I don’t usually review movies, and this isn’t so much a review as a cautionary tale about how the most brilliant idea can be destroyed by a lack of good worldbuilding and attention to detail. I’m talking, of course, about the movie In Time. Brilliant idea, here’s the blurb: In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are… Read More
I have no art education, couldn’t tell a Matisse from a Van Gogh, but I know what I like. I am a “reader” in the art world. I believe that art is a tremendously personal experience. Someone once told me that the only thing I needed to know about art was how it made me feel. Being a logical Vulcan-type… Read More
E-books and self-publishing are upending the publishing world. Don’t take my word for it – Friday’s WSJ article sums it up nicely. With Kindles sales increasing four-fold on Black Friday this year, I’ve seen estimates of the 8 million Kindles currently in use jumping to 25 million after Christmas (Amazon doesn’t release its numbers). With $79 Kindles and $99 Nooks,… Read More
Looking to stock up some reading material for the holidays? (I’ve been cramming my nook full of new titles in anticipation of some reading time, once my current draft is finished.) Two Indie friends have books releasing today: Fellow Indelibles author Lisa Nowak is releasing her contemporary boy-POV novel Getting Sideways, the sequel to Running Wide Open. It’s a great… Read More
I’m a geek (of the science and Star Trek varieties). My husband is a geek (of the engineering and model rocket flavor). We’ve spawned three miniature geeks (small, medium, and large). Even though I now consider myself a WORD NERD, we still have a lot of geek gifts of Christmases-past in our house, including barometric pressure gages, enough rocketry explosives… Read More
Have a writer on your Christmas list? Or are your family and friends always wondering what to get you, besides secluded time to write and a new notebook (paper or electronic)? Here’s some ideas to put on your list or pass along for your favorite writerly friends. Moleskin Covers for Your iPad! From Roger Parker’s post on Best Gifts for… Read More