Author: deborahb
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Lines on the page, in the sand
So. I’ve thinking about editing again. Or maybe still. And my thoughts have turned to ownership. Ownership’s a big deal for me, so I’m guessing it’s the same for a lot of writers. And though my experiences with editing have been mostly pretty darn positive, I’m gonna stretch this basket to include all feedback. Feedback…
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Just another trip home
I’ve gotta stop looking at homeless people. The other evening I got caught up in gazing at a homeless guy with a long, pointed face and thick, dark dreadlocked hair all sticking out over his head, like Medusa’s sleeping snakes. He had olive skin and a bedraggled beard, and he was rugged up in a…
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This & this
It’s been brought to my attention (hiya Ellen!) that if you’re using the Back & Next buttons to read posts on this blog, you will occasionally be told the upcoming post is protected & therefore unavailable until you log into LJ. Which, obviously, not everyone in the world can do. I just wanted to assure…
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Where my thoughts are
Via nihilistic_kid, this excellent comment by Jordan Flaherty of Left Turn (for anyone who’s missed it). Via lafinjack, US govt to hire 3 luxury cruisers from a company called Carnival as temporary accommodation for homeless for a period of six months. I guess there’s a logic to it: when the world becomes a floating world,…
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Except my name isn’t Herb
gapingvoidtest‘s cartoon here. (And every time I read the name of that feed, naturally I want to say, ‘the test is working, guys’…)
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Where to?
If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else. — Alfred Adler (1870-1937), Austrian psychiatrist
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Just sayin’
Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. — Anthony J. D’Angelo