In the writing community there is often a question of whether you are one of two types of writer; a Plotter or a Pantser. Both are self-explanatory. The Plotter – Spends a significant amount of time planning before writing anything that can truly be considered “the story.” Instead, they lay groundwork first. Usually a Plotter […]
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So we have survived another year. What will 2010 be remembered for? Recessions? Job Loss? History will one day tell us, but I don’t think we need to wait to say people are eager to leave 2010 behind and greet the new year. With New Year’s eve comes the inevitable question of a resolution. What
I love Neil Gaiman 🙂 Saw this on Ain’t It Cool News and had to share. 39 Degrees North: Christmas Card 2010 from 39 Degrees North on Vimeo.
One of the wonderful people I follow on Twitter is Madeleine Rex. She’s 15, has completed first drafts of two novels and is an accomplished book reviewer. Yeah, she makes me humble. Anyway, she posted this on her website, Wordbird, and challenged others to take a stab at it. So here’s my go. She got
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There comes a time in a blogger’s life when s/he must ask that essential, universal, question; Why am I here? No, not so much in the existential way, rather the concrete why bother to have a blog and if I do bother, what will it contain, kind of way. So here I’ve been, asking the
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And now for a little desk inspiration for you Mecha fanatics. Revoltech is a series of figures made by Kaiyodo of Japan. What makes the figures stand out is their large amount of articulation, and usually a large assortment of accessories. The figure you see above is number 101. You can see a full list
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So the excellent toy site Tomopop has some leaked images of toys from the new Transformers movie, Dark of the Moon. I’m liking the cloak vibe on, what I’m guessing is, Megatron. Not sure how I feel about him being some sort of tanker truck. Long-time fans of Transformers would know that Megatron has been
