Author: amichopine

  • Zing day 4

    1. Tree galls: insects induce the tree to grow tumors that are shelters for the insects’ young. Mealy Oak Gall Oak Marble Gall Gall Forming Aphids 2. A new building toy that has parts that remember how you moved them so kids can create totally unique “robots” but building and then physically making the toy…

  • Need a new website and Zing day 3

    I was very busy yesterday with meetings and getting some things done for my editor, so I didn’t have time to really work on the Zing assignment. I’m trying to get my husband to put together a new website for me. I have a few ideas that could be fun. I definitely do want to…

  • Zing assignment day 2

    Here is the thing: I have to be looking for zing. If I’m not, it’s hard to go back through the day to find it. 1. There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done, Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung, Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the…

  • Getting some zing at BYU

    So yesterday I was just at BYU at the Life, the Universe, and Everything convention. The attendance was incredible. I usually don’t get to go to these things because they fall right on a weekend near my middle daughter’s birthday, which is when the party has to be. But I asked this year if she…

  • Bill Gates

    I have liked Bill Gates for quite a while now. He was a true geek: excited about what he did. Occasionally stepped on some toes. But when he really grew up and then found himself a billionaire he started doing what we all wish we could do. This stunt was just too cool. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/microsoft/4524578/Bill-Gates-unleash-swarm-of-mosquitoes-at-TED-2009.html Who…

  • Guilty reading, Ysabel, and Ender in Exile.

    My fiction reading life recently has been conducted nostalgically under the auspices of guilt. Many of my moments were stolen from time I should have been dedicating to the book I was writing. And yet, I think they were part of what kept me sane. I’m far less burnt out than I expected to be,…

  • New ways to read

    I’ve been paying a bit of attention to the e-reader market. There are so many reasons why this is an awesome idea. Saving trees just for one. Saving space is another. There is no shipping involved, simply downloads, so e-readers will have a smaller impact on the environment. And last, it is good for publishing.…

  • Wife Writer Mom

    ***news flash!!!*** I finished. I turned in the manuscript for my book yesterday. I was approached less than five months ago to write it, and now it’s done! What a ride! Well, there are things to do. The book’s website to finish. I need to pitch some articles to magazines so my name pops up…

  • Book status

    Taking care of some artwork details for my book, Vue 7 From the Ground Up, I realized that I was doing the activities of an editor. We recruited a handful of artists to showcase for opening images of the book, and I’m busy gathering both their artwork, their information, and paperwork. I’m really excited to…

  • Want to try Vue?

    Vue 7 Pioneer Beta is now available for free on e-on software’s website. Now you can try out the software I’m writing the book about for yourself. The Pioneer version is a smaller version of what I work with, but there is still plenty that can be done. Be careful. You may just get addicted!…