Drood: A Novel by Dan Simmons
If you need to giggle loop your day (Coupling reference, anyone?), Dr. Squeaky recommends Two Vampires and a Panel Discussion in the latest issue of Drops of Crimson, edited by the ever hard-working J. Lee Moffat. It's sort of a tribute to my life as the long-suffering wife of a Hammer horror fan, among other [...]
Dr. Squeaky managed to wing her way through two and a half hours of academic schmoozing about Hulk Hercules, although, quite frankly, my voice is fried now. Here's a typical conversation. Visitor: Tell me what you did for your project. Dr. Squeaky: I was approached by Cats Curious Press to write a series of children's [...]
You know, when you are really sick, everything else you've had before and cranked about makes you feel like a hypochondriac. The doctors are having me do laryngitis the old fashioned way--I have a prescription for ZPack, the cannon of antibiotics, but I'm not to use it unless my temperature spikes. Which it has not. [...]
Or, really, laryngitis. Bryon and I came back from Minneapolis, me with a cough. A trip to the doctor's revealed that I had laryngitis and the beginnings of bronchitis. So I've been taking it easy the last two days, and hope to be back in the saddle at work tomorrow. We'll probably skip Blood this [...]
Am I wrong? Do you notice a definite lack of villains in most books? Modern writing uses multi-faceted characters who are morally ambiguous. I don't want a return to the melodramatic days of mustache twirling, but I find myself looking for villains, and finding my examples are more classic than not. What makes a good [...]
The subconscious is an interesting thing. I'll spin for a while, and write a lot of words that I won't use. While I'm doing that, I seem to be putting the real story together somewhere underneath my consciousness. Then when I revisit the scene, or reorganize my outline, the work the subconscious has done comes [...]
It's not about writing, but it is about Iowa, so it's fair game at the Tamago. I'm proud of my state, and I want to share this NY Times Op-Ed about Iowa family values. Quietly progressive, and getting back to the fields. Catherine
We had a lovely dinner with friends, and then I came home to some work emails that couldn't wait. Pshaw! That means that writing wasn't what I wanted tonight. BUT we did do something. I outlined the fight scene and the next scene. Here's hoping for more output tomorrow. 13008 / 90000 words. 14% done! [...]
Welcome to National Poetry Month on the Drollerie Blog Tour. My entry is up at Anna's blog, and here's Anna's entry right here! *** Other folks on this month's blog tour will be telling you about how poetry has influenced their writing. Me, I'm not as much of a poetry reader, with one particular exception: [...]
Industrious author is industrious. This marks the end of the classification of my Decorah photos. The Opera House at the Winnishiek Hotel Striking pictures of Phelps Park Phelps Park looks troll built to me. The stone work is wonderful and interesting. Nick's first scene is here. The Widow lives in the woods down by the [...]
