Daily Archives: Saturday, 15 December 2007
Uncommon Careers
I’ve been thinking a lot that characters in fiction either have very high-profile or very low-profile careers, and they’re generally pretty generic, so that if they need to plausibly have a lot (or very little) of money, the author can arrange that. You see lawyers, for example, but do you ever see a mesothelioma lawyer … Continue reading
Basking
It’s been cold today here in the DFW metroplex, and while our winters are nothing compared to winter in places like Minnesota and Ohio, for us it’s been a brutal day, made worse by wicked wind. I do not usually have a problem with cold weather, so long as I can be home, wrapped in … Continue reading
Reading Matters: Location
It’s weird. I like to write in cafes, where I am energized by the steaming, frothing and whirring of the espresso machines, the cheerful banter between employees, and the half-heard conversations from other patrons, but I don’t particularly like to read in cafes. My favorite place to read is in bed, followed by the bathroom … Continue reading
Wanted: A Local Bookstore
Could someone tell the local real estate franchise folks that we need to update the shopping in Grand Prairie? I mean, we have a lovely Target in the same shopping center as Home Depot and Starbucks, but it’s really lacking a bookstore. Oh, I know, there’s a Borders and a Barnes and Nobel just up … Continue reading
