I would just like to say I have love in my heart for the preview function on WordPress themes which allows me to rebuild a website in preview instead of live or with the bother of setting up a second instance to make sure it all works. Yay WordPress! (um, soapturtle, you want to upgrade my WP installations for me sometime…? O.O)
What I learned about writing comics
This weekend a fellow writer and friend emailed to say she’d gotten her first comic-writing contract, and did I have any thoughts/suggestions/advice/epiphanies, having written my own comic series. Indeed I did, and I’ve been vaguely meaning for ages to write those thoughts up, so she provided me with an opportunity to do so. So here’s what I learned about writing comics: * turning the page is often a sign of a scene change. Not always, but it’s a good rule of thumb, and if you’re *going* to change scenes, it’s…
Imelda May
Earlier this year, or possibly late last year, Ted encountered a singer called Imelda May on the Late Late Show. She’s got a great image–a 50’s burlesque kind of look–and did a couple of terrific rockabilly numbers. We promptly went forth to try to find her album. So, it appeared, did everyone else in Ireland, because we ended up having to order it from Amazon, being utterly unable to locate it in any stores here. The album, “Love Tattoo”, is pretty fantastic, and we spent most of the past year…
working hard
A handful of not-particularly-themed photos behind the cut…(really, I’m working hard, not procrastinating.)
Chapters Bookstore & CE Murphy go international
It is now possible to order signed & personalized copies of my books through Chapters Bookstore in Dublin, Ireland. The catch to this is it’ll mean paying international shipping rates, which are stiff. On the other hand, I get to Dublin a lot more often than I get anywhere else, so it’s the best way to guarantee getting a signed copy of one (or many) of my books. We’ll run this essentially the same way Neil Gaiman runs his Dreamhaven signings, which is to say I’ll drop by Chapters when…