The holidays were particularly awesome in the Marting house—due to scheduling issues at Le Day Job I’ve had two three-day weekends since Christmas and Santa left me Sephora gift cards, which have already been put to use (oh, Benefit cosmetics. You are so expensive, but your Boing industrial-strength concealer is the best out there.) (I’m … More You are not an editor: A cautionary tale
Well, this just irritates the hell out of me. By now, chances are you’ve heard about the Ikea Monkey. If you haven’t, let me summarize the story for you: A seven-month-old rhesus macaque named Darwin was found wandering around the North York Ikea parking lot this weekend, wearing a diaper and a shearling coat. A … More “There’s only one word for that: Idiocy.”
December first is upon us, and…I didn’t finish NaNoWriMo. I know, I know: Everyone must be shocked. I didn’t even come close. This year was the most pathetic attempt so far. I made it about 20,000 words in before I said “Nuts to this” and returned to Celestial Chaos and a contemporary erotic romance that … More Of porny books and publishing
