Random Saturday
Speaking as an Alaskan I’d have eliminated Texas, not New Mexico. xkcd (h/t Kottke)
Let’s get this Friday started!
I’ve always loved their “Black Betty” in the shower, too.
#thiswritinglife
Dana sez, he’s writing about visual artists but most of this is useful for writers, too. Especially Admit It’s a Business The number one mistake I see artists make is not accepting that they run a business. If you cannot accept and even embrace this simple fact, you are totally hosed. It is hard to…
#inmygarden
In spite of the rain that fell straight through the Fourth of July weekend…
Lagniappe Sunday
So long and thanks for all the belly laughs. Although he missed the Pinwheel of Death. (Brian Phillips in The Ringer, h/t Kottke) Plus, further illness and death that won’t happen, brought to you by vaccines: Bangladesh just vaccinated 18.4 million children in an emergency measles-rubella campaign after an outbreak killed more than 600 people and exposed…
Random Saturday
BWO The Best of Journalism, I came to this essay by Alan Jacob on his blog, The Homebound Symphony (Tagline, which I love, “stagger on rejoicing,” and there’s a link to the inspiration on his About page that is worth clicking through.) He writes about faith, and he reads old novels by authors I’d never…
Let’s get this Friday started!
#thiswritinglife
These days AI is the elephant in every writer’s room. On June 27th, Jacqueline Winspear (author most famously of the Maisie Dobbs series) weighed in on the topic on her Facebook page. She gave me permission to repost it in full here, which I do because if AI isn’t part of #thiswritinglife these days nothing…
#inmygarden
Told from the viewpoint of JC’s best friend, Biff.
First time Jesus Christ ever died that I felt like I’d lost a friend. Told from the first-person viewpoint of his best friend Biff, who first sees Jesus/Joshua when he’s resurrecting his little brother’s lizard every time his little brother smashes said lizard to death with a rock. And then there is the scene where…
Read more Told from the viewpoint of JC’s best friend, Biff.