Blogger…No More
The time has come, I think. I started this blog almost two years ago to the day, January 29, 2003. Blogger’s profile pages are a little wonky, not having updated since November, but I figure even with my decreased output over the past couple of months, it’s been close to 600 posts and 200,000 words
Getting the 1st Chapter Right
The Chapter One contest I’m one of the judges for is finally wrapping up. 125 manuscripts, the majority of which, like a poetry slam, went the maximum 20 pages! The panel wasn’t able to meet in person so the contest coordinator is…um, coordinating our top six choices, trying to come up with a representative final
Healer Idealist
Apparently some things have changed since the beginning of last summer… JUNG TYPOLOGY TEST (Courtesy of Raina) Your Type is INFP Introverted (%11) Intuitive (33%) Feeling (11%) Perceiving (67%) Qualitative analysis of your type formula You are: * slightly expressed introvert * moderately expressed intuitive personality * slightly expressed feeling personality * distinctively expressed perceiving
Pumpkin Seeds: Winter Blahs Edition
1. What to do? Against my better instincts, this blog is quickly becoming one of those personal, “yesterday I went to the Mall” kind of blogs that I find terribly boring. It’s not that I don’t have as much to say as I used to – god forbid that day ever comes! – but for
Review: Writers on Comics Scriptwriting 2
Comic book writers are a special lot, even among creative types, fitting somewhere between performance artists and mimes in mainstream perception. Whereas Mark Salisbury’s excellent first edition, published in 1999, featured many of the Modern Age’s future Hall of Famers – including Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller and Grant Morrison – Tom Root and
Pumpkin Seeds: Will I Ever Write a Complete Post Again? Edition
1. I was heading to the airport the Sunday before last for my trip to Miami when I realized I hadn’t flown since August of 2001, to Seattle for my last National Poetry Slam. Nine days and six flights later, I’ve had my fill of airports to last me another 3.5 years! Almost every one
Pumpkin Seeds: A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That Edition
1. So, this time around a Democratic Senator decided to show a little backbone as California’s Barbara Boxer stepped up and joined the House’s challenge of the certification of the electoral college results, specifically in regards to the issues in Ohio. Unlike in 2000 where not a single one stepped forward to support members of
The infection is gone! 🙂 Healing may now commence, not to mention a proper shower! Having gotten used to the lump of gauze (approx. two feet worth on Sunday’s ER visit!) packed into my armpit for the past week, it feels weird now that it’s gone. Surgical follow-up in two weeks to figure out what’s
R.I.P.: Will Eisner (1917-2005)
from WillEisner.com: Will Eisner passed away on January 3rd, 2005 at the age of 87 following quadruple bypass heart surgery. Our condolences to Will’s wife, Ann, and his family, friends and colleagues. A true giant in comics, he will be missed, personally and professionally. More information will be posted [at WillEisner.com] as it becomes available.
Pumpkin Seeds: Seven Days “Post-Op” Edition
1. I really hope the idea that how you start the New Year reflects the tone the rest of it will take is way off base. 2. Trip #4 to the ER yesterday included an excruciating round of poking and prodding of the wound – literally, a pair of surgical scissors stuck up in there