It it might look like this. The font I am using was created based on my handwriting. It's done through an online utility called the Fontifier. You download a worksheet, print it out, write the letters, scan it in, and upload it to their site. A few seconds later, it has created a TrueType font you can download and use... read more »

The beginning of an new science fiction short story: Radio telescope time on the Coordinated Hemispheric Array cost four hundred euros per minute, so it was a good idea to double-check your coordinates before realigning the array. But there were two reason why Ted Sarbanes didn't bother to do so. One was that he was not exactly rigorous when it... read more »

Because in proper manuscript format for a short story, thirteen lines of the story is the maximum you can cram onto the first page. Several years ago, I was on the GEnie online network, and participated in the Science Fiction Round Table (SFRT). Science fiction author and editor Damon Knight also participated, and in one forum he agreed to allow... read more »

I updated some of my Movable Type plugins, and apparently broke the comments function. I've reverted things to how they were, so they should work fin now. Thanks to Rachel for bringing it to my attention.

Over the past two days, I've written 1040 words in chapter 14 of my novel. (That's why I haven't posted any fiction bits here.) The experience has been interesting, and I think it validates my analysis that led me to make a resolution to write daily. Too often while writing this novel, I have had days, weeks, even months in... read more »

The Cougar football team did not lose last weekend.

Looking at the Church's online version of the scriptures, I came across a page that lists the sections of the Doctrine and Covenants in chronological order. Of course, there's a page like that in the paper version as well. But the online version is linked to the sections, so it is actually easy to read them in that order. So... read more »

Beginning of a new short story entitled "The Hero Pill." The starliner Alpine Dream was ten days into its two-week cruise from Jefferson to Winterfell when Amy Melander won a chance to sit at the captain's table for dinner. That afternoon she spent a few hours trying on formal dresses at various shops on the Gstaad deck, hoping to find... read more »

The start of a new short story: Toran was startled to wake up lying on the grass in a clearing in the forest. His mind felt fogged -- had he been drinking late last night? Suddenly he realized that today was the day he was going to marry Helli. Had his friends played some sort of joke, bringing him here... read more »

I burned my first two DVD's today: I transferred the Battlestar Galactica miniseries from my digital video recorder. It takes a while, but during most of the time I can just let it run without actively being involved. Does anyone know of some good-but-cheap software for editing MPEG2 files? The software that came with my video capture thingamabob is rather... read more »