He got like this all by himself:
Author: mizkit
um. O.O
I just, um. Um. Jesus. I just got Ardian’s Blackest Night page one in the mail. I have no idea who’s responsible for this, but thank you. Jesus. Wow. Um. Wow. This is actually the only piece of Ardian’s artwork I have. Technically I own the Chance pages, but I’ve never gotten around to having him send them to me, and…holy crap. *Thank* you.
hairspray emergency
Years ago, Neil Gaiman posted a sad post about how his youngest daughter had reached an age where she refused to travel without her hairspray and other styling accoutrements, which meant he could no longer travel with carry-on luggage only. In an attempt to convince her otherwise, he promised he would buy her new hairspray and what-not at Heathrow Airport, so that she wouldn’t even have to leave the airport without hairspray. She said, “If you want to, Dad, but I’m going to bring my own anyway.” I chortled when…
Paging CJ
There’s a Magical Words reader who goes by the handle “CJ”. CJ, if you happen to read this blog as well, could you drop me an email at cemurphyauthor AT gmail.com? We’re looking for permission to use some of your Magical Words comments in a book, and need to get that in writing from you. :) thinks to do – write – work on MW page proofs – change the kitty litter – clean the lanai – laundry – clean the kitchen
links make a post
I’ve just had a debate with my mom about this article, which I think has great points, and which she thinks is hyperbolic. She would like it to be “How to get better at anything!” instead of “Six keys to being excellent at anything”, which is probably a fair distinction. Either way, I think the points espoused are very good ones. I particularly like #2 and #6 (#1 seems obvious). The problem with making costumes from ElfQuest is that basically they look like humans dressed up as elves. These two,…