onefinemess | October 30, 2009
by: Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
Well, it was just as good as I thought it would be. I mean, really there is no let down here. And I’m not talking about milk.
I did not see the ending coming. Really. I would not have expect the series to change course in such a powerful way. Without [...]
onefinemess | October 29, 2009
One splash, as expected, and lots of unexpected goodness. Good times.
X-Factor 50 delivered on at least 85% of what was expected – and there was a lot riding on it, so I’ll call it good. It may actually be closer to 100%, but the final sequence with Doom and what?whereishe? left me confused. If this [...]
onefinemess | October 28, 2009
by: Robert Jordon & Brandon Sanderson
What?? A “mid-book” review? What does that even mean?
It means that I’m midway through the book and felt like making some brief comments. Because I can.
So let’s just get this out of the way first:
It’s good.
Quite good.
Only once or twice have I stopped to wonder if a passage was Jordan’s [...]
onefinemess | October 27, 2009
So, I’ve been working on my second “book” for about a month now. I’m 32k in, which should be about halfway. I’m also at chapter 15 out of my planned 20 on my outline. Although the final chapters will be denser than the beginning ones, it seems like I may need to add some things; [...]
onefinemess | October 24, 2009
So recently (ok it was months ago) I was excitedly telling a friend of mine about this wonderful trick I’d learned (from my father-in-law, thanks Burt!) to preserve spinach/lettuce/etc.
Sooo…if you put leaves of lettuce/spinach/etc. in tupperware (etc.) in between two damp paper towels… it lasts longer.
As in, normally we’d go through half a bag of [...]
onefinemess | October 22, 2009
Let’s take a trip down shit-logic lane, shall we?
Man molests pre-pubescent boy.
Therefore, man must be attracted to males.
Therefore, man is gay.
Therefore, all/most gays are child molesters.
Now, of course we can all point out the obvious logical fallacy involved in traversing the gulf between steps 3 and 4, right?
If not, please don’t call me. Ever.
Instead, I’m [...]
onefinemess | October 20, 2009
I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen this advice given to aspiring fiction writers:
“Use only said, avoid alternates as much as you can.”
So, you know, “John said x”, “Betty said y”, never “John groused x”, “Betty mumbled y”. I guess. I think it’s even in On Writing.
Yet, I’ve also seen it suggested that [...]
onefinemess | October 14, 2009
I ask this question because I seem to recall a review somewhere comparing Monsters of Folk to the Wilburys.
I think that’s a silly crazy thing to say, but that’s just me. I hadn’t even heard of half the MoF – not that I’m uber musically educated, but at the time the Wilburys came out, pretty [...]
onefinemess | October 13, 2009
During which I address a bunch of disparate topics with quite parate rambles:
The season has slipped back into obnoxious up here in the Portland of the West (I’m not talking to you Portland, Maine!). Freezing wind (not literally, yet), cold nights, and RAIN. RAIN. Yes, someday we will move and leave you far behind. New [...]
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