If sitting in with a jazz quartet for $10 and the two times I got paid union rates for a couple of trumpet gigs technically made me a professional musician, then I guess I'm now, technically, a professional writer. I got word last night that a webzine wanted to buy one of my stories. It came on the heels of another rejection, so needless to say I feel pretty good.I'll put the link up when it's up,...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Saturday, September 16, 2006
I've been posting today from the coffee shop that I once believed could serve as my home away from home the way this place used to. It's not quite there. I've finally had to accept the fact that, as counter-intuitive as it would seem moving to I-town, there just isn't a place where I could work like I did in...
powered by frazy.comI've finally taken the amazon.com plunge and discovered its crack-like ease of addiction. I guess there goes my devotion to local book stores(?). Anyway, it enabled my financially-challenged @ss to get two writing books that are worth a good 75% of the writing books I have so far.Ursula...
"Yeah, weekly--whatever," I hear you say. I don't blame you. But, here's something. Via DISContent, among other places, I give you...My Top 25 TV CharactersThe rules are:No puppets or cartoons, otherwise Kermit and Homer would definitely be on this list.No mini-series, otherwise I'd definitely include Philip Marlow from THE SINGING DETECTIVE.No reality show people, otherwise Matt Kennedy Gould...
Saturday, September 09, 2006
(Via one of the many mailing lists I have to sort through)Police: Nurse, 51, kills intruder with bare handsPORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- A nurse returning from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands, police said.Susan Kuhnhausen, 51, ran to a neighbor's house after the confrontation Wednesday night. Police found the body of Edward Dalton Haffey...
Friday, September 08, 2006
This article seemed to acknowledge all the caveats with the experiment. That doesn't stop the implications from beng disturbing.'Vegetative' Woman's Brain Shows Surprising ActivityBy Rob SteinWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, September 8, 2006; Page A01According to all the tests, the young woman was deep in a "vegetative state" -- completely unresponsive and unaware of her surroundings. But then...
*Okay, not really. This would imply that I'm submitting at a rate that would get me a weekly rejection, which I'm not--yet.After a scathing but fair critique of my latest submission, the silver lining read:As noted above, the quality of your prose is quite good and we appreciate the fact you sent this story our way.Of course, it's another plus that the mag bothered to critique it at all. So, what...
Monday, September 04, 2006
Okay, everyone knew Timothy Treadwell was bound to get it eventually. And, you could say this was only a matter of time as well.'Crocodile hunter' killed by stingrayRoger Maynard in SydneyMonday September 4, 2006The Guardian Steve Irwin, the passionate conservationist who shot to international fame as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed today in a freak accident while diving off the north Queensland...
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