Posted in General, Writing on May 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Justine Henin announced her retirement from tennis today. She’s 25 years old. I’m not a big tennis fan so, in the normal course of things, this probably wouldn’t register high for me. But, perhaps because of her age, I read the entire article and found this comment from her coach, Carlos Rodriguez:
“Because of […]
Posted in Career, Harlan Ellison, Work, Writers, Writing on November 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
I actually think I am not nearly as proud of what I’ve written as I am in the fact that I’ve always insisted on being paid and being paid well. What I like most about this wonderfully articulate argument by Harlan Ellison is how he nails on the head one of the biggest problems writers […]
Posted in Fiction, Novels, Writing on November 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Geez … It’s November 1, the day is almost half over in my part of the world and I have yet to begin on my 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month (which I said I would do, fool that I am).
Actually, I don’t find the writing daunting. I will, but not yet. No, my […]
Posted in Writers, Writing on October 16th, 2007 No Comments »
One of the things I’ve noticed about my writing, one I find really annoying and you’ve probably also noticed it, that’s if you’ve read many of my posts or if you’ve read other things I may have written (and yes, I’ve written quite a few things), is my propensity to pepper what I write with […]
Posted in Books, Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize, Novels, Writers on October 11th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s been a while since I’ve read something by Doris Lessing but some time back (1970’s and 1980’s?) I read quite a bit. She was and still is a favourite writer for me. So I was quite happy to see she’s received the Nobel prize for literature.
Let’s see … I’ve read The Golden Notebook (that […]
Posted in Communication, Language, Usability, User experience, Web Writing, Writing on October 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Yes, another complaint … I’m looking at a schedule for the Edmonton Oilers to see what games are televised and what channels they are on. And I’m seeing acronyms left and right.
Fine. I understand why they are using acronyms. Full names, like Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, take up too much space. Much cleaner to simply have […]
Posted in Creativity, Fiction, Novels, Writing on October 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Have I lost all sense? Probably. But despite logic, history, and common sense, I signed up for NaNoWriMo. What’s that? Well, it’s an acronym of sorts for National Novel Writing Month. And, you repeat, what is that? Well, according to their about page:
“National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants […]
Posted in Poetry, Writing, tea on August 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Yes, I’ve posted this elsewhere a long time back, and originally wrote it an even longer time back. But since I haven’t posted anything here in quite a while (too busy enjoying the east coast summer) I repost …
Ode to tea
There is no better thing than tea when asexuality
insinuates into your life its dull and […]
Posted in Copywriting, Language, Marketing, User experience on May 17th, 2007 1 Comment »
The Adobe people are pushing their Adobe Creative Suite 3 these days (for those who love acronyms, aka Adobe CS3). And that’s fine but I find that they, along with many other companies that market using email, send very little content and a whole lot of design.
It’s makes sense in one way, if you’re Adobe, […]
Posted in Work, Writing on May 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I have a new writing assignment and it’s exciting in the sense that it is fun - or at least, it should be fun.
So why is it so difficult to get started on it?
I know it has the potential to be fun. I know that once I start, it will likely be as easy as […]
