thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann
S Andrew Swann | February 23, 2011
I’ve returned from RadCon after a slightly longer than intended return trip. First me and John Dalmas were stuck in Minneapolis for 7 hours while our original flight crew went awol in the snow somewhere in Detroit, and the replacements showed up just in time to be just over their regulation flight time, bumping us [...]
S Andrew Swann | December 30, 2010
One thing that eludes Statists of all stripes is the fact that the more discretion the State has to act, the more prone it is to manifest the baser aspects of human nature. When the State is free to act as it will, it becomes as petty, vindictive, stupid and arbitrary as its constituent bureaucrats. [...]
S Andrew Swann | September 2, 2010
Well, I’m getting the chance to practice what I preach. I’ve said that the most important part of being a writer is actually writing, butt in chair, day in and day out. Right now it would be very easy for me to slack off. I have one proposal and a full MS in my agent’s [...]
S Andrew Swann | August 4, 2010
Unfortunately, Truffles has begun taking a turn for the worse. Again, she can no longer walk, and still no firm diagnosis. The steps outside were really becoming an issue, especially since I’m going to cons and such and Michelle can’t lift Truffles all by herself. So, now we have the Trufflevator: Going up: Top floor, [...]
S Andrew Swann | May 31, 2010
As a follow-up to the post where I built a bunch of raised boxes for the veggie garden. Here’s the garden today: And here are some planters with herbs, and some homemade earth boxes I made last year.
S Andrew Swann | March 30, 2010
Spent this weekend building raised beds in the back for a vegetable garden. Spent most of Saturday building these, three boxes 8x4x2 and three 4x4x2. And Truffles is much more mobile now, and she can hang out outside now.
S Andrew Swann | March 8, 2010
If you’ve followed my blog, you’ve seen me talk about our dog Truffles. Back during the summer, she was stricken with something, no one has yet diagnosed what, that weakened her until she was unable to walk. At first we thought it was neurological, but she was never completely paralyzed. In fact, even when I [...]
S Andrew Swann | January 27, 2010
Well finally got to updating the counters for the WIP. And I am now feeling the main issue that faces every writer with a day job, time. There just isn’t enough of it. Once you take time for commuting, writing, taking care of the animals and the day job itself, there’s barely a couple hours [...]
S Andrew Swann | December 14, 2009
We got our tree up, so here are some festive fictures to put you in a seasonal mood.
S Andrew Swann | November 9, 2009
Overwhelmed with work and such so blogging will be intermittent for November while I scramble to get stuff done. I may blog a bit before Thanksgiving, if time permits, but no promises.
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