Word of the Day: 70s |
Today's word of the day is 70s, a ten-year period of polyester and platform shoes, when disco balls ruled the world.I'm starting this post with a classic television show followed by a segue into a wor...
Posted by Author Greg on Sat, 10 May 2008 07:58:00 PST |
Word of the Day: Lexicon |
Today's word of the day is Lexicon, a compendium of words and meanings taken from a body of source material.When Orson Scott Card speaks his mind, he's always entertaining even when (or especially whe...
Posted by Author Greg on Mon, 05 May 2008 03:35:00 PST |
Word of the Day: Orphan Works |
Today's word of the day is Orphan Works, copyrighted works for which it is difficult or impossible to locate the copyright holder. Some of you might remember the Orphan Works Bill from a couple years ...
Posted by Author Greg on Sun, 04 May 2008 09:50:00 PST |
Word of the Day: Canon Sue |
Today's word of the day is Canon Sue, a stereotypically perfect fan-fictionesque character who appears in the official version of a story.When the odometer clicked around onto the 200th episode of "La...
Posted by Author Greg on Sat, 03 May 2008 07:36:00 PST |
Word of the Day: Reading |
Today's word of the day is: Reading I did a reading this week at Cornerstone Books in Salem, Massachusetts. The Witch City! On my way to the bookstore, I passed storefront signs for other reading...
Posted by Author Greg on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:49:00 PST |
WOTD: Workshop |
Today's word of the day is: WorkshopI'm back from Nashua, where the New England SCBWI conference was a huge success and my four-hour workshop on web design and blogging was well-attended and well-rece...
Posted by Author Greg on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:52:00 PST |
April Fools! |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px-XS0UHtms
Gotcha! Here's how that other video was made....
Posted by Author Greg on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:21:00 PST |
When Penguins Fly! |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4
This remarkable footage of flying penguins was captured by A BBC nature crew and released on April 1st of this year. Isn't it spectacular?...
Posted by Author Greg on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:10:00 PST |
Author/Illustrator Websites |
I got some great feedback on author/illustrator websites for my workshop -- what people have done, what they look for in other sites, and what can often be improved. I was worried that I might g...
Posted by Author Greg on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:56:00 PST |
Feedback Survey: Social Networking |
Another chunk of my workshop is going to be on the topic of social networking and the use of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. In addition to those are author/illustrator networks ...
Posted by Author Greg on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:24:00 PST |
