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Linky Goodness
I have bronchitis and have for two weeks, so in lieu of actual content, you get linky goodness. Max Adams is reading for the Nicholl again. She has advice from the trenches that should be obvious (but obviously isn't) on brads, humor, and action. Also, Script Frenzy...
I haven’t been plotting enough.
What with all the NaNoEdMo and hurricane story revisions, I must not be doing enough plotting. I'm having really narrative dreams again. Tonight's was a murder trial, the witness in danger from a serial killer, the people trying to save her life, and breast cancer. It...
International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day!
In honor of Jo Walton's International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, I give you Corporate Oversight. Enjoy! (The nifty graphic is by John Scalzi.)
Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
I'll be doing the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading at Wiscon this year. Saturday, May 26, 4:00-5:15 p.m. People reading: Kristine Smith, Jennifer Pelland, Nancy Jane Moore, Katherine Mankiller, Lyda Morehouse, Sue Lange, Anne Harris, Rina Elson, Jennifer Dunne, Leah...
Another script query ready to go…
Yes, I'm still a slacker. But this is a really good query! Honest! Quality is better than quantity, although in an ideal world there would be both. I'm also considering not bothering with the SASEs in my script queries. It would be different if they scribbled "No!" on...
March Stats
Story sales in March: 0 Story submissions in March: 1 Story rejections in March: 1 Script queries in March: 2 Script requests in March: 0 Script query rejections in March: 1 Script queries with no response written off in March: 11 Script contest entries in March: 0...
Immortal Gifts invites readers to re-evaluate the meanings of things such as life, death, freedom, hate and love from the first page. Katherine Villyard manages to capture some of the most poignant questions we ask ourselves as we go through our individual lives. Is it worth being able to live forever if, in the end, we’ll lose the ones we love to mortality? Is Death really the ultimate enemy to life, or is death just life’s misunderstood old friend? To stop hate, do we need to restrict our freedoms? This book makes readers ask and answer tough questions not only about the characters and plotline, but about their own beliefs, understandings, and dreams.