Templates.
30 Jul 2008 4:37am GMT Google Docs (which I've talked about before) now has just over 300 templates to use -- for free -- for spreadsheets, word processing, desktop publishing, and presentations.There are some very cool options.The resume templates fascinate me, mainly because I can't help but believe I'll never use a resume again, what with my perpetual self-unemployment. But, it's nice knowing the option is there, should I need it. That is, if I still have an internet at that point, what with the assumed living in...
A recipe for chaos.
17 Jul 2008 12:31am GMT A fellow art friend from college, Ali LaRock, currently has an exhibit in Bismarck. She is sharing the show with Gretchen Bederman.Since I'm here in Bismarck, I'm thinking of taking it in next week. I wasn't able to make the opening reception or gallery talk, but I'd like to see her stuff up on the walls and in a different context than I've seen it previously. The show is called "A Recipe for Chaos" and is through the Bismarck Art and Galleries Association. I'd link you to some relevant page on...
The right 1000 words.
23 Jun 2008 4:00am GMT I know a picture is worth a thousand words, but I'm starting to think the words are getting short-changed.Pictures are little more than height and width and implied depth. The right 1000 words can inspire tastes and smells and pull things from our memory that are so strong.I was looking at a photo ID of someone recently and though the photo looked like the person, it also did not. It said nothing about the sparkle in the eye or the twitch of the mouth in full grin. It didn't capture the...
Teaser Chapter
18 Jun 2008 8:41pm GMT I convinced my writer friend (the same one I mentioned here) to put a teaser chapter of his Deadwood novel online.He did so.Here it is. He's good. (Too bad about the use of Comic Sans, though.) Two Up on a Dead Bandit's Mule Chpt001 - Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: Two Up on a Dead Bandit's Mule Chpt001 Please consider a visit to the Lone Prairie store! Don't forget to check out the latest sales and specials.
Suspenseful first line.
17 Jun 2008 4:21pm GMT A writing friend of mine commented on how some of my more successful Twitter messages could be the opening line of a short story or suspense novel.I had earlier made note of how I was finding his Twitter messages about his work as a judge and a vacation cabin remodeling project hilarious enough to make into a humorous story. "You need to write a story about your work at the cabin. Or just put your twitters together in a collection," I told him. You can see what I mean when you read them.But,...