Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
A bit of seasonal humor, from the archives of The Toast:? The Passive-Aggressive Guide to Book Gifting.? As always, read the comments, too; The Toast is one of the few sites on the net where doing so adds value to the experience, rather than making the reader despair…
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It’s Thanksgiving, Again.
Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
At least, in the USA. (Canada has been thankful already.) And speaking as a writer, here are a few things I’m specifically thankful for: The personal computer revolution, which came along just in time to enable an epically bad typist like me to produce submittable manuscripts that didn’t…
Tonight
I’ll be down in Bradford, Vermont, tonight, doing street magic for their Midnight Madness merchants’ thingie. Starting around six p.m. See you all there. And when you see me, tell me what card you were thinking of.
Peeve of the Day
Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Because it’s the grey tag-end of October, moving into the dreariest part of the year up here in the north country, when the fall colors are all gone but the winter snow-that-sticks hasn’t yet fallen, and this time of year always makes me feel peevish: Listen to me,…
I Think I’ve Finally Figured it Out
Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
I’ve always been a sucker for a well-done redemption arc in my fictions of choice, in both written and visual media. And I’ve always been puzzled by the vocal commentary that always arises on such occasions, to the effect that so-and-so doesn’t deserve redemption. Because – in my…
JAMES D. MACDONALD 