Archive for the 'Books & Writing' Category

Reading and Writing in the Blogosphere

I used to want to be a writer. I used to want to be a lot of things along the way in my 40 years of being on the planet. Let’s review those things:

A ballerina
An equestrian
An accountant
A writer (newspaper, magazine)
A musician
A caterer
A music librarian
A music transcriber (electronically)
A computer geek (for lack of a better term)
Creator [...]

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Outlander Series

So I just finished reading A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, and as she hasn’t completed the next book in the series, and I haven’t started reading her Lord John series, I am pondering actors for the characters. Mind you, I don’t really want the books turned into a mini-series or a [...]

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Time Travel

I am such a geek about time travel and other sci-fi spacey-wacey, timey-wimey things. I am a huge fan of Doctor Who, the Torchwood spinoff, and (to a lesser extent) the Sarah Jane Adventures. I have gotten the munchkin hooked on them as well, heeheehee. AND I have been an avid reader of the Diana [...]

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008