Early Saturday

Up at 5 am after sleeping for what seemed to be 15 minutes. So far our flight is on time. We should be heading to the airport in 20 minutes or so. It was 12 years ago today that Carl Sagan died. I was in the midst of reading his terrific book, The Demon-Haunted World [...]

The prologue is done!

Another writing session tonight. I ended up breaking the prologue into two scenes. I felt that there was too much exposition in the first cut. In short stories, that is generally bad, and I avoid it, but this is not a short story, and so I’m in somewhat unfamiliar territory. Certainly, in the novels that [...]

Protected: Holiday vacation!

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It has begun!

At lunch today, I began writing the Prologue of my novel. The novel itself is still untitled (but I’m working on it). Todd took a picture of me just as I was getting started, for posterity sake (humble as I am). With a few interruptions, I managed to write just shy of 800 words between [...]

Simulating the universe in a lab

Physicists seem to be constantly simulating the universe in the lab. As a software developer who has written some basic simulations, I wonder how the heck they do this. As a layperson in physics, I wonder what they heck this looks like. For instance in a NEW SCIENTIST article called "From Big Bang to Big [...]

My holiday newsletter

Dear Friends and Family, I’m sure you get lots of Christmas and holiday newsletters so I’ll keep mine brief: 2008.  There.  All done. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Much Love, Jamie (P.S.: Next year’s newsletter will likely include the obligatory baby photo.  If you just can’t wait, here are pictures of someone else’s baby.)

More research and outlining

I’ve spent hours this evening doing more research and outlining for the story–which still does not have a name.  I’ve got my timeline down pretty good, and now I’m filling in details that will help the plot move along.  I think I’ll be ready to actually start writing the prologue of the story tomorrow. Stressful [...]

Lost in documentation hell

Me, this morning, trying to make sense of it all. Posted via LiveJournal.app.

Protected: Something strange happened while outlining a story…

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“It wasn’t all that easy”

The February 2009 issue of ASIMOV"S has a great "Reflections" essay by Robert Silverberg called, "It Wasn’t All That Easy", in which he talks about the the time when he was a young, would-be writer, seeing all of his heroes sell stories and become famous, while he collected rejection after rejection.  He wondered if he’d ever [...]

Rhetorical question about the auto industry bailout

All indicators are that people have stopped spending money, particularly on big ticket items.  Today, the Fed is expected to cut a key interest rate to 0.5%, hoping that it will get people spending again, but from what I understand, experts are saying it’s unlikely to change any spending habits soon.  Best Buy just announced major [...]

Monday wrap-up

An unusually warm day today.  Temperatures were well into the 60s!  I had to run an errand early this afternoon and I went outside without my jacket and it felt great!  Back to winter weather tomorrow, however. Lots of mail today, including the February 2009 issue of ASIMOV’S and the December 13 issue of NEW SCIENTIST. [...]

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