Harry Connolly's Blog, page 177
August 4, 2010
Bullet points make a post
* 'Sfunny, when I'm writing a first draft, I sit down for a specific time to write, and when I'm done for the day I'm done. When I'm doing a polish, it's like an all-day thing. I keep dropping back into the file, reading a few lines, tweaking sentences. It's kinda annoying, especially since it makes me feel as though I'm not accomplishing anything.
* Yesterday I got word that my Russian language rights money was on its way. Hooray! I'm really looking forward to posting scans of the...
Mutual Combat
First, the meathead ordinance has passed. Essentially, this means that officers could ticket people who are shouting, fighting, whatever as they leave a closing bar. This is good news for us, since we live in a very quiet neighborhood that has one bar nearby. People spill out of the bar singing and squabbling way too often. The city could balance their budgets on the backs of these fools.
What really caught my eye about this was this sentence in the article: "Fighting, or 'mutual...
Announcing a month of book giveaways! Day four
Game of Cages will be coming out on the last day of the month, so I've decided to hold a special month of book giveaways. Every day (unless I screw up, which I probably will) I'll give away a book or themed set of books to someone who asks for it. To enter, you have to comment on this blog or on my LiveJournal–email, Facebook, and Twitter won't count, and if more than one person speaks up, I'll roll a die to determine the recipient. U.S. residents only, please.
You get a new book every...
August 3, 2010
Randomness for 8/3
1) Invisibility gets closer to reality.
2) The URL says it all: http://writershouses.com/
3) Thinking of becoming a literary agent?
4) Michelle Sagara on authors meeting readers who have not read the author's work. I have never worked in a bookstore and have no idea how to rec books, but the rest matches my thoughts very closely.
5) Glory, Glory, Howl-le-lu-ya!. This is hilarious and weird. Do you love Jesus? Well that's fine. Do you feel moved to do *this* and post it online? Dude....
More science!
For those who missed the first one on Monday, these comics are 100% made by my son, to illustrate (with humor) his science lessons.
Announcing a month of book giveaways! Day three!
Game of Cages will be coming out on the last day of the month, so I've decided to hold a special month of book giveaways. Every day (unless I screw up, which I probably will) I'll give away a book or themed set of books to someone who asks for it. To enter, you have to comment on this blog or on my LiveJournal–email, Facebook, and Twitter won't count, and if more than one person speaks up, I'll roll a die to determine the recipient. U.S. residents only, please.
You get a new book every...
August 2, 2010
Now, I bring you… SCIENCE!
As part of my son's homeschooling, I'm asking him to create fun, funny, instructional science comics. He wrote, shot, and put together the comic below all by his lonesome. I offered to help, but he didn't need it!
What do you think?
Announcing a month of book giveaways! Day two!
Game of Cages will be coming out on the last day of the month, so I've decided to hold a special month of book giveaways. Every day (unless I screw up, which I probably will) I'll give away a book or themed set of books to someone who asks for it. To enter, you have to comment on this blog or on my LiveJournal–email, Facebook, and Twitter won't count, and if more than one person speaks up, I'll roll a die to determine the recipient.
You get a new book every day, and on the last day of the ...
August 1, 2010
Announcing a month of book giveaways! Day one!
Game of Cages will be coming out on the last day of the month, so I've decided to hold a special month of book giveaways. Every day (unless I screw up, which I probably will) I'll give away a book or themed set of books to someone who asks for it. To enter, you have to comment on this blog or on my LiveJournal–email, Facebook, and Twitter won't count, and if more than one person speaks up, I'll roll a die to determine the recipient.
You get a new book every day, and on the last day of the ...
A spider has set up home on my desktop computer
It's awfully cute, hanging there, and I supposed I could take plotty inspiration from the complexity and interconnectedness of its web, but it's also anchored to my reading materials. I'll have to sweep it up and dump it outside eventually, but I'm willing to wait until it warms up out there.
Besides, it may help keep my son off YouTube for a little while.
