Over the weekend my DSL=gone. (Last post was actually in the queue before the outage) And while I had a tech scheduled to come out, the line problem fixed itself sometime early Monday. The roughly 36 hours without the Internet brought home exactly how much we rely on it now. Read more…
Because I post a lot of YouTube videos on my blog, I have created a playlist that compiles them all. Also, I’m putting up links to social networking-type things up on the sidebar to the right, under the search box. Things like my YouTube channel, and my Facebook page.
Just a note on a little experiment I am doing. One of the useful bits I got from Context (aside from reminding various people that I still exist) was a talk on effective blogging given by Toby Buckell. One of many points he made was the idea that regularity was Read more…
The remains of hurricane Ike came by and messed up the power grid in NE Ohio. No internet access at home or at the day job right now. I’m in a coffee shop that’s avoided the outages right now. So, at least I can get my writing done. Considering the Read more…
Just had to kill the first flame war on my blog, which leads inevitably to the post that will appear sooner or later on every single blog that allows commentary. *drumroll* The Official Moderation Policy Things that will probably get me to pull your comments: Going off-topic in any way Read more…
This is just to let my readers know of the Blog Carnivals that have recently linked back to my stuff: Dr. Sanity linked to my AP/Media Defender rant on the Carnival of the Insanities. Observations from Missy’s Window linked to my Iron Man review on the Movie Monday Carnival. Good Read more…
No I didn’t forget about them, it’s just this little old thing called revision. See, when I finish a novel and turn it into an editor, it isn’t really finished. Since you all saw those counters grind to a halt I’ve been stuck revising Lilly’s Song for Bantam, and I’m Read more…
NOTE: This only applies to Blogger, not WordPress. I just got comment-spammed, so I’m switching on the word verification in the comments.And, BTW, if you post something with the name “winlotto” I’m probably going to delete it no matter how “nice” you say my blog is.
Well I’ve now got my shiny new blog/website up and running. I haven’t officially changed sites yet, but it’s going well enough to allow people to surf on over for a test drive. Stop by and let me know what you think. The url (for now) is www.sandrewswann.com/blog.