Well, isn’t that special?

Recently at work, a Name Author From Another Publisher was kind enough to offer an endorsement for one of our authors.  In it, the work in question was described as “interesting.”  Now, Name Authors are highly sought out for their endorsements and, rightly so, they tend to be very choosey.  Some Name Authors have a [...]

I’m having a thought!

More odds and ends:

Is it a coincidence that the one episode of GLEE I kinda liked so far (the most recent episode on 9/23 when Kurt joined the football team) is the one episode NOT written by series creator Ryan Murphy?  I still had major problems with it (If Sue Sylvester can blackmail the principal [...]

Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.

A few odds and ends:
What I’m Watching:  MyGuyTM and  have only just discovered SLINGS & ARROWS.  Apparently, we’re officially the last people to become fans of this Canadian gem.  The show centers around a professional theatre company in Canada and the often larger-than-life personalities that manage and perform for it.  The writing is wonderful, the comedy [...]

Falcon Crest will not be seen tonight so that we may bring you the following special presentation.

So, I’ve been sitting on this since Thursday afternoon for a number of reasons:
1) I spent Friday through Sunday speaking at a SCBWI conference in Boise (more on that later).
2) My belief in magical thinking has overrided my faith in reality.
3) There were a few people I felt obligated to tell personally before saying anything here.
4) It still [...]

In her face, the mirror of your dreams.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
                                                                                                                                                     –Carl Jung

When I served on the editorial board for WATERSTONE, Hamline University’s literary journal, my job was to wade through the short story submissions looking for gold. As is wont to happen, I found more pyrite than gold.  Some truly terrible [...]

Payin’ anything to roll the dice just one more time.

Are MyGuyTM and I really the only two people who aren’t enjoying GLEE?
The promos for this back in the spring had us hyped, convinced we would love it. Then we saw the pilot and didn’t.  The musical performances are amazing but I’m not sure they’ll keep me coming back each week. I really don’t get [...]

When Irish hearts are happy, all the world seems bright and gay.

Brilliant.
(via Lee Wind)

Baldrick! Who gave you permission to turn into an alsatian?

And who gave permission for it to be September?!

A woman came up to me and said, “I’d like to poison your mind.”

“There’s only one thing that I know how to do well
And I’ve often been told that you only can do
What you know how to do well
And that’s be you,
Be what you’re like,
Be like yourself,
And so I’m having a wonderful time
But I’d rather be whistling in the dark.”
–”Whistling in the Dark,” They Might Be Giants
What does [...]