A.C. Flory's Blog, page 168
September 15, 2013
Neil Gaiman – advice to artists
Serendipity struck again. I clicked on a video clip [thank you Anou]and discovered that Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods and much else, is British, irreverent, very funny, a phenomenal speaker, and bloody wise. I found myself taking Gaiman’s advice on board, despite being as far from young as you can get and still be […]
September 12, 2013
Lady in the Lazaretto and that tagline
Life has been so hectic lately that I have a to-do-list stretching for miles. Unfortunately, that to-do-list is only in my head, which means I forget things, a lot of things. As a result, my posts have been rather erratic, and based on whatever catches my attention at that moment. Yesterday, I began making amends. […]
Flash fiction vote, Meeka fumée, and FFXIV A Realm Reborn
Yes, it’s going to be one of those posts. Let’s start with some pretty pictures, shall we? First off we have Meeka Thara, one of my female toons on Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn. Followed by two of my boys. This one is Takh Ahn And last but not least we have Nikko Tahn The […]
September 10, 2013
First Chapters Interview: A.C. Flory
Reblogged from Shades of White Matter: (This post is part of the First Chapters interview series.) Q. What do you think of garden gnomes? A.C. Flory: "My mother used to have garden gnomes in her front garden. One day I received a distraught phone call - Mum's gnomes had been abducted! Well, Mum was never […]
September 9, 2013
Excluded Middles: Quitting Facebook
Reblogged from Good Things Run Wild: Originally published as "The Sosyal Network" in the Manila Bulletin, October 26, 2011 I recently shut down my Facebook account. This is partly for pragmatic reasons: doing so has saved me a lot more time for work and leisure reading. It is partly for security reasons: like most people, […]
September 7, 2013
Flash fiction – The Forestal
I don’t often get ideas for flash fiction pieces, but the prompt on Indies Unlimited sparked something in my brain today. I think it was the combination of gruesome and extraordinary that did it. You can find the picture, and the prompt here : http://www.indiesunlimited.com/2013/0... The IU flash fiction contests are open to everyone so […]
The end of an era – interesting times indeed
Just watched KRudd’s concession speech online, and the thing that struck me was that he looked as if he had been planning this all along. I’m no political pundit, but I’ve wondered for a while what kind of deal the Caucus struck with Kevin Rudd – and Ken Shorten. Now I think I know. I […]
September 6, 2013
Meeka Votes
Like most Australians I am politics weary. I want it over with… but despite that, I still care. 1. I would like to punish Labor for backstabbing 1 AND 2. Those machinations revolt me, but 2. I believe Kevin07 deserves a chance to finish what he began. He, like Gough Whitlam, has a vision for […]
US tax no. EASY
I’ve got a cold and I have brain fuzz. David Prosser passed on this wonderful info in comments so I thought I’d give it its own post. The number below is a phone no. Apparently you can use it to get an EIN over the phone. Thanks David! 1-267-941-1099 The option you want is […]
September 5, 2013
How-to-Kobo [Aussie authors only]
With the new Kobo ereader, Aura, in the news at the moment, I thought it might be a good time to show Aussie authors how to upload to the Kobo. The process is surprisingly simple, and well explained, except for the section on banking details. The form was obviously designed with US and Canadian authors […]
