Yeah, it’s been one of those weeks, and it’s only Tuesday night >.< Never mind. Next week is shaping up to be much, much less frenetic, and then there are two weeks of school holidays. Phew. But! We did make things last week! In particular, we made something ridiculous like 20 or 30L of grape […]
Phew. Got knocked around a bit last week getting sick, but I guess I shouldn’t really be surprised: it was a ridiculous couple of weeks, what with a grandparent dying, a grandparent getting critically ill, and me suddenly acquiring a mini leadership role at work o.O So yeah. Not especially surprised, really, that as soon
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Just in case you were ever wondering why wedding and celebration cakes are so expensive… I’m prepping for a 3-tier, 80-person wedding cake and single-tier 25-person birthday cake in two weeks’ time, and drawing up the shopping list. I’m going to need 4.5 batches of cake in total, 2 batches of icing for the covering,
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I’ll be honest, these are not strictly from within the last month, but creative-outside-of-work is a scarce resource right now, and I haven’t shared these yet, so here we are. I had school holidays for 3 weeks back in July, and as well as recovering from the Gluten Death Challenge, I started working on the
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I think I’ve mentioned this in a cagey manner before now, but it’s official and announceable and exciting: I have an article in the current issue of Aurealis! Yes, THAT Aurealis, of the Aurealis Awards, Australia’s answer to the Nebula and Hugos. Like, whoa. The article is about climate and worldbuilding (a la How To
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Anything can be critiqued. Criticizing something is easy. It makes the critiquer feel smart, and just a little bit superior to the writer. But that kind of critique serves no real purpose, because that kind of critique is wrong from the moment the critiquer picks up the story or the manuscript or the 400-year-old play.
Thought of the Day: Critiquing is Easy. Doing is Hard. Read More »
Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit
Made It Monday: Party Decorations! Read More »
I first stumbled across this glorious jam session a couple of years ago, and then came across it again recently and thought I’d share, since it’s probably been long enough that a lot of may not have seen it? Anyway, it’s SUPER cool: a 2-min music beat recorded entirely from the sounds made by the
7 Guys + 1 Girl + 1 Jeep + 2 Minutes = Most Epic Jam Session Ever Read More »
Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit
#MadeItMonday: A Birthday Picnic :) Read More »
