I’ve been reading a lot lately — both fiction and non-fiction. While I consider a pleasure factor, I’m reading to learn. The more I read with the Eye of a Writer, the more I realize I have a lot to learn about storytelling. Writing, if one is a writer, is … Continue reading →
I’m still struggling to write words, but I’ve composed a book review. I’ll polish it and submit Monday or Tuesday. Human Rights in the Global Information Society isn’t light reading, but it is enlightening. Unless you have a strong interest in maintaining something like this in your personal library, consider … Continue reading →
That’s not exactly the headline you like to see when you login to your Dashboard. On the other hand, I’d prefer to see it on my Dashboard than somewhere else. If you’ve upgraded to WordPress 2.1.1 in the past few days, your installation could be at risk. I’m certain I … Continue reading →
It’s that time in the domain registration process where I need to decide if I want to renew and retain the status quo or transfer and try someone new. I could be perfectly satisfied to renew with iPowerWeb. They have provided a solid hosting service with reasonable, effective, and efficient … Continue reading →
I wandered to my hosting service’s main site this morning (domain registration is coming up, and I’m trying to determine if I want to switch to another service or not), and I noticed this announcement: PLEASE NOTE: We will be having a scheduled service outage from approximately 10pm PST on … Continue reading →
Technically, I don’t have a lot of perks with this job, but one I am thrilled about is the opportunity to get books. A co-worker stopped in my office to chat this morning and mentioned he had some books I could have. He’s the book monitor for his department, and … Continue reading →
That’s what they are. Maybe I’m just exhausted after reading about small town life last week, but I just haven’t found anything to be enthusiastic about here. Natasha had her 30-day check on Saturday, and she seems to be fine. If her cough resumes, we’ll figure it was bronchial asthma … Continue reading →
The small town my husband and I have chosen to adopt as our retirement community is one hopping place. Maybe it seems that way because the paper is only published weekly. Nary a week goes by when a traffic death isn’t recorded on the front page. This week it was … Continue reading →
I wrote late last night, but I left a couple people off my list. Here’s a couple more (I know; you’re rapid readers and will be thirsting for more soon). Tamara Siler Jones. Today’s post prompted me to remember one thing I particularly admire about Tammy’s writing — besides it’s … Continue reading →
Paperback Writer in her post about Blood Bound asks for names of writers who regularly surprise us (me, you, you get the idea). I didn’t have much to say at the time, but after some reflection, I have some thoughts to offer. I don’t know that writers surprise me so … Continue reading →