Author: mizkit

Stormcloud sunset

Dear Humans:

April 11, 2013

Dear Humans: You have screwed up the weather ENOUGH. Please get on the goddamned ball with FIXING IT. No love, Frozen in Ireland In related news, I discovered earlier this week that a childhood friend (of the “we would all (“all” being, like, dozens of family, extended family, and friends) go down to their place for the 4th of July and make homemade ice cream etc” variety of childhood friend) is a climate change research scientist who runs Adaptation International, a program that helps people, communities, organizations, etc, prepare for…

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Frosty Cross

Kitsnaps: Frosty Cross

April 11, 2013

This particular picture is a lesson in why one should not delete all the files one is unimpressed with right away. I was totally not impressed with this picture immediately after taking it and checking it on my computer. A few years later I went back and found it again and wondered what the hell I’d been thinking, that I hadn’t been initially pleased. So I’ve learned not to necessarily trust my first judgement and to keep anything I think *might* turn out to have potential later. :) This photo…

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Mountain Echoes by CE Murphy

brain fry

April 10, 2013

I went through the entire SHAMAN RISES manuscript in one pass today. This may have been a mistake, since it’s nearly impossible to retain any degree of impartiality after about a hundred pages in one day. But I’ve done the first revision pass, and holy crap, that book hits the ground running and doesn’t let up. And either it hangs together a lot better than I thought it would or I’m far too close to it right now to see its glaring errors. After a few detail fixes and a…

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Godslight on Cobh Harbour

Kitsnaps: Godslight on Cobh Harbour

April 10, 2013

I’m reaching the end of the really-easy-to-access Kitsnaps I’ve got stored up. I will clearly have to actually spend some time getting things ready for more posts in the near future, or I’ll drop this ball and that would make me sad. I’ve done so well for what, two months now? :)

the essential kit

Picoreview: The Host

April 9, 2013

Picoreview: The Host: A hell of a lot better than Twilight. I mean this in the same way I meant “It didn’t suck!” when I saw the first X-Men movie. I mean, I realize, yes, that Twilight is not a high bar to reach in terms of quality of acting or storytelling, but since that was approximately my expectation going in, “a hell of a lot better” is meant very kindly. The nutshell summary of The Host, adapted from Twilight author Stephanie Meyer’s 2008 SF novel of the same title,…

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