There’s been this huge to-do around many of the geeky girl, feminist, and geeky girl feminists blogs this week about an interesting statement coming out of Warner Brothers. Apparently, one of the higher-ups came out and said Warner Brothers would not be making any more action movies where the lead character was female. (If I […]
When I was in high school, we had this game on the computers in the computer lab that was sort of like Tetris, except instead of building towers of blocks, you sorted recycling and trash. Something would float in from the left, and you had to sort it into the correct bin (trash, glass, plastic, […]
I’ve been on a real crayon kick lately. I keep talking about them at work. Someone pointed me to a list of retired and lost crayon colors that included where they were in the crayon universe. (That was actually a lot of fun. I remembered a lot of the colors from my childhood.)
More interesting than […]
In light of recent events, I’m compelled to think of a comic I’ve seen around work. The comic features a teacher talking to a couple of parents, and she says something to the effect of her classroom develops children’s self-esteem while doing absolutely nothing to prepare them for the real world.
Most of us just politely […]
I’ve been following a story on the Writer’s Weekly site about freelancing for friends. At first, I was pretty upset at the author. He came across as someone who is an utter jerk when his friends and family ask him to do a job for them for free. He emphasized rather proudly that he charges […]
I’ve been reading a lot of agents’ blogs lately. Not because I’ve suddenly changed my mind and decided to go the traditional publishing route, but because they’re interesting to read.
One thing I’ve noticed, though, is that in each case, the agent is asked (repeatedly…learn to search a site, people) if anyone in the editing business […]
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.
This really goes hand in hand with my rant last week on living in this instant gratification world. Masters aren’t created overnight. Success is not going to fall in your lap while you sit around watching reality television. A publisher is not going to want to […]
I apologize for the site’s instability over the past week. Apparently, the server that this site is hosted on did some funky things, and my host didn’t catch it until this weekend. I have now restored the three entries you missed if you only read the site itself. (Hint: Please subscribe to the feed. Even […]
I don’t think it’s widely known, but I happen to enjoy sci-fi racing stories. One of my favorite cartoons currently running (except for the fact it’s between seasons at the moment) is IGPX, which features mecha racing. I really enjoyed FX (the game. I didn’t have the opportunity to check out the cartoon until right […]
Last weekend, I sat down with a coworker who is writing her admissions essay for one of UW’s undergraduate programs. She had a simple question about how her cultural background (she is Vietnamese) affected her upbringing. She was bouncing ideas off me, and it was really incredible to hear what all she had been thorugh […]
