Programmer, Writer, Mom
Posted in Writing/Reading on Sep 13th, 2009
I have several posts here about writers like or not like Janet Evanovich, the author whose style I would like to emulate. I realize saying I like an author is much like saying I like the color blue; its ambiguous and could mean anything. So I thought I would write down exactly why I like [...]
Posted in Tech on Sep 10th, 2009
I use a BlackBerry Curve and I love having a smart phone: take notes, all my contacts, calendar, and email, twitter, facebook, google reader, google news, browser. Most of my friends that have smart phones, have IPhones. The rest of my friends have mobile phones that just phone or text. I also use Firefox (plug-ins [...]
Posted in Writing/Reading on Sep 3rd, 2009
Since I haven’t asked this author for permission to use the information and there is a likelihood I may get some information wrong, I am not naming the author. It was a fascinating meeting mostly focusing on the business side of writing: agents, publishers, editors, leeway for creative control. These notes are for my own [...]