http://scififantasywriter.today.com formerly The Lina Lamont Fan Club Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:45:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since I have accepted my identity as a glorious failure as a writer, perhaps it's about time I've pursued writing ideas to go with that identity.  And one idea that has captivated me for YEARS has been the idea for a sequel to one of my favorite novels, Gone With ... http://scififantasywriter.today.com/2009/04/13/gone-with-the-wind-part-deux-melanies-vengeance/ Failure in life is something I am well-acquainted with. Sometimes failure makes me cringe with embarrassment, sometimes I don't much care. But failure in writing is something I do care about, and I've noticed that I'm trying to hide it. I try not to mention the number of years I've been ... http://scififantasywriter.today.com/2009/04/12/embracing-my-identity-as-a-failed-writer/ My mother has recently mailed a teabag to Obama.  I believe it was Constant Comment, or perhaps an Earl Grey.  It's not that she wants Mr. O. to sit down and have a nice cuppa. It's that for some reason she's upset over the massive spending orgy Obama and his ... http://scififantasywriter.today.com/2009/04/11/teabags-for-obama-but-kittens-for-the-pope/ As promised, today I am going to write about a topic dear to many hearts--- buttockless chickens, better known as Araucana chickens--- and how I got some. The Araucana chicken is descended from a couple of South American chicken breeds known for laying blue eggs. None of these original chicken breeds ... http://scififantasywriter.today.com/2009/04/10/the-buttockless-chicken-post/ This is why people with autism probably shouldn't blog. I got a comment on my blog from a Mr. Cyde Weys (I'll bet he was teased a lot in school--- Cyde Weys/Side Ways, get it?)  Said comment was as follows: Wikipedia, the “Liberal Encyclopedia”? Way to trash your credibility before even getting ... http://scififantasywriter.today.com/2009/04/07/wikipedia-the-liberal-encyclopedia-and-other-autistic-miscommunications/ One controversial issue about the writing life is this--- is the dreaded ailment writer's block a real condition, or is it just an excuse for the writer who has become lazy or has run out of things to say. And can an unpublished writer get writer's block? To delve into this ... http://scififantasywriter.today.com/2009/03/27/is-writers-block-real/ The Russians are coming! And they are spamming the hell out of my comments. I've generated twenty spam comments since yesterday, nearly all with .ru endings. Typically these spam comments are long lists of links. Several of the links promise things like big boobs or lesbian porn--- which I'd be willing ... http://scififantasywriter.today.com/2009/03/24/dan-rather-nude/ Recently I did an Ask.com search on the concept of Internet begging. I'd heard a news story in which this concept was mentioned. In the stories I found they said that the poor people who used to panhandle you on the street were now able to do the same thing on ... http://scififantasywriter.today.com/2009/03/23/defining-internet-begging/ One of the things I do far too often is play computer games. When I get seriously hooked on one I can spend hours on it and end up sore from sitting so long at the computer.  Lately my obsession has been a computer game called Totem Tribe. I found it ... http://scififantasywriter.today.com/2009/02/28/seriously-addicted-to-totem-tribe/ Being rather insecure about my writing (and everything else) I'm always very interested in descriptions of the writing process--- how real authors went from that first glimmer of an idea to a finished novel. I had the idea to document one of my own writing ideas from that first glimmer ... http://scififantasywriter.today.com/2009/02/27/princess-kitty-and-where-writing-ideas-come-from/