Life has been so amazingly nice to me lately that I'm expecting the other shoe to drop at any moment, complete with an army of cymbal-clapping demon monkeys. I'm a pessimist like that. But in the meantime, I shall revel in the shiny! I just got back from a rather lovely trip to France with … Continue reading France, shiny writing news, and the impending arrival of the cymbal-clapping demon monkeys
Category: Music
Random Summer Is Random
I'm the kind of person who likes to have some structure to my life. It can be a little bit of structure or a lot of structure, but preferably a mix. If I need to practice piano earlier in the day than usual to accommodate something that can only be done later in the day, … Continue reading Random Summer Is Random
In which I explain how opera snobs don’t want your filthy uneducated ears listening to their music
Opera is among the musical genres I enjoy, both as an audience member and as a singer. Opera is not to everyone's taste, of course, but that can be said of any musical genre. Rap is not to everyone's taste. Nor is country. Nor polka. The list is quite long. There's an unfortunately common perception … Continue reading In which I explain how opera snobs don’t want your filthy uneducated ears listening to their music
My Writing Soundtrack Revisited
In a previous entry, I babbled about listening to music while writing and how I usually stick to two general playlists, cleverly named Writing Music 1 and Writing Music 2. "Demon Dreams" was one of the rare stories where I started writing to a very specific playlist--and subsequently found it difficult to work on the … Continue reading My Writing Soundtrack Revisited
Four Things Make an Undercaffeinated Post
1) After another once over and some fine-tuning on Saturday, I was able to declare "Demon Dreams" ready for other people to actually look at. It even slimmed down to a mere 6,500 words. 2) Next up on the short story writing front is a story inspired by this article: Why dying is forbidden in … Continue reading Four Things Make an Undercaffeinated Post
Your Writing Soundtrack
I'm not someone who has to have music on when I write. I've written in silence, and I've written in noisy places without benefit of music--or sometimes in places playing music I didn't care for, which meant I tuned the music out. But I prefer to have music (that I like) on when I write. … Continue reading Your Writing Soundtrack
The Writerly (and Readerly) Update
As expected, this past week was rather weird for me schedule-wise. Adjusting to the whole part-time from home day job shift was sort of like pulling on an old pair of pants; you're thrilled they fit again, but it's been so long since you've worn them that you're trying to remember which tops look right … Continue reading The Writerly (and Readerly) Update
Barbara A. Barnett 