May 2010

J Katrin's picture

While hunting for wood to feed my ever-hungry campfire, I took a trail not marked on any of the maps.

Even here, the signs of man were unmistakable. Broken glass, empty cans, scorched circles of rock marked the passage of careless humanity.

Yet as I walked, the scars became less,...

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FinnFinn

We picked...

Crowe's picture

(I'm in travel reminiscence mode at the moment for some reason)

We camped at Onion Creek, among cypress trees just down from the falls. While we put up our tent, the five lads on the site next to ours battled with theirs. They acted like they knew what they were doing, all the while...

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New blog post at Impopular Culture, this time featuring rantings on Tom Knox, king Ragnvald the Small-headed, Terry Pratchett, Swedish medieval law, and apes who tell stories. (Hey, you didn't think I was going to give it all away in this...

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'I'm having a good time... but I want to come home...'

So said the words on the postcard that dropped through my letter box this morning. The postcard was from Bear and clearly it was a cry for help. I read it through again slowly.

'Hi Mum and Vicci,' she began and I could easily...

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When I was small, my father used to travel on business from time to time. On his return, he would always bring back as a gift a small doll dressed in the national costume of the country he had visited. Now my Dad worked for ICI, not Warner Brothers, so his trips were confined to countries which...

worldper's picture

What’s the Point?

Does humor have to be original to be funny? Does it have to witty, cute, slapstick, or subtle? Does it have to be in English? (That helps in this country since I never did understand French cartoons.) Anyway, I have to say no to all those things. Humor simply has to...

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I am a reluctant blogger. Anyone who has ever clicked my link to CindyLou to You know I haven't updated in months. Months, bordering on a year, months. So what brings me out tonight? I'll tell you. The Query. You know the one. You have The Project. You know The Agent. It's a match made in heaven...

Donna's picture

Which monarch is championing libel reform? Which publishers are killing endangered trees to make books? What does Facebook do to dissenters? Which writer is claiming Heroes stole the last season from their comic book? The headlines, plus more of the latest writing and publishing news are in...