posted by Maureen McHugh at 8:44 PM
I'm a writer with four novels and more than two dozen short stories published. The best known is probably my novel China Mountain Zhang. A collection of my short stories, called Mothers and Other Monsters, was published by Small Beer Press in July '05.
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Eat Our Brains The brain child of Steve Gould.
Chrononaut Log David Moles smart and funny observations. Actually, what I really love about his log is the design, which fills me with envy.
Greg van Eekhout love's squid, as, I dunno, icons. He has a line of t-shirts. Hell, collect the whole set.
Barth Anderson was the coolest guy in his Clarion class. He had wit, he had charm, he had fashion sense, and despite being a white guy, he could dance.
Chris Barzak's Meditations in an Emergency about writing and his beloved Youngstown.
The Erin O'Brien Owner's Manual for Human Beings When Erin started her blog, I realized I was a complete amateur. Erin's blog is rollicking, erotic and terrifically funny. Rated at least R. Sometimes worse.
Musing With Mud A blog on making pottery. There is something in me that is incredibly facsinated and soothed by discussions of craft. Technique will get you through times of no inspiration a helluva lot better than inspiration will get you through times of no technique.
Thumb Drives and Oven Clocks And speaking of technique, Darby was a writing student who is now just a plain writer and it turns turns out that he knows everyone I do. Plus he's funny and he used to sit in my office at John Carroll drinking Mountain Dew.
When Artists Go Bad An artist and writer attempts to deconstruct her new role as the mayonnaise in the Sandwich Generation. That's what it says on the blog. How can you not read that?
Pen in Hand I've known Karen for years, but didn't know that in addition to being a writer and a journalist and a volunteer at the local raptor center, she is also a beautiful illustrator. The most beautiful blog I follow.
Austin Kleon It seems absurd to talk about this blog without including any images, but lets just say it's fun, sharp and graphical.
Ballast For my Gorge Friend and fellow writer Greg Feeley started a blog all his own just to say hello to me in mine which is not only thoughtful, but great because Greg writes better posts than almost anyone I know on a wide range of topics, literary and political.
The Great Whatever Amy Bracken Sparks is one of the most acute and intense poets writing today. Which she doesn't do near enough of because she is so involved in editing and publishing Angle Magazine, a art magazine in Cleveland, and the film work she does.
Not a Journal (Except Now It Is) If this were a blog, it would be about Small Beer and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, except it's not a blog. Except it really is.
Angel Station Walter Jon Williams has a blog and he scuba dives, takes pictures doing it, talks about cooking, and about Asian martial arts movies. Ask him to explain Chinese vampires.
A Spork in the Road Beth Adele Long looks at the intersection of technical stuff and creativitity. “Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming, feedback is the treatment.” Beth and I have worked together on some things and she knows this a lot better than I do. And I admire that.
8 Comments:
The coming desert must be due to global warming, which is a depressing and sometimes controversial topic.
Sodium in water...
Daaaaamn that was a good one!
Fun with,and better living through chemistry!
Explosions can be great fun,
as long as no one gets hurt.
I think there is a touch of
pyromaniac in all of us!
Ask Bob to show you how to
make a beer can mortor.Loads of
fun,those were!
:):)
Chris, Bob has told me lots of stories about beer can mortors and some of them involve Pops. That family is one crazy family. ;)
Wow! Better living through chemistry. What fun. I don't remember chemistry ever being that much fun.
Ellen
One of these days I'll tell you how Pops made a carbide cannon out of an old coffee can, 2 six volt batteries, a coil and condenser, and a spark plug. Very impressive flame and loud as hell. Launched a plastic ball about 100 feet straight up.
Hi Bob,
I remember that one!You had it
sitting around in the garage.
These days,you can't get away
with such things.The F.B.I would
be at the door in a heartbeat.
Have you ever made a "device"
using an old plastic milk jug,
an oxy-aceteline mix from a welding
torch,and a piece of twine for a fuse?KA-boom!
Bob, Chris, I can only say I am glad you two are separated by thousands of miles.
Chris, if Adam ever meets you my life will be a living hell. Interesting. Full of science experiments. But a living hell.
(So, ever think of visiting Texas?)
Hey Maureen,
Texas?Maybe...One of these days.
If Bob,Adam and I ever hook up,don't worry.I'm sure that any
"experiments" or "test's" would be carried out with safety in mind.
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