who ran a pirate-themed puzzle hunt at Manorcon in July! [ Download mp3 ] Show length: 32:04File size: 30.8MB Stuff and things: Pirate-themed puzzles from Puzzled Pint, September 2010 Tales of the Arabian…
I Was Sick This Past Weekend
…and for a couple of days following, so I missed a friend’s birthday party and this month’s Puzzled Pint event. Both of those made me sad, but hey, at least I didn’t get sick while I was at Clarion West….
I Am Home
It’s been less than a week since my Clarion West (CW) adventure concluded, and I’m still readjusting to normal life and catching up on all the e-mails I’ve been ignoring for six weeks or more. I’m almost done clearing out…
I Will Miss Being Here
It’s the middle of Week Six now, the final week of Clarion West 2014, and I’ve turned in my final story for critique tomorrow morning. It’s all downhill from here: just seven more stories to read and give feedback on,…
I Love the Internet…
…for many reasons, and not least because it makes things like the following videos possible. http://youtu.be/LCDgJiPBxfI http://youtu.be/bTGdGKEEiYE http://youtu.be/-w-58hQ9dLk (Thanks to my fellow Clarion Westies Michael and Alison for sharing these.)
I Saw These Videos for the First Time Last Week
And I must share them with you. I must! First up, an Australian PSA demonstrating the terrifying consequences of illiteracy: http://youtu.be/STHpMUYeznQ Next, a genre-riffic advertisement for a vocational school in Perth: http://youtu.be/4Am7oKBD3PU Both of those were made by comedy duo…