Working on Bella’s Bookshelves has made me read more about the publishing world in general. All I read these days are the incredibly copious obits of indie bookshops and the constant proclamations of how ereaders and ebooks are revolutionizing our reading habits and bookselling trends. One of the pros of ereaders, apparently, is that they …
Changing Direction
I just finished watching a rather disappointing movie called Meet Bill, with Aaron Eckhart. Both C and I like Eckhart; he usually makes acting look effortless, but this film left something to be desired. Aside from the not-so-great acting, I’m mainly talking about the story, which left me wanting much more from it than I …
Bella’s Bookshelves
I haven’t posted here in a while because of time constraints but also because what free time I have managed to squeeze out of a day (like blood from a stone, it seems!) has been put toward a new project. While I plan on implementing Brett’s idea of making Biblio real online before I can …
Treacherous Tea Time
I’ve come to love tea enough that I will no longer conveniently buy it from the grocery store; instead I’ll drive a bit farther or seek out the most attractive (judging by looks and atmosphere and clientele and the like) tearoom in town (as my sister and I did in Pateley Bridge). How far would …
Nothing New
The other day I had an interview at a publishing company to see if I could freelance for them. (It was a fun interview and they really wanted me on board but couldn’t figure out in what capacity: they don’t have an editorial dept.) This company also has an impressive three-floor open-concept art gallery (oooh, …
Evenings with Bilbo Baggins
I have a weird and wonderful sense of history repeating itself, or something akin to that. If you’ve been reading here for a while, you know my first encounter with Tolkien and The Hobbit was in grade three, when my 23-yr-old teacher Mrs. Henderson, on whom I had a giant crush, took us out to …
Stepping Forward into the Unknown
This site is getting changed around a bit. Again. (Stop laughing, Friar!) Although EditQuest has got more traffic on this blog than it did on its own, I’ve found it difficult and restricting to have it on my personal blog. Thus, I plan on getting EQ back on its own, with its own design, so …
A Proper Place for Tea
I sip my tea the way you’re supposed to when tasting it (did you know you’re supposed to slurp?), but only because I’m trying to drown out the song on the radio. I am sitting conspicuously at my desk at the clinic, grossly aware of the diminutive elderly patient waiting across from me and the …
Sunshine on a Snowy Day
Isn’t it amazing how quickly a day can change? Probably we pay more attention when it’s a great day that abruptly becomes shitty, but today was not that day for me. I have been fighting a cold and exhaustion and I was certainly in no mood to go back to work so soon after Christmas. …