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Ah, it's been a busy two weeks, I tell you. I may have missed an astronaut dropping the cosmic bomb that interstellar life has visited Earth, but I was deeply engrossed in a different form of "Lunacy" altogether -- that being the name of the "Law & Order: SVU" script being shot over the past two...
Two, Three, Four Written on 21 April 2008, by myself (Rudolf Olah) My head aches like a lead balloon, Too many little bricks fill it up, But still there is no full moon... Perhaps I should break fast, or sup. The birds outside are chirping, and invite Me to join them for a little walk around The...
November. Of course, I will be locking myself away for the entire month due to the birthday curse that inevitably rears its ugly head. I've learned my lesson. I'm stocking up on Special K and coffee and you won't see me until December 1st. I'm just not in the mood for personal tragedy/major life...
I actually have several book reviews in progress, but haven’t had the time to sit down and flesh them out (and make sure I have things right, like the characters’ names or the spelling of the author’s name, little details like that!) as I’ve been busily working on an outline/synopsis for a...
From a Haskell quotes archive: <shapr> how will you know when you've written enough?<kosmikus> I don't really know yet, but one of the following:(a) if my supervisor tells me I have,(b) if every chapter heading has content following it,(c) if the deadline is there<shapr> that's an excellent...
I am still contemplating if I'll be keeping this blog going. It lacks focus and direction. I've been reading up about writing and finding a niche. A lot of resources recommend starting with what you know... how do I zone in on something I am no longer part of? My life use to be filled with completed...
I am the dying, the deceased, the decaying. I am all that is ugly and wrong with the world. I am hate covered in a smile. I am seething rage hidden by a calm exterior. I am tumultuous waves churning under a facade. I care about you. I care more about your well being than my own. I care because I...
Every once in a while I peruse my old writings, be they blog or good 'ol pen and paper entries, usually on a whim or as some sort of tangent from whatever it was I was supposed to be doing. If you've ever partaken in this, which I imagine many writers do, then you know that this too is part of the...
As I spoke about in a previous blog, I have recently “purchased,” using credit and not real money, a Nikon D80 camera. I love it, and have been out trying to learn the ins and outs as best I can. Today, around lunch, I finally decided to read the manual from cover to cover and then use a few...
Two days from now I shall be jetting my way across the Pacific for just the second time in my life. I am going to Hawaii. I hope very much that when I step off the plane, the ocean air will hum with a smile of recognition and say welcome..."eia kā ʻoe hoʻi mai...so you have come back again." (Or...
I had a dream last night... or more precisely, this morning, that I'd been published by one of the big four SFF magazines. I won't say which, for fear of further embarrassing myself. Unfortunately, the dream was so real and so vivid that it took me a good few moments on waking up to realise it...
I have mixed feelings about JK Rowling. A lot of that has to do with the mixed reporting from the media in the early days and the wildly gratuitous stories and theories about her. Moral of the story--never trust the press, tabloid, broadsheet or otherwise. But I recently watched something which made...
We have some fascinating people in our workshop. One of them is Joshua Casteel, who was an army interrogator at the infamous Abu Ghraib. He ended up leaving the army as a conscientious objector. I'd tell you more about him except he's been advised that someone or some group is after him so I'll keep...
Didn't you just love that segment of Animaniacs? Good Idea: Doing your own homework Bad Idea: Doing your own dental work Ahh, the memories. For me, it's more time for another Good Habit / Bad Habit. Good Habit: Thinking about positive plans for the future. Bad Habit: Preventing myself from carrying...
In this edition of "Will's Wonderland," as in many others, the main topic is food. If you know me, then you know that I am a big fan of food, and lots of it. I love to eat out, dine in, make a sandwich, order a pizza, grab fast food, and occasionally hunt, skin, and cook my own dear steaks. Fine,...
I wrote this quickly last night and sent it out to my writing group. I've received one response and it was about what I expected. I thought I'd see what you thought. THE ROLE OF IMAGINATION Why do we say that bluebirds sing when they couldn’t tell a whole note from a quarter? Why do we think that...
I watched a really neat movie yesterday called, Resurrecting the Champ. Its inspired by a true story about a Pulitzer Prize winning LA Times writer J. R. Moehringer. It was about a sports reporter who is in the verge of losing his job when he discovers a past boxing champion (Samuel Jackson] on the...
Like most things I'm interested in I tend to do a few power-learning sessions on learning mandarin. This makes me knowledgeable in the topic but for a seemingly short period of time. This is great if you're trying to impress (or bore) a few people with an exotic language you've picked up but the lon...
Miranda snuggled into the warmth of the blankets. She didn’t want to open her eyes. She just wanted to bask in the warmth. She had been having the most awful dream. At least she thought it had been a dream. Without opening her eyes Miranda tried to move around, but found her muscles to be stiff...
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