Thursday, May 1, 2008

Wonderful World of Wikis

Since I'm a true believe in 'Fact is Stranger than Fiction' and that history is made of awesome I always want there to be a basis of truth or interesting aspect of something shown when I'm writing. I'm always looking for the unsusal and surprising that I can incorporate.

To keep track of these I used to have a notebook of odds & ends, and a folder full of newspaper clippings. But my good friend Flidget decided that I and all of our friends needed our own personal wikis.

I scoffed at the idea. Who needs to enter all this into a site when I have it in my clippings?
She said, 'Well, it's already installed, so here's your name and password.'

And now I use it almost every day. I keep all my story notes about characters and settings there. Each project has it's own category, with subcategories and easy linkable groupings. And I have other sections for 'Interesting Things' and make a quick note of anything that catches my eye while I'm reading.

Today I finally finished typing up all my notes from the RWA Spring Fling. I really love my wiki.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Pumpkins and Punkins

It took awhile, but I made another two recipes from the cooking game. Tonight I made Japanese pumpkin slices fried up in butter & garlic, and 'one-bite steaks' with parsley butter sauce. The pumpkin came out well, though I think I may go back to grilling slices in the toaster oven. The garlic added a nice touch, but I don't need butter to enjoy the pumpkin. The steak was so-so, but I mucked up the butter a bit by microwaving it to make it softer, and making it completely liquid instead.

Overall I'd say it still counts as a success.

A few weeks ago I had a pack of baby boy themed scrapbook paper that was half-off and utterly adorable. But I couldn't figure out what to do with it. And then I realized that a good friend of mine has a baby boy, and I got to work. The scrapbook is all pre-made, just needs pictures and a little bit of journaling here and there. I'm glad I finally got to give it to my friend and her husband, because I'm really proud of how it turned out, but sharing it here would ruin the surprise!









Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Inaugural Posts are Usually Dull...

...so let's get that out of the way.

Welcome to my hypomnema, which is a Greek word for a collection of random facts and observations. Though they had no internet, the Ancient Greeks still managed to blog. Now that's an advanced civilizaion.

I'm an aspiring author, and I'd like to publish books in fantasy, mystery and romance genres. Not to mention a nonfiction book on Japanese language for the office that I'm working on. I'm starting this blog because I'd like to try and build up a presence on the web that I can keep going once I've 'made it.'

But it won't be all about my rejection letters, I promise. Unfortunately when I stray into other things I find exciting, you'll probably end up reading about history and other things I find interesting.

Well, there we go, the boring inaugural post is out of the way!