Friday Snippet: The Widow’s Granddaughter (2)
Here’s the second part of “The Widow’s Granddaughter.” This story uses a character, Jeffrey Tanner, I developed as an example for 1001 Character Quirks for Writing Fiction. I also developed the other characters using the same process I describe in that ebook, but Jeffrey is the only character I use as an example. -TimK P.S. […]
What It’s Like to Finally Finish My First eBook
It sounds like such a simple thing. A list of 1001 character quirks for writing fiction. This is a tool I use as part of my own character-building process, because having a list of raw ideas makes it much easier to come up with the right idea at the right time. You might think that […]
Friday Snippet: The Widow’s Granddaughter
Here’s the beginning of a story I’ve been working on for a very special project, which I will be announcing soon (I hope). I’m not yet firm on the title, but I’m really liking “The Widow’s Granddaughter.” -TimK P.S. Please leave a comment telling me how you like it. WARNING: This story contains strong language […]
Maybe This Explains My Family Connections
Ran across this cute little item, thanks to Technorati. A fictional, Hogwarts roleplaying character named Lucy King: FATHER: Rupert Timothy King (Gryff)- Rupert is a Healer at St. Mungo’s, and is very well regarded for his work in reversing accidental charms…
How Google Can Prove Anything With Statistics
First of all, I don’t know that Google is really trying to pull one over on its users. This could just be the work of some clueless PR guy. On the Official Google Blog today, Brad Taylor, a “Spam Czar” at Google, talked about how Gmail filters more spam now than ever. He links to […]
Aborted Works in Progress (and a Friday Snippet)
One of the things that has struck me recently is the sheer number of aborted works-in-progress from my past. It feels really strange, now that I’m completing a whole story every 5 weeks, and that’s a lazy pace. Some of these works-in-progress I aborted because I lost interest. Others were just beyond my skills at […]
I’m so Pissed at RCN
There’s an object lesson in this. Bear with me, and I’ll explain. First of all, I’ve been looking forward to this for a week, ever since I noticed that it was going to be on TV. As you may recall, I’m a huge fan of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s work. Well, Amy got started in her career […]
Life’s Too Short for the Wrong Job
Alex Kjerulf posted a bunch of photos of a bunch of ads for a German job-ad site. The concept is: What if every vending machine had a wage slave inside doing all the actual work? The tag line is “Life’s too short for the wrong job.” Click here to see the ads. -TimK