Okay, I’ve talked myself into a smartphone, but I don’t know much about them. Here’s what I want in a phone; I’m sure somebody out there can tell me what phone I want. :) – a better-than-smartphone-average camera – either a qwerty keyboard or a highly convincing explanation as to how touchscreens are easy enough to use that a qwerty’s not necessary – good battery life (not having to charge it every night would be nice) – wifi From *looking* at the phones, possibly a Blackberry with a slide-out keyboard…
Emerald Eyes
I have read Daniel Keys Moran’s EMERALD EYES only once before, and that was…more than fifteen years ago. Long enough ago that I didn’t recognize, or do not recall recognizing, the Jim Steinman lyrics quoted in the book, and that would put me in my early twenties. Very early twenties. Anyway, I’ve re-read THE LONG RUN and THE LAST DANCER repeatedly, but EE never quite struck me as re-read material. But since the newest book in The Continuing Time has just been released, I thought I’d start at the beginning.…
lovely day!
It was a lovely day both literally and figuratively. I got about four solid hours of work done on the revisions for RAVEN CALLS, then had lunch with a reader from Seattle who’s here for a couple of weeks. That was great fun. He and his wife are terrific and I really enjoyed getting to meet them. Then it was time for a walk in the beeyoooooteeful sunshine, and it’s been a quiet evening at home since. A very, very nice day!
Would people be interested in a short collection of retold fairy tales? And what fairy tales would you most like to see me retell? In, you know. My copious free time. :)
nicked from ms. gilman
/Laura Anne has resurrected the First Lines meme, and since I promised myself I could do a few of them when I got through this chapter, I’m gonna. So there. :) UNTITLED: An airship hung beneath the doubled stars. (Actually this has a title but I’m not telling you what it is yet. :)) REDEEMER: The punch clock bit holes in Rosie’s time card with a satisfying ka-chunk. (I hope this one goes somewhere.) FOOL’S GOLD: Everybody’s saying how normal I am. (YA novel I’ve got 17.5K written on. Needs…