Author: Cedar Sanderson
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Bookstores
I’ve had a lifelong love of bookstores. Yesterday I had a small epiphany and realized that this love is still there, but it has changed… What triggered the thoughts about bookstores was sitting at a table chatting with passers-by about my books. I had paper copies of them arranged on the table in front of…
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Art and Amusements
My Spring Break has started – started yesterday afternoon, actually. I’m at Millennicon this weekend, and I hung my first pieces in my first Art Show. I don’t have pictures, you’re not allowed to take photos in the art show. I can tell you I have already learned one lesson – one 3×4′ panel is…
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Review: Kraken Mare
I read yesterday (sort of) even though I didn’t really have the time to read. I’d actually started it the night before, when I was having trouble sleeping, which was a mistake and I had to force myself to put it down after about 3 chapters. Really. I was looking for a book to put…
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Eat This While You Read That: Jason Rennie
I’ve expanded this series far beyond the traditional author roles, seeking to promote people who bring stories to readers. I’ve featured a long-form editor, Toni Weisskopf, whose efforts keep Baen Books the great place to find fun reads that it is. Now, I’m bringing you a gentleman who edits and brings you the short-form fiction…
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An Author’s Trial by Fire
I had a neat experience yesterday. I’d gotten an email from my school inviting students and staff to come see one of the instructors of English talk about writing and publishing. I was immediately curious, but wary. I did a little bit of research, which rocked me back on my heels and made me wonder.…
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Millennicon Schedule
Hey! Last minute, I know, but if anyone is local or was planning this con anyway, I’ll be there! The First Reader will be, too. You’ll know him because he’ll be near me and have the Hat. I’m going to have works in the Art Show. I’m not sure which ones, I’m dithering over what…
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Potential
Spring has always been, for me, the beginning of a new year. Winter is a time of enduring, waiting for the return of warmth, flowers, and the sun. When the rains come and the green unfurls, then I feel the quickening of my heart in time with the bird’s song. I’ve had a garden always,…
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This and That
I am up at Mad Genius Club today with the second part of Forensics for Writers. I’m not at home today, so here are some Pretty Birds to look at in the meantime.
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Finishing the Race
I’ve run in a few races, way back when. I can remember running for the sheer joy of it, when I was young and energy was boundless. The track bored me, but the path in the woods, the feel of the spongy forest floor, the wind in my hair, the sensation of power as I…
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Eat This While You Read That: Pat Patterson
I haven’t always done these posts for authors – there has been a webcomic artist, and an editor, and… and today I’m cooking to highlight the work of a reviewer. I’d call him a book critic except that’s a shallow description of what he is and what he does – because he doesn’t critique in…
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The Hooky Trap
“I don’t wanna go to work.” “And I don’t want to go to school.” “I don’t want to go to school either. Let’s play hooky.” And then he put on his coat and kissed me, before walking out the front door to his car, and off to work. I sighed, turned around, and picked up…
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Gel Electrophoresis
Purpose: DNA is negatively charged, so when fragments of it are subjected to an electrical current, they will migrate away from the negative pole and toward the positive. This principle allows the sorting of DNA fragments by size in an agarose gel, as smaller fragments will move faster than larger ones. By using a molecular…