Seressia December 27th, 2006
I stop by your shop because it’s on the way home. Very convenient, and somewhat healthier than Mickey D’s. There’s just one thing I’d like to suggest for future visits by me or any other eater of sub sandwiches:
Learn how to make a sandwich.
Is it too much to have the mayo go on the bread first? Then the cheese, then the meat? I’d even be all right with the meat going on, then the cheese. But please don’t put my mayo on last, and certainly do not put a line of mayo at the top of one side of the bread. I mean really–not touching anything, not even all the veggie toppings I had you add. Just a thick line of mayo at the very top of the bread. Who makes a sandwich like that?
Thanks so much.
Seressia December 26th, 2006
“Let’s face it, writing is hell.”
-William Styron (b. 1925), U.S. novelist. Interview in Writers at Work, First Series, ed. Malcolm Cowley (1958).
Writing, Styron said in the same interview, is a “fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats … for jittery people.”
Really, does anything more need to be said? When deadlines are bearing down, reviews aren’t thrilling, and a reader emails you to tell you page for page how wimpy your heroine is, writing sure doesn’t seem like it’s a walk in the park. (Not that any of the preceeding EVER happened to me.)
There are days, however, when it seems a lot easier to just keep plugging away at the day job than it is to attempt the breakthrough book. Thank the Universe those moments never last for long, and my Muse puts on her dominatrix outfit and kicks me in my creative nads.
May your 2006 end in love and happiness and may your 2007 bring more of the same!
Seressia December 11th, 2006
Amazon.com: Locker Room Nudes / Dieux du Stade: The French National Rugby Team: Books: Francois Rousseau
Friends, I have seen heaven, and the angels are members of the French Rugby Team.
Thanks Jackie Hamilton, the “J” of J.M. Jeffries, for hooking me up with this one. She allowed me to peruse her copy of this book, showing members of the French national rugbu team in their altogether altogether. If I didn’t agree to all the conventions and conferences that I have next year, I think I would have book a flight to gay Paris. Anyone want a green card?
Ask for this calendar or the book or the DVD to stuff your stockings, ladies. You will NOT be disappointed.
Seressia December 8th, 2006
Why Book Industry Sees the World Split Still by Race - WSJ.com
I’m parking this for now until I can think more about it. I do have some opinions on this, but then, I’m sure most of us do, right?
Seressia December 5th, 2006
For your viewing pleasure…
A friend and I were discussing shows that we liked that were cancelled or we lost track of. It got us to thinking, and we came up with a great idea.
The Closure Channel.
Some TV people should get together and create a cable network called The Closure Channel. They could then do mini-series or TV movies that wrap up all the series that were cancelled. Of course, for the most part, it would be all the great scifi shows that got the ax.
Think about it. We’d discover John Doe’s name. We’d find out if that kid from Surface became the king of all the Loch Ness Electrified Monsters. We’d find out if the reporter died or had an alien baby on Invasion. Did the Hulk ever kill the swarmy reporter dude?
So, what canceled show would you like to see on The Closure Channel?