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Busy, busy

Posted on May 27, 2005 Written by Diane

It's been a busy week. Last Friday I baked 48 cupcakes for Simon's birthday party. (Why? Because it seemed like a good idea at the time.) 24 chocolate, 24 vanilla. Then early Saturday morning I made vanilla and chocolate buttercream frosting, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: All About Moi

Ebert reviews “The Longest Yard”

Posted on May 27, 2005 Written by Diane

Roger Ebert let some time lapse between his TV review of the new Adam Sandler movie, The Longest Yard, and the written review. In between, he went to Cannes and saw all manner of films. And now that he has to write a review of completely disposable … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Movies

Story, plot, and character arcs, oh my

Posted on May 24, 2005 Written by Diane

Rogers over at Kung Fu Monkey has a wonderful discussion of story, plot, act structure, and character arcs. I think I will be studying this a lot, because some of the things he talks about are the very problems I've been having of late. If you've … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Writing

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