Monthly Archives: April 2007

This week’s Writer’s Five Time to get your Evil on – Questions for your WIP’s villain – Answering for the insectlike, mountain-dwelling Khroi who afflict Morlock (and vice versa) in an upcoming novella in Black Gate; I’m hoping they will … Continue reading →

(Poetry meme filched from eeknight.) If they told you I’m mad, then they lied.I’m odd, but it isn’t compulsive.I’m the triolet, bursting with pride;If they told you I’m mad, then they lied.No, it isn’t obsessive. Now hideAll the spoons or … Continue reading →

I like linguists and linguistics but a recent post at Language Log about the proposed California “Compassionate Choices Act” (AB 374) reminded me why linguists, like anyone else, need a smack with a wet fish every now and then. Geoff … Continue reading →

What is the “truth” about the “Titanic” (if that was its real name)? For more “truth” if you can “handle ‘it’” see the official website for the Titanic Truth Movement. (Glommed from eeknight‘s LiveJournal.)

This week’s Writer’s Five, answered for Morlock again. 1. Does your protagonist have a hobby? He makes things. But it’s more like a vocation than an avocation. 2. Does your protagonist have a best friend or a confidant of sorts, … Continue reading →