Once in a Blue Muse

Seriously, now - wasn't it kind of fun? A good...

2012-05-24T23:44:25.540-04:00

Seriously, now - wasn't it kind of fun? A good exercise for thinking outside the box ( what box? Where? I didn't see any box!).
You did beautifully with the letter "J", chickadee!
And as the person who assigned you your letter, I claim "no tag back" -no letter for me!!!

Awesome, Lisa - I totally do this too!! I keep tra...

2012-05-11T16:42:11.826-04:00

Awesome, Lisa - I totally do this too!! I keep track of "to do" at the office and at home on little notepads that I carry around and leave on my desks. It's the only way I can keep track!

OOO! Pretty! I know what I want for MY birthday th...

2012-05-07T15:03:52.253-04:00

OOO! Pretty! I know what I want for MY birthday this year!

Thanks, Marci. I figure it's cheaper than ther...

2012-05-07T13:57:06.637-04:00

Thanks, Marci. I figure it's cheaper than therapy, and I have all these gifts I can give people. :)

Beautiful pieces! You've inspired me to try th...

2012-05-07T13:51:33.608-04:00

Beautiful pieces! You've inspired me to try this someday, as I've always wanted to. Thank you for sharing them, and your many voices!

@Anne I wish I were better at unplugging, actually...

2012-05-04T11:41:53.473-04:00

@Anne I wish I were better at unplugging, actually. :) Starting with baby steps.

@Kathryn I do miss the modem song. LOL. My work/study job in grad school was doing medline searches for researchers through all the different libraries Columbia belonged to. Back in the day, you had to telnet into each library and each one had different commands. We had a notebook for each one.

It's where I learned how to do Boolean searches. Today, you'd just head over to pubmed and type in your own search terms. I'd be out of a job! LOL.

Boy we've come a long way. I wouldn't ha...

2012-05-04T08:35:27.072-04:00

Boy we've come a *long* way. I wouldn't have a novel if it weren't for word processing programs. You'd understand that if you'd ever tried to read my handwriting... I had teachers in school thank me for typing papers....

One minor technical nit though - TCP/IP has not gone away. It's a lot further under the good now, but the layer is still there, forming the foundation to create more complex protocols like HTTP.

I'm listening to the audiobook "Imagine: ...

2012-05-04T00:37:29.636-04:00

I'm listening to the audiobook "Imagine: How Creativity Works" by Jonah Lehrer. One of his tenets is that creativity can get a boost from unplugging and letting the mind wander a bit. Maybe that's part of my resistance to revision (beyond that I ... I won't say hate, but dislike very strongly, the revision process), I'm plugged into various networks, podcasts, and audiobooks, on top of volunteer activities and everyday family management.

I think I'll follow your example and "surf the ambient" more often. Who knows, maybe I'll get a blog post out of it too. ;-D

I miss the butt-pats-for-everyone attitude of Tito...

2012-04-27T18:42:21.940-04:00

I miss the butt-pats-for-everyone attitude of Tito. The team needs to regain their belief that they are a family. Luckily it is a looonnnggg season so April games are nearly irrelevant.

Thanks, Janet. Taking it one day, one step, one wo...

2012-04-24T19:08:59.416-04:00

Thanks, Janet. Taking it one day, one step, one word at a time.

So glad to be in #SFWG with you!

You take that deep breath, LJ, but you don't n...

2012-04-24T14:16:40.097-04:00

You take that deep breath, LJ, but you don't need it. You are an amazing, talented writer and your next book is gonna ROCK everyone!

Deciding I was "too old" for Harry Potte...

2012-04-23T13:38:08.430-04:00

Deciding I was "too old" for Harry Potter when it came out (I was mom of a preschooler) would have been a huge loss for me. Personally I am frequently turned off by the scary dystopian worlds that seem to appeal to YA readers (do things really look THAT bleak to our teens?), but how can we truly talk to / understand / serve our students or children if we don't read what they're reading?

My (now) teen daughter passed me _WWW.Wake_ by Robert Sawyer 2 weeks ago: she had devoured it, and I proceeded to do the same. Consciousness, language, communications across species and between humans and machines -- anything referencing _The Origins of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind_ is certainly not just for the YA set. Highly recommended, planning to read the sequels.

I agree. I can't pinpoint where all my creativ...

2012-04-11T00:22:55.332-04:00

I agree. I can't pinpoint where all my creative ideas come from but somehow they enter into my work. You're right, it is what makes writing exciting.

You and me both, Tammy.

2012-04-05T15:36:21.205-04:00

You and me both, Tammy.

Truth is waaaay bigger. Sooner or later, it wins, ...

2012-04-05T10:19:23.974-04:00

Truth is waaaay bigger. Sooner or later, it wins, and that gives me great hope. {{huggs}}

You and me, both, Bookgal! I wonder if he realizes...

2012-04-02T14:08:34.633-04:00

You and me, both, Bookgal! I wonder if he realizes how ignorant he sounds. What if I said "lit fic is stupid--not that I've ever read any, I just know it's not worth reading." I can hear the howls in the distance already.

:headdesk:

Yay--another adult not ashamed to read YA!

2012-04-02T14:06:40.393-04:00

Yay--another adult not ashamed to read YA!

As a youth services librarian, and a hungry reader...

2012-04-02T10:47:18.906-04:00

As a youth services librarian, and a hungry reader (maybe that ought to be my first book- the hunger reads! LOL) I can quite honestly say I’d love to talk books with the guy…so I can give him a swift kick in the pants. What an elitist idiot!

Amen. I read a good variety of genres as well and ...

2012-03-29T14:30:12.291-04:00

Amen. I read a good variety of genres as well and have to say I quite enjoy my reading time of YA and often think I need to read more of it. Thanks for this post.

Thanks, Naomi. Yes--it is about personal preferen...

2012-03-29T12:33:04.205-04:00

Thanks, Naomi. Yes--it is about personal preferences, not about painting all of a swath of literature with one brush. :) One of my favorite books of all time is A Wrinkle in Time. A book most US kids read in middle school. I agree--I would not invite Mr. Stein to talk books with me.

My book club recently chose The Hunger Games and I...

2012-03-29T12:27:53.864-04:00

My book club recently chose The Hunger Games and I am frightened to read it, also was never drawn to Harry Potter (I know, my bad). But this is about my tastes and desires not about the presumed quality of the literature. What a silly, snobby attitude. Would he also have us avoid Pooh, Elouise and Narnia? Makes me not want to talk books with him. -- Naomi Rush Olson, Newton, MA

This is very good post. Thanks for sharing.

2012-03-29T02:54:17.825-04:00

This is very good post.
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, my dear. Right back at you.

2012-03-24T20:42:09.005-04:00

Thank you, my dear. Right back at you.

Beautiful and relevant. Two words that all writer...

2012-03-24T20:29:31.013-04:00

Beautiful and relevant. Two words that all writers should aspire to. Lots of love and respect, Lisa! :) XOXO

My mom is going in for eye surgery the end of this...

2012-03-16T14:31:54.838-04:00

My mom is going in for eye surgery the end of this month - she really wants to be more independent. Sigh. Being a grown-up can really suck.

Once in a Blue Muse

Seriously, now - wasn't it kind of fun? A good...

Awesome, Lisa - I totally do this too!! I keep tra...

OOO! Pretty! I know what I want for MY birthday th...

Thanks, Marci. I figure it's cheaper than ther...

Beautiful pieces! You've inspired me to try th...

@Anne I wish I were better at unplugging, actually...

Boy we've come a *long* way. I wouldn't ha...

I'm listening to the audiobook "Imagine: ...

I miss the butt-pats-for-everyone attitude of Tito...

Thanks, Janet. Taking it one day, one step, one wo...

You take that deep breath, LJ, but you don't n...

Deciding I was "too old" for Harry Potte...

I agree. I can't pinpoint where all my creativ...

You and me both, Tammy.

Truth is waaaay bigger. Sooner or later, it wins, ...

You and me, both, Bookgal! I wonder if he realizes...

Yay--another adult not ashamed to read YA!

As a youth services librarian, and a hungry reader...

Amen. I read a good variety of genres as well and ...

Thanks, Naomi. Yes--it is about personal preferen...

My book club recently chose The Hunger Games and I...

This is very good post. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, my dear. Right back at you.

Beautiful and relevant. Two words that all writer...

My mom is going in for eye surgery the end of this...

Boy we've come a long way. I wouldn't ha...