Author: deborahb
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I haven’t seen a news report in a week, no wonder I’m in a good mood
Back from Swancon & — as Bill Bailey would say — “hilarity ensued”. Having left little Monkey-Dog, the cat, in the care of house-sitters (really cat-sitters, but I don’t want to hurt her feelings by saying that out loud), I have come home to discover Monkey has crucial information she wishes to impart. Sadly, she…
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Swancon 05
Tomorrow I will be jetting off to sunny Perth for the 30th annual Swancon (Swancon XXX). I’m not one of those net cafe kinda people, so it’s unlikely I’ll have any kind of electronic life over the next week. My apologies for this interruption to your schedules ;). Possibly I’ll return with some stories of…
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Writing & swimming & singing & more
“When Anthony feels his own reason to stay, it is like swimming. And it is the rhythm of the swimming itself, not how far it takes him, that gives him certainty.” — Charlotte Wood, The Submerged Cathedral OK, not, ostensibly, a quote about writing, but it works that way for me. Also, it reminds me…
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Bury my heart … er… with the rest of me
Andre Norton wanted to be cremated with her first & last books. http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/03/17/obit.norton.ap/index.html How weird & delightfully creepy. When I go, I’d like to be buried with four of my closest friends. You guys don’t mind, right? Also, Norton was 93 & they had to rush her last book off the press so she could…
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Wanted: One house in the country
I have decided the cause of all my problems — and I mean all of them — is that I am chronically not-a-morning-person. Also, if you would like a list of Russian names, you can go here and here. The internet is excellent. That is all.
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Stephen Fry envies me
Oh, yeah, he envies me all right! Funny thing is, I envy him. “I don’t take another job. I don’t do anything. I go up to my house in the country and pull out all the plugs, virtually. I just do it nonstop until I’m finished. I envy writers who can write on planes and…
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An exceptionally pleasant event
I’m very pleased to say Ticonderoga Online is back. I’m pleased because it’s a classy zine with a fine editorial staff and already, at only Issue # 3, a growing reputation for excellence. I’m pleased because it’s an Australian venue that doesn’t commence with a vowel. AND I’m pleased, because they asked if they could…
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The internet keeps getting cooler
I have just followed Seth Godin’s advice & now I feel like a god: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/03/watching_the_bl.html So I built a few Technorati watchlist items and I created myself a bloglines account & now I can stay up-to-date with everything that’s going on in the world, including all my buddies’ blogs — even those of you not…
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Funny Ha Ha
Having seen The Goodies at Sydney’s State Theatre, I can pretty much report that they are exactly what they were: funny. Risque, not entirely PC, relaxed, charming & well, funny. And yeah, a little older, but it doesn’t seem to have slowed them down too much. OK, Tim Brooke-Taylor didn’t have any moments of hysterical…