Failing again. Failing better.
Over the weekend, while everyone was likely focused on the World Cup Final, the BBC released the first official trailer for the next season of Doctor Who–the first with Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. The season premieres on Saturday, August 23. Oh, and because scripts have leaked, please keep any comments spoiler free. I’m avoiding…
Blizzard is probably best known for it’s RPGs World of Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo, among others. Recently, though, they’ve introduced a free to play card game, Hearthstone. It’s a strategy game that players of Magic: The Gathering will probably pick up very quickly. But if you haven’t played those sorts of card games, it’s still…
IIRC, the fastest rising girl’s name last year was Arya from Game of Thrones fame. This year, the fastest rising boy’s name was Archer. As in: There are lots of other pop culture names here too: Katniss, Khaleesi, Chordelia (I’m doing a Buffy re-watch), Django, and Bhodi (Point Break?). Fun stuff. As to rest of…
No real post today. Instead, I’m entertaining a very needy dog. In case you’ve never had the pleasure, this is pretty much what it’s like when you don’t pay attention to Scotch. I’ll be back tomorrow, if Scotch is feeling sleepy and gives me a few minutes.
Mark Lawrence posted a link to a Guardian article on his Facebook thread earlier today that announces a bit of sad news for writers. Here’s the important bit: According to a survey of almost 2,500 working writers – the first comprehensive study of author earnings in the UK since 2005 – the median income of…