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July 15, 2010
Latin rusty; please help
I totally have to surrender my Latin geek card in shame, but attempting to figure out this phrase is stalling my forward progress in the scene, so I'm just going to toss it out to the LJ mind and get on with what Dead Rick is doing.
How would you say "Two worlds joined as one" in Latin?
How would you say "Two worlds joined as one" in Latin?
July 14, 2010
short story news, not all of it mine
I've done another reading for Podcastle: "Väinämöinen and the Singing Fish," by Marissa Lingen (
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mrissa
). My apologies to both Marissa and my erstwhile Finnish teacher for any mispronunciations I may have committed in the course of recording that story.
(This is what I get for telling the Podcastle editors what foreign languages I'd studied. Though in checking that e-mail, I see I didn't even mention the Finnish, because I only studied it for only two weeks. I hope they never find out about ...
mrissa
). My apologies to both Marissa and my erstwhile Finnish teacher for any mispronunciations I may have committed in the course of recording that story.(This is what I get for telling the Podcastle editors what foreign languages I'd studied. Though in checking that e-mail, I see I didn't even mention the Finnish, because I only studied it for only two weeks. I hope they never find out about ...
True Blood: initial thoughts
(No, it isn't available streaming.
kniedzw
moved it up in his DVD queue, which I'd been too lazy to do.)
I've only seen two episodes so far. But I wanted to post about my initial reaction, because it's so strong: I don't remember the last time I saw a show create character and setting so vividly, so fast.
I don't know what the deal is, either. Really good writing, acting, set dressing, etc? Do the writers try harder because the backwaters of Louisiana aren't as familiar to viewers as Midwes...
kniedzw
moved it up in his DVD queue, which I'd been too lazy to do.)I've only seen two episodes so far. But I wanted to post about my initial reaction, because it's so strong: I don't remember the last time I saw a show create character and setting so vividly, so fast.
I don't know what the deal is, either. Really good writing, acting, set dressing, etc? Do the writers try harder because the backwaters of Louisiana aren't as familiar to viewers as Midwes...
July 13, 2010
On Cruising
I've been on two cruises in the last few years -- first for my honeymoon, more recently for a friend's wedding -- which is funny, because I used to think of them as really expensive things only done by old people. These days, I know that I really enjoy them . . . though they do provoke some thorny thoughts, which I'll get to in a minute.
There's some truth to my old view. Let's start with "cruises are expensive." The thing about them is that their cost is fixed; when you make an ordinary tr...
There's some truth to my old view. Let's start with "cruises are expensive." The thing about them is that their cost is fixed; when you make an ordinary tr...
Picture time!
Coming home with a cold yesterday made me forget to post the new tidbit for the countdown to A Star Shall Fall.
So here it is, a day late: pictures! These are from my research trip to London last year. It's only a small subset of the whole (I've got a bunch of blurry photos from inside museums I'm not inflicting on you), but I hope it will help with envisioning the places and things that appear in the book.
So here it is, a day late: pictures! These are from my research trip to London last year. It's only a small subset of the whole (I've got a bunch of blurry photos from inside museums I'm not inflicting on you), but I hope it will help with envisioning the places and things that appear in the book.
post-cruise report in brief
I am back from the Bahamas. I brought with me:
1) a Christmas tree ornament, for my collection of same
2) a doll, ditto
3) a cold, which I really could have done without.
I have various bloggy things to say -- some about the cruise, some not -- but those will have to wait. For now, sleep.
1) a Christmas tree ornament, for my collection of same
2) a doll, ditto
3) a cold, which I really could have done without.
I have various bloggy things to say -- some about the cruise, some not -- but those will have to wait. For now, sleep.
July 8, 2010
leaving on a jet plane (and then a ship)
Don't expect to see much of me in the next few days. It's not that I don't love you all; it's that I'll be on a cruise ship in the Bahamas for a friend's wedding, and I love sunshine and the sea and friends I haven't seen in a year more. You know how it is.
Ta!
Ta!
July 7, 2010
The LXD!
Ballet is so the wrong icon for this, but it's the only dance icon I have.
The LXD has FINALLY started airing! There's material up at their site, but it's easier to sort out what's what at the Hulu page, where episodes are clearly numbered. So far there are two; I'm not sure how often new ones will be added.
My one gripe so far is that the episodes are short. Well, it's a web series; what did I expect? Awesome dancing, though -- especially in "Antigravity Heroes" -- and I'm looking forward ...
The LXD has FINALLY started airing! There's material up at their site, but it's easier to sort out what's what at the Hulu page, where episodes are clearly numbered. So far there are two; I'm not sure how often new ones will be added.
My one gripe so far is that the episodes are short. Well, it's a web series; what did I expect? Awesome dancing, though -- especially in "Antigravity Heroes" -- and I'm looking forward ...
60K, with rather more speed
Thanks to some revision work that added non-trivial numbers of words to the manuscript, I'm at 60K already. This is satisfying, as I'll be leaving for a friend's wedding on Thursday, and intend to take a break from the book while I'm gone.
I've been doing this a lot, and it's weird. Used to be, when I wrote a novel, it was a thousand words a day come hell or high water, and I gave myself enormous guilt trips over every day I missed. But I built in extra safety time to my schedule this year,...
I've been doing this a lot, and it's weird. Used to be, when I wrote a novel, it was a thousand words a day come hell or high water, and I gave myself enormous guilt trips over every day I missed. But I built in extra safety time to my schedule this year,...
