I currently have about 15 browser tabs open, as well as a graphics program. That's because my entertainment is right here in front of me .. usually in words of some sort, sometimes in games, often in pictures or video. Those little tabs are like train tracks departing my desktop station ... and they've taken me places today I've never dreamed.
Here's what my day has been like:
I started out opening my mail to find that I had correspondence from Andrew Wheeler, the blogger behind Antik Musings, in response to an email I'd written him. I won't go into the details of the mails, as most can be surmised by reading the column that my mail inspired, What Makes a Good Review. From his page and linkbacks in comments, I discovered other sites that have since been bookmarked; so many bookmarks that I just took about five minutes to reorganize and categorize them. (Can't be having bookmarks get out of hand and underfoot, but never there when you need them.)
In searching through the sites, I came upon this one from T.N. Tobias where authors discuss the need for likability in characters. I brazenly huffed, in my review of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books, that books were supposed to "give me characters I can care about, despise or be intrigued with." The TN Tobias post and subsequent viewpoints in commentary often concerned a more literary view of what the character does in order to make the story come alive, not necessarily so much for its own sake. So now I wonder if I have a naive view of what it takes to make a good story. Am I still pre-programmed to the happy ending and redeemable characters? I think I need to know more before I blithely abandon my feelings about characters and what I expect from authors. So my search to educate myself took me to farther pit stops on the internet, one that has been enlightening and delightful, if not always strictly on topic. A note here .. I'm pretty sure that I'd make a horrible research assistant .. shiny things distract me.
So without further pre-amble, in no specified order, are things that caught my attention today.
Works of art created on Styrofoam cups. Cheeming Boey is the cartoonist.
The site of Jan Chipchase, whose office is literally the world. "Today's Office" can be seen at Future Perfect. When you click on the link on Mr. Chipchase's name, you'll find an interesting article on the Warren Ellis site that propelled me toward Future Perfect.
The Worlds Without End site where I played with the wallpapers behind their logo. Shiny thing ... 'nuff said.
The King of Elfland's Second Cousin, which might actually teach me more about writing ...
An article about surprise scupltures appearing in different Scotland literary locales. Please read the article .. its amazing.
The sculptor (wordsmith might be a more correct turn of phrase) is still unknown, but is speculated to be Su Blackwell.
Not sure of the song, but the imagery is amazing.
Here's what my day has been like:
I started out opening my mail to find that I had correspondence from Andrew Wheeler, the blogger behind Antik Musings, in response to an email I'd written him. I won't go into the details of the mails, as most can be surmised by reading the column that my mail inspired, What Makes a Good Review. From his page and linkbacks in comments, I discovered other sites that have since been bookmarked; so many bookmarks that I just took about five minutes to reorganize and categorize them. (Can't be having bookmarks get out of hand and underfoot, but never there when you need them.)
In searching through the sites, I came upon this one from T.N. Tobias where authors discuss the need for likability in characters. I brazenly huffed, in my review of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books, that books were supposed to "give me characters I can care about, despise or be intrigued with." The TN Tobias post and subsequent viewpoints in commentary often concerned a more literary view of what the character does in order to make the story come alive, not necessarily so much for its own sake. So now I wonder if I have a naive view of what it takes to make a good story. Am I still pre-programmed to the happy ending and redeemable characters? I think I need to know more before I blithely abandon my feelings about characters and what I expect from authors. So my search to educate myself took me to farther pit stops on the internet, one that has been enlightening and delightful, if not always strictly on topic. A note here .. I'm pretty sure that I'd make a horrible research assistant .. shiny things distract me.
So without further pre-amble, in no specified order, are things that caught my attention today.
Works of art created on Styrofoam cups. Cheeming Boey is the cartoonist.
The site of Jan Chipchase, whose office is literally the world. "Today's Office" can be seen at Future Perfect. When you click on the link on Mr. Chipchase's name, you'll find an interesting article on the Warren Ellis site that propelled me toward Future Perfect.
The Worlds Without End site where I played with the wallpapers behind their logo. Shiny thing ... 'nuff said.
The King of Elfland's Second Cousin, which might actually teach me more about writing ...
An article about surprise scupltures appearing in different Scotland literary locales. Please read the article .. its amazing.
The sculptor (wordsmith might be a more correct turn of phrase) is still unknown, but is speculated to be Su Blackwell.
Not sure of the song, but the imagery is amazing.
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