A Light Through the Darkness

Yay! It's Friday! I have a $50 gift certificate to buy beads (drool, drool, drool) that I am finally going to use tonight! And then, I head home and play WoW before writing. Yes, I am. So there. (BTW, the expansion so you can play the Dranaei? Totally too cool for words)

I am HOPING it's quiet today at work - I want to start messing with a short story. I have a weird concept that I want to see what I can do with. And no, I'm not saying any more until I figure it out more.

Also, jmeadows? Yeah, thanks for the link to The Hero Machine, as I believe I know what will suck me in today. Especially since I have a character rollbook here (and can fake dice, if I need to).

That reminds me - need to find a random number generator online so I don't need to bring dice to work...

More later.

Iceland testing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars

This is very cool. I completely want one.

Two, actually. One is the pictures of the kittens:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/captain_hobbes/slideshow?.dir=/a50b&.src=ph

The other is a VERY, VERY informative website/podcast that I would like to pass on to anyone and everyone who is either an already-published writer looking for guidance on how to market the darn thing, or someone who's looking to get into the "glamourous" field of writing. (Yes, I put that in quotes on purpose)

Check this link out:

http://teemorris.com/blog/

I've just finished listening to the latest podcast by Tee, during which he talks about the administrative part of being an author. Now, while I joke that I need a secretary (and yes, I'm still accepting applications), the truth is that administrative stuff can soak up a LOT of your writing time.

Now, while Tee is a bit (okay, more than a bit) of a techie-geek and loves to put all sorts of sound effects and stuff in his podcast, it's a good resource for anyone looking to see what a working writer does. I highly recommend it (and his drill sargent is HYSTERICAL!).

Okay, back to work. Check it out.