From the Washington Post’s review of The Hunger Games: The stoic, impassive Katniss threads her way through the Capitol with the dubious help of a chaperone named Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), whose kooky, fin de siecle style includes white-powdered wigs, … Continue reading
Today has been quietly full. (I type this a little before six in the evening, windows open, sun still out, thoughts of bed still hours away.) A large chunk of it was taken up by one of those boring domestic … Continue reading
Holy crap, I have a lot of tabs open. Internet Shenanigans: If you’re a Song of Ice and Fire fan, you might want to check out #SXSWesteros, brought to us by Jay Bushman, who ran the super-fun #cthalloween and #talkingdead … Continue reading
(image courtesy of ADoseofShipBoy on flickr) Last night — or, truthfully, this morning at 2:06 — I completed the first draft of Gid. I’ll do the happydance later when I’m not a total zombie, but for now, I’m dancing in … Continue reading
It would seem that saying “two chapters and an epilogue left” is a kind of jinx. I type it out, I state it like some kind of decree, and then… Huh. Still two chapters and an epilogue to go. I … Continue reading
Starting word count: 35,542 Listening to: “KK and the Steampunk Orchestra” station on Pandora. Tasty beverage: The rest of this morning’s Dunkin Donuts coffee. Gone cold, still drinkable Chocolate and other sustenance: none yet, but I know where the Mini-Eggs … Continue reading
aka fuck it, I’m finishing this book this weekend. My self-imposed “by March 1st” deadline went whoosh, but a lot of that can be blamed on me untangling some knots with the ending. For anyone who saw me sneakily revise … Continue reading
Gaming Will Hindmarch explores the idea of being able to skip combat the way you can skip past dialogue in some games over at Gameplaywright. Bookish Things Looots of bookselling stuff this week, cats ‘n’ kittens. SFWA, showing support for … Continue reading
