Monthly Archives: November 2010

The poster: another shading test

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

The conclusion of all our screentone printing tests and consultations was, if you’ve been following this, that we couldn’t do screentones or use halftones without a nasty plaid pattern appearing, because of the way the printing company used by the … Continue reading →

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Canadian, American, and British Spelling

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

Spelling can be an interesting subject. I like words, and grammar, and language; I like the way that in the spelling of word in Modern English, you can deduce something about its past, its evolution. (Not to mention how it … Continue reading →

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Currently reading … mostly natural history

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

Time for another few short book reviews — or at least, brief comments upon a few books: I’m currently (re)reading … Himalaya, by Michael Palin, and India, by Michael Wood — two of the great contemporary travel writers. Both of … Continue reading →

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New book in Moth’s world

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

Well, I’ve had a bit of good news lately. Very Good News. That Very Long Fantasy Novel mentioned elsewhere is going to be published by Pyr. This is a novel set in the same world as “The Storyteller”, but a … Continue reading →

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Screentones, Hal-Con, Thieves & Kings

Posted on November 1, 2010 by

I’m just back from Hal-Con, where I was helping man the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia recruiting table. It was an interesting time. There were some good costumes, though I found the cosplaying at Animaritime the two years I was … Continue reading →

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