/Kate Elliott has opened her blog up to questions from the audience. One of the questions asked was did anyone ever discourage you to start/continue writing?, which she turned back around to the readers after she answered it herself. My response got, um, too long for comments, so I’m just bringing it up over here. The short answer: no, no one ever discouraged me. The long answer I’ll put behind the cut. :)
critiques & swimming
So I’m working on critiques, which is by its nature slow-going. And I found myself thinking, “Man, I’m going to be here til I’m 35.” Then I realized I *am* thirty-five. DOOM! Or, er, something. :) I would like to point out some common swimming pool protocols to the people in my lane this morning: 1. If someone is obviously faster than you are, as I really very clearly am, do not start your next lap as I’m doing my flip turn. Wait five more seconds and follow me. 2.…
amusingly appropriate meme
Well, I *am* a Catherine… :)
“Good marnin’, Alaska!”
I went swimming this morning, and was in a lane with a slowpoke, but he wasn’t getting in my way, so that was okay. The lane next to me only had one person in it, but another slowpoke got into my lane with the slowpoke and me. I got into the other lane, very grumpily, but then it turned out the guy in that lane could swim. And that in fact I had to sort of put some energy into it in order to not be lapped. And after a…
“Take A Chance” press release
THE DABEL BROTHERS “TAKE A CHANCE” WITH C.E. MURPHY’S NEW COMIC BOOK What Makes a Hero? Find out this December in this new, original series ATLANTA, GA – October 8, 2008 – Dabel Brothers Publishing is excited to announce the original comic book series Take a Chance, written by best-selling author C.E. Murphy, with art by Ardian Syaf, already known for his fantastic work on Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle. “Take A Chance has been a years-long pet project, built on the shoulders of my insanely…