Can’t…Stop…Laughing

Maybe I’m just over-tired, but… aaaaaaahahahahahaahhaahah
http://failblog.org/2009/05/20/attempted-murder-fail/

Adventures in Publishing

We (Lyrical) had something happen this week I think it’s worth sharing with authors, a sort of “please never do this” caveat.
First, let me repeat for the umpteenth time that publishing is a business. A contract for publication is a legal document that holds both the publishing house AND THE AUTHOR to very specific obligations.
Once you [...]

Adventures in Computing

Here’s a little tip from the newly educated…
If you’re running Vista, and especially if you’re using Windows Live One Care, and your hard drive’s getting full? Run, do not walk, to the nearest Clean Disk utility. Let it run, then click the More tab.
Delete your old restore points.
150 GB (yes, that’s GIGABYTES, not megabytes) gone, [...]

The Evil That Editors Do

So we had this idea to do Twitter pitches for Allure, Elements and Vintage…
140 words for a pitch.
The writer in me just shrivelled up and died, but the editor? She really, really loves this plan. Except for that whole part where Twitter is like crack, and I’m afraid to even sign in lest I get [...]

Oh NOOO

Only three days of school left, which makes this extra funny.

Dangit, Hulu

One of life’s little mysteries… Why does this make me laugh my head off, even after I’ve seen it 40 times?

Yowza

Remember that whole thing a couple weeks ago about the pickled rhinocerous snot? Well, late last week, that flu’s big brother arrived, seeking revenge. We lost the fight in a most spectacular fashion. I’m still not 100% yet and trying to get caught back up, so the blog got put on the backburner (again).
In other [...]

Anniversary Presents

An invite from the resident headless chicken…
Want free ebooks and other prizes?
Lyrical Press Group 
Lyrical Press Blog

Better Late Than Never

I gather the decision whether to renew Dollhouse comes tomorrow (Tuesday), and as a  displaced Browncoat, I’m holding out little faith (no pun intended).
I gotta admit that Joss didn’t have me on board with the first few episodes. As happened with Firefly, I thought both the network and Joss pooped up the lore build airing [...]

We Need To Talk

At our editorial staff meeting earlier tonight, we had a question come up that raised quite a few hackles. It concerns a response we hear too often from authors during edits and, when paired with a related problem, strikes at the heart of why some writers click and others struggle.
Here’s the refrain we hear too [...]