Failing again. Failing better.
So a deal has been reached. Thank goodness. Disaster has been averted. Well, until early 2014. Just in time for another crisis to bring us to the cliff’s edge. Maybe this time it will be close enough to an actual election to mean something. Until then, I’m off to an early dinner where I’ll enjoy…
I know, I know. This blog has been quiet. I traveled over the long weekend, and spent it hanging out with family, reading, and watching the Saints lose in dramatic fashion (while surrounded by Pats fans). So it was a mixed bag. Anyway, sorry for the lack of a real post today, but I’ve been…
Well, it’s that time of year again: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is right around the corner. Soon writers everywhere will be working throughout the oh-so-short month of November, trying to reach 50,000 words. I managed to hit that total last year and wrote a post listing the top ten lessons learned. Now it’s time…
THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES by Scott Lynch, the third book in the Gentlemen Bastards series, comes out today, with a great deal of anticipation and excitement. For the most part, these feelings stem from Lynch’s ability to regale readers with picaresque tales of charming rogues, rapier-sharp and witty dialogue, colorful and dangerous cities, and plots…
Author Delilah S. Dawson (Twitter) has a great blog post in which she offers 30 tips for your next con. It’s a wonderful (and quite useful) list, so I highly recommend applying it next time you’re headed to a con. Looking back on my experiences at my first con, I can see quite a few…