David is at the far end of potty training, going without a diaper allday and wearing one at night for only for safety’s sake. Thestanding up part of the job he can do entirely on his own, but he’sstill little enough that he needs a hand in order to sit on the toiletand not slip [...]
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Conan on good manners … I found this blog recently, apr
A recent post by Jody about how a simple attempt to reorganize her PC desktop resulted in chaos and devastation reminded me I’ve been meaning to post this lovely word for the past month. In an NPR commentary by Bill Langworthy called "New Words and Ideas We Need", I was introduced to the Yiddish word [...]
Really enjoy what I’ve read of Tim Powers’ work (The Drawing of the Dark), and thought this interview interesting (via The View From The Foothills and Mixolydian Mode). More thoughts on this at d
"Saturday November 5, 2005: Claremont, NH – New Hampshire Writers’ Project presents the Second Annual Upper Valley Writers’ conference at NHCTC. Morning workshops will be presented by award-winning writers Barbara Dimmick, Cleopatra Mathis, Jennifer Ericsson, and Ernesto Burden. Keynote speaker will be author Howard Mansfield. A panel discussion on marketing and publishing will be held [...]
Sent back a signed contract today to Jack Scovil at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency, who has agreed to handle SLATE. Seems that I’ve been working on that novel for so long now (I finished the fourth draft more than a year ago), and working on some novel or another for as long as I [...]
Always find a cool link when I drop by Mixolydian Mode… This time it’s an interviewwith writer Sandra Miesel about the place where science fiction, fantasy andCatholicism intersect, or maybe how they manage to mesh, orperhaps…
Listening to the new TomWolfe book, I Am Charlotte Simmons, during my workouts. (I remain adevoted fan of Audible.com — man, if it were not for this digital audio booksubscription service and workouts and long commutes, I would have little timefor new fiction, at least not without seriously sacrificing sleep!) Terrific writing, butalready I can [...]
David has been wrestling with the construction of interrogative responses such as: WE ASK: David, why did you throw those apples on the floor. DAVID RESPONDS: That’s why, I wanted to see if they would bounce. WE REALIZE: Ah ha! That’s why David has been saying "that’s why!" in response to almost any question lately. [...]
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