The Ikea variations →
I was playing around with my iPhone and ran a Michael Kenna Ikea photo through some apps. The above is one of the results, which I quite like. I’ve posted the others over on G+,…
We’re all shelf monkeys now →
I didn’t know whether to laugh or shudder reading Corey Redekop’s Shelf Monkey. So I did both.
The novel tells the tale of failed lawyer turned bookstore widget Thomas, who finds…
This isn’t what I wanted →
Today, the man beside me in the coffee shop was working on a PlayBook. I’d never seen one in the wild before, so I looked over his shoulder as he used it. Then he pulled out an iPhone to send an…
How’s the mileage? →
Stuck in traffic today, I looked around to see a man in the minivan in the next lane screaming soundlessly at me through our closed windows. I wasn’t sure what I had done, given we weren’t moving….
The book as zombie →
There are many endings when writing a novel. First, there is the ending of the book that you plan for and write towards. Then the there is the ending that happens when you get there and realize it isn’t quite the right place to end it. So a new search begins for the right ending. Because, for…
With apologies to James “Spider” Marks →
I just saw an interview on the news with a retired general named Spider.
Seriously?
General Spider….
General Spider: We must attack quickly!
Underling: Yes sir!
General Spider: And then…
Human nature →
I looked up at a passing jet today and imagined it falling from the sky. Then I realized I imagine that every time I look at a jet. Does anyone else do this?
No?
Just me?
Carry on then.
