So last night I settled in to watch the premier of The Vampire Diaries on CW. I had my tea at hand, Myra McEntire (who was lucky enough to see the pilot like 6 weeks ago) on GoogleTalk to compare notes and impressions, and my attention was rapt. For...

I have a…well I hesitate to call it a flaw exactly, but I have a consistent kind of problem with my stories that is a direct result of my method of thinking about the story.  Whereas my crit partner tends to think about things from the end and works...

On the subject of ereaders I have been something of a luddite.  I like my dead tree books, darn it.  I like the smell.  I like turning pages.  And I like that I can pick one up for under $4 at my favorite used bookstore, which is a far cry from...

The last few weeks have not seen a great deal of progress on my novella (despite the fact that metaphorical academic asses were kicked in terms of prepwork for the class I’m teaching next semester).  I feel like I’ve been sitting at Chapter 7...

Seriously, I have got to stop being surprised by students.  There is no end to the stupidity they can come up with.  Yesterday I posted final grades for the semester in my abnormal psych class (one of the classes I teach at the “big, real, full, 4...

No, that’s not a typo.  I’m my only troop.  But like any good general, I’m sitting down today to make A Plan of everything that needs to be accomplished between now and the start of class on January 6th.  This involves making a super long, uber...