Monday, Kate Hart asked the Twitterverse one of the biggest questions ever*: Of course people did and Sarah Enni volunteered the first page of her YA sci fi/fantasy manuscript, Flute, for the Beta Battle. When I beta, I like to know where the victim author has concerns or questions. This isn’t saying I won’t crit other things as I find
Nella Memoria Del Dio*
RIP, RJD For those who don’t know, Ronnie James Dio passed away yesterday from stomach cancer. He had been the voice behind several bands – Rainbow, Black Sabbath (once Ozzy left), Dio, and most recently, Heaven & Hell. But this isn’t going to be a blog post chock full of what Dio brought to music, how much he meant to
Blog Spotlight: Do The Write Thing for Nashville
In case you didn’t know, there was a big flood in Nashville. Some writerly peeps are helping out at Do the Write Thing for Nashville. If you just google “do the write thing for nashville,” I’m sure you’ll find tons of hits, so I’m not even going to talk about it. But they do have some awesome auctions going on,
Blog Spotlight: Run for Grub
In Boston, there’s a writing community called Grub Street. I’ve been taking seminars and classes through them since 2000/2001. Most recently, I attended the Muse & the Marketplace conference this year and had a pretty kick ass experience. Needless to say, this place has helped lots of writers for lots of years. But it’s a non-profit, and like all non-profits,
Air Traffic Patterns
Hubby pointed me to this. This is what happened with the air traffic over Europe after that volcanic eruption in Iceland. (Speaking of which, if you want to see some kick-ass photos from there, check out The Boston Globe’s Big Picture.) Airspace Rebooted from ItoWorld on Vimeo. I got to say, it’s pretty neat. And the air traffic makes a