There are two sides to this writing thing: the creative side, and the business side. This is not news to anybody, right? It's just that, based entirely on my own experience, I'm pretty sure not everybody knows what it means. I sure as hell didn't understand. Even now I'm only just beginning to see it. And it's … Continue reading Art vs. Commerce
Month: October 2016
Not enough time
Editor Cat died today. People write on line about losing animals. It always makes me cry. But not like this, not like the reality of it. Empathy is one thing, but as part of your own life—wherever you look, this loss, this absence—no matter how much you cry for strangers, it’s not the same. This … Continue reading Not enough time
NYCC (or: I have extroverted, and lived to tell about it)
When I was younger, I went to a fair number of cons. I wasn't the sort to travel much for it, but Boston was a pretty decent hub for such things, so there would usually be a couple each year I could hit without much trouble. I'd drag a friend or two, and we'd see … Continue reading NYCC (or: I have extroverted, and lived to tell about it)