The Versatile Blogger Award
I got an award for my blog, yay! Karen gave it to me, thanks! Now I'm supposed to mention the one who gave me the award (done), say seven things you probably didn't know about me, and award five other...
View ArticleThe Things I've Learned from CastleVille
For those of you who don't who've never heard of CastleVille, it's a game by Zynga, played on Facebook (or at least I play it on Facebook, on the account made solely for playing games, not the one you...
View ArticlePut It Away, Will Ya?
Remove those darn animations if you want me to read it!I've been looking through some blogs, and it's probably just my bad luck, but several blogs in a row had one of the most additions...
View Article"I Write For Love, Not For Money!"
The title sentence is one I hear from time to time, and seriously dislike it.For one thing, it implies that it's impossible to love writing and still want to get paid for your work.For the other, it...
View ArticleAn Excerpt From a Future WiP
I can't exactly call it a WiP, because it would indicate the book in progress, and I haven't started writing it yet. But this humorous piece can give you some taste of what my non-fiction book about...
View ArticleTranslating Untcigahunk by Rick Hautala
Translating Untcigahunk and enjoying it!I've recently read, and am currently translating, Untcigahunk: The Complete Little Brothers by Rick Hautala. The book consists of the horror novel Little...
View ArticleWinter Wonderland -- with Pics!
The snow has been falling for a few days now; needless to say, it tends to make things difficult, especially if you actually have to go somewhere (say, to work, or to pay bills, or to purchase...
View ArticleIt's Monday, Relax!
Monday can seem busy after a weekend, and therefore stressful. So, here are two songs which I truly enjoy -- the music is relaxing and the videos are nice to watch.And here's one that makes me laugh...
View ArticleDoing Laundry, Getting Character Ideas, and Other Monday Ramblings
Need... More... Coffee...SO fixed the washing machine last night (it broke last Monday), so I managed to do the laundry this morning. The only reason I mention this is because, while the machine was...
View ArticleChimney Cake!
Sometime last year, a fellow writer Oto Oltvanji recommended chimney cake on his Facebook status. Last Thursday, I managed to try one (two, actually, but more about that later), and I can recommend it...
View Article"We Vegetarians"
They are all kittens, but they're not all same.You could easily change the vegetarians from the title with any other word, as in, we the waffle-lovers enjoy this, we the pie-eaters love that, to stick...
View ArticleHow Do You Find Me?
Coffee and cats, that's what people seem to like.Just a quick one, since I'm supposed to work.From time to time, I check out the stats of my blog, and also the keywords readers used to find me. The...
View ArticleSomething New
Would you like to buy this book?I believe that new experiences are very important for us. They’re important for us as human beings who wish to keep growing as such, and they’re crucial for writers – if...
View ArticleWho Likes to Travel?
Who can resist seawater?I know, I know, I've been a bad blogger, neglecting this blog for a while. And I had the intention to write about a lot of things, so I guess I'll start at a random point - my...
View ArticleCleaning Out Our TARDIS Closets
Sadly, we found no cats in our closets.Have you ever noticed how a closet is bigger on the inside than on the outside, just like a TARDIS?That is, if you're trying to clean it up; otherwise, there's...
View ArticleBack to Work
I didn't expect this...I didn't expect this.What I expected was to go to Croatia and visit my family, and then to get back home, and back to work. But it turned out that SO got a vacation just when I...
View ArticleFlash Fiction Challenge: The Bone Cathedral
Blame it on Chuck Wendig and his flash fiction challenge!Fine. Don't blame him, he just gave me the idea -- and if you wish to blame someone, blame me for clumsy writing.Anyway, you can read about the...
View ArticleMonday Fun: The Holy Sinner by Thomas Mann
*giggles*One of the books I’ve recently read was The Holy Sinner by Thomas Mann. I kept giggling while reading it, or at least thinking of giggling.Now, this is not a review. It’s more my impressions,...
View ArticleKeep the Introduction Short, Please
Recently I’ve read a book which I’m not going to name here, because the problem I’ll talk about does not appear in this one book only. And the problem is: the introduction was way too long and way too...
View ArticleStill Looking For Coffee Cats, I Guess
Listen to the zen kitty.Every once in a while, I check out what keywords people used and ended up here. I wrote about the results here -- basically, people look for coffee&cats and find me.So,...
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