Scalzi’s thread about what you need to give up to write (spoiler: screwing around watching TV and stuff all the time) got invaded by someone who is either a total emokid or a troll indistinguishable from one, blathering about how one must Suffer in order to create Art. Naturally we all made like he was [...]
Tagged Books, ow, WritingI would have read it eventually since it’s by China Miéville, but since Bryan recommended it I moved it up the stack – even though I was a little concerned it would be even more baroque than The Iron Council. Miéville, darn him and his talent, has written a police procedural, set in a city [...]
Tagged Books, China Miéville, science fiction, SF/F(Yes, I know I traditionally do reviews and media blogging on Sunday, but I was so darn busy cleaning and fixing up the house yesterday that Samwise actually stopped me to ask “You’re not about to go into labor, right?”) This game was brought to my attention by Betsy, Hottest IT Attorney in Los Angeles. [...]
Tagged dogs in the vineyard, Gaming, Westerns