M.K. Hobson's Blog, page 31
February 27, 2011
Paracostuming
I don't know if you're familiar with the term "parawriting"—I myself can't remember where I first heard it, but I think it was from David Levine. Anyway, parawriting is all the writing that surrounds a project—for example, notes, synopses, character sketches, etc. Anything that's not actual prose. I mention this only by way of [...]
February 24, 2011
A snowy day of musicals
So today the skies opened and a whole 1/4″ of snow accumulated on the ground, causing panic to reign in the streets and schools to be closed. Daughter and I got to spend a really lovely day at home together, working on this and that and watching movies. First, I had a wild hair [...]
February 23, 2011
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February 22, 2011
I am a Nebula nominee!
So last week, the utterly divine Madeleine Robins called me with the news that THE NATIVE STAR has made the 2011 Nebula Ballot. I've been silently freaking out ever since. I've never been on an actual award ballot before. In response to this unaccountable occurrence, I have retreated, as one does, to costuming. Yes, [...]
February 17, 2011
For my next costuming project …
… I will be making a variation on this dress. With a square neck and even more pleated trim & velvet. And sparkles.
I know, I know. I'm quite mad. But there's a reason. Trust me.
February 15, 2011
Choose-Your-Own Marketing Adventure!
OK, so I was out and about with the divine Sara Mueller the other day, and we got to talking about book marketing, and she said something along the lines of, "Golly gee, don't you have another book coming out soon? What are you planning to do for marketing?" And I twisted my toe [...]
February 14, 2011
February 11, 2011
Banting update
I continue to bant, though over the winter I have noticed an appreciable slowing of results. This I ascribe to several factors, both simple and complex. Let's start with simple. Being that I'm much smaller than I was when I began (by 70 lbs), I thus need fewer calories. My body is OK with [...]
February 6, 2011
The Virgin Queen
Well, apparently my dog is Queen Elizabeth or perhaps just Bette Davis but in any case, she wanted nothing to do with the stud dog we picked out for her. They had a lot of fun running around and playing together, and the stud dog was more than interested but … well … let's [...]
February 4, 2011
My Super-Exciting Life
This has been a funny week … looking back on it, it doesn't seem like there's been much going on, but it's been quite busy. I think I've had a hard time keeping up because I've been operating at a diminished capacity–this verdammte chest cold has been dogging me, and my back has gotten [...]
