Wirefish

Interesting article on Harley Quinn from Batman the Animated Series. I was addicted to the show back when it was being broadcast. This article does a really nice character analysis around why Harley’s character is so compelling, and why it’s so fragile. I’d never quite thought of the Harley-Joker-Batman as a sort of love triangle, […]

I’m in a class that’s led by Angela Knight, who was interviewed for this podcast. Well, it’s actually an episode of NPR’s On Point. It’s about 45 minutes, but pretty interesting to listen to. (And reminds me how far behind I am.) The Big Business of Bodice Rippers

The first NaNo I ever attempted I managed to finish. That was back in 2005, and the characters in the story had been in my head for a good 30 years. Writing it down was almost like dictation: it was in my head, just needed to be transcribed. The working title was “Hookahs,” just as […]

I had a long chat with some writer buddies this evening and I’ve been looking over comments y’all have made to me the last couple months. I’m going to take the collective advice and put posting this thing on hiatus. The serial thing is killing me. I’m on a stupid schedule now of “post as […]

I seem to have located another couple of words that divide USAians and the UKians. I speak of the evil “wet” and “got.” Not as in “got wet,” which is something else. “Wet” in past tense is either “wetted” or “wet”. Really. Both are acceptable. I like past tense words to differ from the infinitive, […]