May 20, 2009
by Julie • Fandom
All three books are described as “A Modern Tale of Faerie”, and that’s what they are, putting faeries in prosaic locations like New Jersey and New York City — hardly the first or the last time it’s been done. They actually reminded me a lot of the Bedlam’s Bard series by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary [...]
May 13, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity
There comes a time in most everyone’s life where they realize that their idols are… less than idol-licious. These people that I had admired my entire New York existence ? they all disappointed me. I don’t understand how people can exist in such a dishonest way and still call themselves writers. (nymag) It usually looks [...]
May 8, 2009
Manager: BigBoss is putting even more pressure on us to complete the database project of doom. You need to work faster. I may get a metronome or whip for this very reason. Me: I will bean you in the head with a metronome and the idea of you with a whip skeeves me. I will [...]
May 2, 2009
by Julie • Anything Else
It’s a lovely day out and I will not spend the whole thing working on paintings. Really. I shouldn’t have even opened the damn file but the shadows need more work before I can even think about adding more background texture, not to mention the book-in-progress that I haven’t worked on in a week and [...]