by CJ | Aug 21, 2010 | Journal
When that happens, re writing, it’s useful to start over. Not completely over; but to do what writers call a ‘rolling rewrite’, going back to the start the book and editing forward in rapid motion. So the page count has started over, and will follow...
by CJ | Aug 19, 2010 | Journal
Jane’s close to having it done. She just brought it in to show me, on the computer. Like. Yes.
by CJ | Aug 19, 2010 | Journal
Jane’s close to having it done. She just brought it in to show me, on the computer. Like. Yes.
by CJ | Aug 19, 2010 | Journal
The fridge. Here’s a new word for your vocabulary. (No, it’s PG-rated.) The word is ‘saddle valve’, sometimes called a ‘tee-valve.’ This kind of valve is the quick way to tap a larger line for a trickle flow, say, of water. This...
by CJ | Aug 18, 2010 | Journal
…notify me by e-mail. A screenname that cannot be pronounced plus a registration from certain domains will get your account deleted by our security system—me. The generic domain .info is now on the radar as repeatedly producing this sort of spam-attempt...
by CJ | Aug 17, 2010 | Journal
We’re cooking everything we can. We have a tiny freezer and two ice-chests, so we’re putting things there. For our fridge think not of a fridge with a six-pack of beer and a half packet of weiners. Nay! A) I’m a food-hoarder when it comes to ice...
by CJ | Aug 17, 2010 | Journal
We’re cooking everything we can. We have a tiny freezer and two ice-chests, so we’re putting things there. For our fridge think not of a fridge with a six-pack of beer and a half packet of weiners. Nay! A) I’m a food-hoarder when it comes to ice...
by CJ | Aug 16, 2010 | Journal
What are some really good historicals you’ve read? Alltime favorites and new ones alike.
by CJ | Aug 16, 2010 | Journal
…I’ve limited the number of comments per display, so you will have older pages as 1, 2, etc. I hope this will help navigation. The old number before a new page was 50, so it was a long, long scroll!
by CJ | Aug 14, 2010 | Journal
carried aloft by unusual winds. Downwind ash warnings across Washington state. Apparently gale-force winds have lofted a plume of old ash from St. Helens, from the crater region. Neighboring towns are being warned, but not, as originally thought, a new eruption. The...
by CJ | Aug 14, 2010 | Journal
…Jane thinks she saw one of the Perseids, and her brother and I spotted 2 satellites and a high-flying airplane… Perfect temperatures, clear night by the pond, with the waterfall sound, and the memorial stone lantern lit. We sat out there all evening,...
by CJ | Aug 13, 2010 | Journal
Musings on hearing somebody with problems (on telly) bemoaning ‘the world we live in’ as a dark and terrible place… Actually, much brighter than it’s ever been. 1) We now have national borders that have one helpful use: they advise people where...