drupagliassotti @ June 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I posted a while ago about the fact that I was cleaning some old trunks to use as furniture. Here’s the big trunk being used as my coffee table; it contains what used to be kept in my “miscellaneous tools” and “art supplies” bins, with a ton of room to spare. When I move next […]
drupagliassotti @ June 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I’m headed Down Under from June 29 - July 8 for a conference on Japanese Transnational Fandoms at the University of Wollongong. I will, of course, be talking about yaoi — in this case, about how U.S. publishers are taking this originally Japanese genre and adapting it for the West.
I find the “translation” of boys’ […]
drupagliassotti @ June 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I just finished watching the A&E miniseries of Longitude, based on the book of the same name by Dava Sobel. Mmmm, over three hours featuring a few of my favorite things — tall ships, clocks and pocketwatches, and eighteenth-century costumes and sets. Not to mention Jeremy Irons, who adds visual appeal to anything.
The quest to […]
drupagliassotti @ June 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I’ve mentioned King’s Monster (working title) a few times here, but I haven’t talked much about it. I’m now — I deeply, sincerely hope — about two and a half chapters away from its end, so I thought I’d discuss it a little.
KM is a dark political fantasy that I’ve been working on for quite […]
drupagliassotti @ June 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Ever since moving into my new apartment, I’ve been hunting for the perfect cone of silence. A friend pointed out that I’m not the only one, as the Right to Quiet Society is dedicated to reducing the amount of man-made noise in the world. That’s their logo to your left.
Of course, a lot of the […]
drupagliassotti @ June 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
“I have very happy hair. No matter how serene and composed the rest of me is, no matter how grave and formal the situation, my hair is always having a party.”
— Bill Bryson, I’m a Stranger Here Myself, p. 31.
That paragraph is, quite simply, brilliant. I will never in my life write or say […]
drupagliassotti @ June 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Today I decided to be positive and give a little plug to businesses and services that I really like.
USAA: A Fortune 200 financial services company for the military, some other government employees, and their dependents. I check, save, invest, and insure through them. They have a great website and excellent customer service. They’re the […]
drupagliassotti @ June 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I went to an author event at the local library tonight that featured Denise Hamilton and Jim Pascoe discussing the collection Los Angeles Noir (I’ve read most of the [Insert City Here] Noir collections, including that one) and writing in general. Although some of the Noir collections are less compelling than others (Toronto Noir just […]
drupagliassotti @ June 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A police detective testified Tuesday that a laptop computer taken from the home of a British man accused of killing his wife and 9-month-old daughter was used to search online for “how to kill with a knife” four days before the slayings.
For some time now I’ve been groaning about the movement toward using one’s Google […]
drupagliassotti @ June 16, 2008 # 2 Comments
Although, like many professors, I rail against the use of Wikipedia as a source in my students’ research papers, I have to admit that it’s an extremely useful reference — as a writer, I often use it to quickly glean some little fact for a story. Moreover, inclusion in Wikipedia has become a sort […]