cavern of babel

Buttersby Commentary

You learn things in the strangest of places.  Today while writing the Buttersby Commentary for this week, I actually found something in my own book that helped me with the writing anxiety I expressed in my last post.  So for a lesson on what we can learn from alpacas, click on over here and see […]

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Another Commentary

So, I’m not sure how many people actually read these things, but I enjoy writing them.  It gives me a good opportunity to think about my writing and how I do what I do and why.  I have to say, having an audience–even an imaginary one–helps me enormously.  I enjoy writing my blog posts, and

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Job Applications and Commentary

As this semester winds down, the job search is heating up.  On Monday I sent out five applications to different libraries–three academic and two public.  This means that, theoretically, I could be moving in as little as a month from now.  Will that happen?  Not likely, especially judging by how my application luck has been

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Another Commentary Up

I just posted the commentary for Chapter Six to my website.  It touches on a few things in passing, from naming to adaptation to description. I don’t have time to say much else.  It’s a whirlwind day today, with writing, homework, cleaning and everything else under the sun.  And I still haven’t caught up on

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