Princess Diana – Ten Years Ago Today

It was August 30th, a Saturday night, and I was in a crowded karaoke bar, kicking back, when one of the televisions at the back of the room showed an awful car crash and a news crawl.

Who is going home??

Big Brother 8 – Eviction Night

So, for those interested and following… who is going home tonight from BB8? Zack or Amber?

Library Thing

When I first saw the name of this cool site/service/addiction, I thought, ” ‘Library Thing? Is that a horror movie set in a possessed public library?” But it’s not. It’s

Blogged down.

Is it just me? Am I the only one finding reading blogs to be time-consuming, addictive and far too fascinating? It’s second only to Wiki Walking as a serious internet problem, for me, taking too much time out of actual writing.

‘Reality’ TV

I watch a fair amount of TV. There, I’ve said it and am ducking. Writers should read, right? (I do a fair bit of that, too… research, murder mysteries, magazines, newspapers.) Writers certainly shouldn’t rot their brains

I love it when…

Every once in a while in this difficult, consuming and occasionally discouraging business of writing, you get the boost you need to keep plugging away.

Is it the royalty check in the mail?

No, though that’s nice.

Is it a new contract?

No, though that’s even better than a royalty check.

So, what is it?

Wii, Wii, Wow!

Spent yesterday playing (read: desperately trying to get better at) Wii Sport games: baseball, bowling, boxing, tennis. I’m really, really terrible at it, but

Ah, yes, another clue…

I never know how to describe what I do and how, when folks ask that fateful question, “Where do you get your ideas?”

UBS

I’ve heard some chat on the ‘net about criticism of those who buy their books second hand at the Used Book Store, or UBS.

It’s true that authors don’t get royalties when you buy a book at the used book store, but