Posted in Writing, Reading on Dec 31st, 2006 1 Comment »
Well, my English dSO sent me this article from The Observer today about a machine that can hold 2.5 million books — and print them — for about a penny per page.
Is it the death of royalty-based book selling? I dunno. The dSO and I have been arguing for years now about whether royalties are […]
Posted in Reading on Aug 11th, 2006 1 Comment »
Maybe it’s just me, but I dearly hate to be enjoying a romance or romantic suspense novel and then run across what is clearly false information about computers or programming.
Take, for instance, Dan Brown’s DIGITAL FORTRESS. (Okay, it’s not romance, but it’s the example that irks me most.) Premise: A genius has created an unbreakable […]
Posted in Writing, Reading on Mar 31st, 2006 3 Comments »
As some of you know, one of my jobs is hosting web sites. I recently took on a client, Marisa Saunders, who had a unique idea for getting her work out to the public: She makes intriguing, high-quality stories available for free on her web site, all written in snippets that you can read in […]
Posted in Reading on Nov 12th, 2005 5 Comments »
Every time I see yet another version of a Jane Austen novel hit the small or big screen, part of me can’t wait to hit the theater (or armchair) and part of me cringes. Austen’s subtleties, her wonderful wit, her tart but gentle observations — how can any motion picture hope to bring these to […]
Posted in Reading on Nov 5th, 2005 2 Comments »
…that the reason no romance novel cover model has chest hair is because it’s too hard to draw?
Do you know any naturally smooth-chested men? (I know one. Every other guy has a smattering or looks vaguely bearish.)
Those hairy guys aren’t less sexy. And I know that hair obscures muscle tone in bodybuilding competition. But jeepers, […]