Negativland, Grant Morrison and overdue library books
Again, nothing done towards landing a permanent job today. I spent most of the day at the copyright conference at the Waldorf Hotel (with all due respect, I just don't get the tiki aesthetic). Mark...
View ArticleShaking my fist towards Apple HQ
Still nothing done towards a job, or even writing.I spent the day temping at a mineral resources company downtown, struggling to put files on an iPad. When I was informed of the job, I researched the...
View ArticleThe pre-rejection
I didn't go back to Monday's temp assignment, but I did get into a YWCA networking workshop by chance. I had already started networking a bit, but the workshop helped to create an "I'm doing something"...
View ArticleAnti-matter language, contrived to conceal
My major step in job hunting yesterday was the cover letters workshop. I always thought of cover letters as one of the least important parts of the job acquisition process, basically just high-lighting...
View ArticleMy latest article, and first foray into video
My latest is up on Openfile.ca, and includes my first attempt at an audioslide, or soundslide, which is an audiotrack accompanied by a sequence of still images. The closest thing I have to a video...
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Work-in-progress meme
Snipped from vinnie_tesla:Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.SnapshotThe Re-education of MimiDogs and WolvesSkin ManGods of Selfless...
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Coming soon: HP Lovecraft erotica
They said it couldn't be done.... or at least shouldn't.... but coming soon, from Circlet Press, "Whispers in Darkness", a Lovecraftian erotica anthology.Featuring my short story, "Koenigsberg's...
View ArticleClarifying my position on #occupyvancouver
I "covered" the Occupy Vancouver general assembly and march on Saturday, October 15th. This wasn't true coverage in a journalistic sense, more my idiosyncratic opinions and photos posted on Twitter and...
View ArticleLatest fiction sale & other news
My flash fiction story/essay "Worn-out Monsters" is now up on Every Day Fiction, and getting good reviews. It's based on an off-the-cuff piece I did for one of the Circlet Press author chats.I just...
View ArticleI've been academically cited!
My article on "Joss Whedon's Dollhouse: 21st Century Neo-Gothic" has been cited in Eve Bennett's "Deconstructing the Dream Factory: Personal Fantasy and Corporate Manipulation in Joss Whedon's...
View Article"Whispers in Darkness" Lovecraftian erotica author chat
Now that Whispers in Darkness is officially on sale, I did a series of posts on the Circlet Press LJ group. While the chat is over, you can still read an comment.HP Lovecraft, erotica and why they...
View Article#OccupyVancouver and personal paralysis
By chance, I dropped by the Occupy Vancouver camp on Saturday, just a few hours after Ashlie Gough had died. The police, fire department and coroners were still there. I remember walking around,...
View ArticleI'll be reading my fiction in Burnaby, Nov. 15th
I'll be reading some of my fiction at the Burnaby Writer's Society's Spoken INK on November 15th.Spoken INK's guest for November 15th will be author Peter Tupper.Tuesday's reading begins at 8:00 p.m....
View ArticleMy first news story in a while, covering the polygamy trial
The BC Supreme court is finally announcing the decision about the polygamy law on Wednesday, and I've somehow wrangled the job of covering it for a local biweekly. (This is after the feature article I...
View ArticleMy article on the BC polygamy decision
My news story on the BC polygamy court decision is now up on the Vancouver Courier's site.This was my first news story (as opposed to feature) in a long time, and it was tough squeezing this complex...
View ArticleThe HP Lovecraft Christmas Special
It was the Yuletide, that men call Christmas though they know in their hearts it is older than Bethlehem and Babylon, older than Memphis and mankind. It was the Yuletide, and I had come at last to the...
View Article10.5 months to first draft of Beauty in Darkness
My first post on Beauty in Darkness was back in July, 2005. That's six and a half years of blog posts on this topic, with no actual book.It's been fun, certainly, but I've realized that I could keep...
View ArticleReading at The Writer's Studio, this Friday.
I'll be reading some of my work (probably my flash fiction) at The Writer's Studio reading series, along with several other local writers. Should be a good time. I'm scheduled to read just before the...
View ArticleMy essay/review on Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method"
It's up on the Tyee.I've been a big fan of David Cronenberg for years, not only for his movies themselves, but for his ways of thinking about art and creation and censorship. He's a fascinating...
View ArticleMy article on the BC polygamy decision and its impact on a poly family in...
My article on the polygamy court decision's impact on polyamorist families is finally up on the Vancouver Courier.I've already received an email arguing: "You know as well as I do that in the human...
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