Author Archives: murphy
A Night in the Lonesome October.
Almost forgot that it’s that season again. Beginning my yearly re-read of A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny, one chapter per night. Roger’s my favorite author of all time, mostly for his absolutely sublime Chronicles of Amber, … Continue reading
Vu ja de.
Going to be light posting for a bit, because I’m working on the AZ-104 certification. I scored the voucher a while back from one of Microsoft’s promotions they do every year, and I was feeling pretty meh about it until … Continue reading
A month in.
Still working on that chapter (and a certification is kicking my ass), but it occurred to me that I’m a month into this project so I thought I’d take stock. Still don’t have a very good word count plugin, so … Continue reading
Intermission.
Exhausted my creative energies today swinging at the first chapter of Elsewhere. Hoping I’ll have something to show for it tomorrow, or at the very least a more substantial post. In the meantime, here’s a quick anti-joke. Did you hear … Continue reading
Fub Fact Friday: Taste the rainbow.
There’s a really interesting phenomenon regarding how cultures identify colors. While not every culture has a word for every color, the way colors are identified and named follows a very distinct pattern that is the same no matter where you … Continue reading
A quick personal Q and the corresponding A.
Q: So you never remarried? Why not? A: Because of the type of woman I’m actually attracted to. Picture a Venn diagram with five circles labeled “Smart,” “Funny,” “Creative,” “Chaotic,” and “Bad Trouble,” and in the center where they overlap … Continue reading