Trust the strength of your material
Sometimes, it seems to me, writers don't really believe that their plot and characters and settings and ideas are strong...
Frye on oppression
Back in 2009, Liz H pointed to an essay that I liked: “Oppression,” by Marilyn Frye, from Frye's 1983 book...
Next up for marriage equality?
Was pleased to see that Washington state governor Chris Gregoire has declared herself to be in favor of marriage equality....
No lab grown diamonds for me?
Today's best spam starts out thusly: Hello, my name is Jason Carter and I am an Internet Rankings Engineer. I...
Darkness into light
Sometimes around this time of year, we need a little hope to carry us through to brighter days. Here are...
Typewriter percussion
I've coincidentally heard a couple of songs in my iTunes rotation lately that have used typewriters as percussion, which made...
Solstice
All day today, I kept reminding myself that this year's winter solstice was going to be at 9:30 tonight, California...
Easter eggs in December
Three unrelated-to-each-other Google easter eggs (may not work in all browsers): Search for [askew]. Search for [let it snow]. (And...
Tab management
I keep thinking it would be great if browsers had a better tab-and-window management system. I'm probably an atypical browser...
Farewell to my Year’s Bests site
A couple years ago, I created a site that was meant to be a clearinghouse for information about the annual...
Duets?
Got any suggestions for good songs for two people to sing with each other (in a casual, non-performance context)? Mary...
My first Kindle
The latest generation of the Kindle—not the Kindle Fire, not the Kindle Touch, just the plain old Kindle—finally has the...