Why I fear the iPad will disappoint.
There is a lot of hype about the iPad. I am skeptical for many reasons, but all of my fancy arguments were just trumped by an email Apple just sent me. At the very top was this:
After reading this sentence I have become afraid for Apple. It smacks of sales-ly desperation. Because if that’s the [...]
The Pomodoro Technique (for writers)
So I’ve been using something called the Pomodoro Technique to help me in my writing. It’s been nothing short of amazing. On the surface, it’s very simple. You block out 25 minutes to work, crank up a kitchen timer and only focus on that task until the timer rings. But I have found it to [...]
Why is this doll winking at me?
So this little guy is the original weeble-wobble. His name is Daruma and this is his home on my desk. There is a weight in his paper-mache base, so if you knock him over he stands back up again. He is modeled after a legendary monk named Bodhidarma. Like all legendary characters, there are a [...]
3 AM and writing
Working myself up to a frenzy writing many, many Seanachai episodes.
What January’s writing looks like.
I put my writing log into a sparkline using Ubiquity and this is what I got. The highest peaks are two 3,000 word days, the average peak is 1000 words and the flat spots are, well, zero. (I was skiing those days
January 09:
A Defense of Writing Longhand
Is technology really my friend? Or is it just pretending to be my friend so it can date my sister.
What’s in this coffee?
Take a Class.
Patrick's Tweets
- RT @SVAllie: Come and join us at http://bit.ly/df9kBy for @PatrickEMcLean's reading at 9:30 pm EST #dragoncant
- Getting ready for a reading on #dragoncant at 9:30 -- first few chapters of Unkillable
- @KatCutler Thanks for your kind words. Make those little kids into readers will ya ;-)
- Rule of Creation No. 5 -- The middle of everything is hard. #creating
- @Cianmm Safe travels my friend. You'll have a blast. Sadly, I will be unable to attend. But enjoy it to the hilt for me.