Author Archives: jamesdmacdonald

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Over at The Toast, “How to Tell if You Are in a Logic Puzzle.” Because heaven knows, Logic Puzzle Land has only a tangential relationship to Real Life Land. Obligatory writing reference:  When constructing plots and figuring out character motivations, remember that Fiction Land generally strives to reflect…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Today and the rest of this week are mostly all about getting ready for Boskone . . . getting all the necessary laundry done, formatting and printing out all the stuff for our reading (there are people out there who can read aloud off of their tablet or…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Because it has been entirely too cold up here of late, and cold weather makes me peevish. Peeve the first:  Mixing up tic and tick. A tick is a bloodsucking parasitical insect.  (Okay.  Technically, an arachnid.)  Or the sound made by a clock.  Or a check mark against…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
A trio of links, from the useful to the odd. Table Scraps — a food history blog, with more blog links in the sidebar.  (Including one to Pass the Garum!, a blog about Roman cookery.) Three-Panel Book Reviews, a webcomic that says entirely truthful and funny things about…