December 17, 2002
by Julie • About Creativity, Media Musings
Specifically, Tolkien. Over the last year, there have been dozens of articles and op-ed pieces about the role of women in Tolkien’s work. Or rather, the lack of role. I don’t care. I love the books, I love the movies, I love the artwork (well, some of the artwork. The Hildebrant brothers don’t do much [...]
December 2, 2002
by Julie • About Creativity
Lately, various people have commented to me that it’s odd that someone who is very creative would also be a, well, “techie”. I never saw much odd with getting to know the innards of my computer (and hey, look – it’s another marketable skill!) while at the same time using it to create art, but [...]
October 3, 2002
by Julie • About Creativity, Grumbles
Now we have NJ’s poet laureate being asked to step down because he implied in a poem that US and Israeli leaders had foreknowledge of the WTC attacks. Wow. A poem…. a freaking poem people… and there are elected officials demanding he resign. He’s being branded a liar and a perpetuator of lies. Instead of [...]
September 16, 2002
by Julie • About Creativity
Locus Online has a nice article on Horror writing and why it’s so hard to take most of it serously. Not only do I agree, but with the changing of a few words, it would be equally applicable to the SF/fantasy niche. “Most normal readers – in the real world – saw horror as a [...]
August 13, 2002
by Julie • About Creativity
I want a tote bag. Actually, I really need one. my current bag of choice is an army surplus knapsack that is literally older than me. My mom used it when she went to college, and handed it down to me sometime in my early teens. It’s been with me everywhere, and I’ve mended, patched [...]