February 2007
Things I want to talk about
The zine. It’s coming together nicely. We have stories to print. No one has run screaming at the sight of our publishing contract (yet). Two people have even thanked us for prompt and polite rejections. Buying InDesign was bad for my credit card, but it’s a dream to work with. Still need to figure out where we’re going to print it, and find out if I can get it into any local...
Another experiment
Not a full story, just a piece or a sketch. Click the image to see a larger size (with readable text). (via Dyepot, teapot, don’t drink from the wrong one)
Stickers!
Because I’m a dork and wanted to play with my new printer, I made stickers. I only printed a single sheet of these, but I’ll make more if anyone has a use for them. (via Dyepot, teapot, don’t drink from the wrong one)
Short, short, short stories
Escape Pod, one of my favorite podcasts, is having an open contest for stories under 300 words. They received so many entries that the voting has been broken into groups of twelve. I submitted my entry over a week ago, and it’s just now up on the site. If you’re curious about the stories, and mine in particular, here’s how it works: anyone who creates an account on the Escape...
Recent Changes Camp
I spent yesterday and part of today at Recent Changes Camp, which is an unconference about wikis. Part of how an unconference works is that the participants are encouraged to bring topics they’d like to present on or discuss. So when it came time to put topics on the schedule, I did two: “Building Diverse Communities”, which I combined with Dawn Foster’s community...
