We had a little over an hour to check out the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Twitter) I recommend much longer than that! A half day at the very least. Also, when paying the entrance fee, it says in large letters “$25”, and then in smaller letters “Recommended”. We paid about a dollar or fifty cents (I can’t remember) each to get in. And no-one looked at us as though we were horrible people.
Hello,
Yesterday I got the news that one of my cousins had died in an accident. I wasn’t particularly close to him but when I was young his mom was always really sweet to me. It’s always extra shocking when a young person dies.
Last week I also heard that my Grandmother died. She had lived an amazing and long life.
It’s always hard to lose someone in the family. I wish I could be there to support them but it’s far away.
I think the hardest part, I know, will be how hard it will be for their family on Christmas this year.
Sending my best to all my family up North.
Eric
I saw these two at Fan Expo, but I couldn’t get close enough to get a picture of them. I was very excited to see them at Ottawa’s Pop Expo!
Due to the fact that we weren’t allowed to go into the Statue of Liberty, the closest we got to it was the Staten Island Ferry. This is an excellent (free!) vantage point from which to get pictures, although perspective shots don’t really work!
Here’s a zoomed in photo of her:
Hello My Imaginary Friends,
It feels like a while since I’ve written a real update about everything going on, so here’s an update on what I’m working on.
The book is currently with Beta Reader 1 (or 12 depending on how you’re counting.)
I plan on sending it to Beta Reader 2 by the end of January and 3 by the end of February. If all goes well I’ll be able to resubmit in April. Yay!
I’m roughly 36% done editing and it’s taking a long time. It’s all about motivation unfortunately. I’ll start working more on in it next week. I’d like to get it to the Weditor by the end of next week. Yikes!
I’ve been planning and prepping and wishing I could write instead of editing. So yesterday I caved and started writing a little. I’ve now got 3000 words total of a novel I haven’t technically started.
I’ll start writing it officially once I finish editing Parasomnia, so hopefully Christmas week and then in the New Year.
I’ve written a sequel to Hal The Sun-Speaker and it should be edited and serial posted here sometime in the future.
I previously called this Project Kitchen Sink. I haven’t worked much on it but I do have 3 completed stories that I’m considering serial posting here.
The Adventures of Helen will be returning soon. I really enjoyed this story but got distracted by Felix Felicis.
This story started as a one off word of the day and turned into a time spanning epic which makes me giggle every time I re-read it. I hope it’s made you laugh as well.
I’m planning on wrapping this one up around April Fools.
I’ve done a little work on fine tuning this game and I have a playtest on Saturday that should give me an idea how well it’s works. I’ve created a cute little character sheet and everything. I’ll post more next week.
I won’t have a website up for FADDS this year but I have been hard at work fine tuning the system. I’m very close to the editing phase.
I have a playtest for FADDS this weekend too so I should be good to make some edits and then go through the whole thing to fix issues and clean up language.
I’m ready to call my coffee experiments a success. The product is good and I’ve had some good reviews. I’m planning on upping my production capabilities and next convention I plan on having a giant thermos to let people test the coffee.
My next phase in production is to test out weird flavours. My best sellers were Cinnamon and Banana so I’d like to try some unlikely flavours. I’ll try out some of the fruity stuff and see what happens.
I’m keeping the Raktajino, rebranding the Banana Cream as Minion Coffee, and adding Jabba the Peanut a peanut butter flavoured coffee.
I think, unless I hear different, I’ll retire the Spiked and Davroast.
I still have some Spiked(Butter Rum) and Davroast(Chocolate Hazelnut) left over if you’re interested.
I’m still volunteering with Silver Stag Entertainment. Go check out the shows. We’re really quite funny.
Things have been quieter than the night before Christmas on the JenEric Designs Youtube page.
All is not lost. I have an idea that is both easy and cheap to produce. Bonus is that my antiquated Premier will be able to handle it easily. I just have to get it set up. More on that later.
Well I’ve been busy lately…
What project, that I’ve been working on, would you like to see more of?
Éric
Hello My Imaginary Friends,
I’ve been challenged invited to take part in a Virtual Cookie Exchange, hosted by the wonderful Linda Poitevin.
I was invited by the great, and powerful, S.M. Carrière. Find her recipe here.
The idea is to give a cookie recipe and invite 4 other creative types to do the same.
Adapted from “Purity Cook Book: The Complete Guide to Canadian Cooking” 1970’s edition. This as the first recipe I ever made one my own.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Lightly Grease a Baking Sheet.
Sift together:
Cream Together:
Blend in:
Stir in dry ingredients. Shape into small balls, using a tablespoon, and place on greased baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Press 1/2 inch thick with a fork.
Bake in Preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 to 15 minutes or until nicely browned.
Makes 2 Dozen cookies
Enjoy!
I tag the following People:
All are extremely talented in what they do and you should totally go check out their blogs.
What’s your favourite kind of cookie?
Eric
The old NYC police headquarters used to be at 240 Centre St in lower Manhattan. They have since relocated, and the building, now a New York City landmark, has been renovated into apartments. Pretty cool place to live! You can go here to find out more.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Brandon Routh! (Twitter) Honestly, we weren’t going to get an autograph from him because of time (we were selling at Pop Expo for the second year in a row) and money (I’m in school). But it turned out that we had the time (very small turnout – it was disappointing) and the money. We happened to walk past Brandon Routh’s table when there was no line, and he was still there, so we walked right up to him. We said that we loved him in Partners (comedy show of a half season in length that is brilliant and should never have been cancelled!) and he replied that he loved that show, too. He was so incredibly sweet! (Morgan of Geek Charming has an awesome story about her meeting with him here). AND the best part? He loved my TARDIS. He liked it so much that he wrote down the number of our booth, and then searched it out! Totally made my weekend.
Hi,
I love winter. It’s my second favourite season but the one I feel healthiest during. (Fraking allergies) I also much prefer being cold than being hot.
This morning I’m at a presentation/training/promo for forms given by Adobe. Should be interesting.(no sarcasm)
I had a big crisis of faith this week about the first Elizabeth novel. The publisher that had unofficially said they’d publish it if I get it cleaned up, only publishes their novels in American English.
The fact that this freaked me out should tell you how sensitive authors can be about their work. Thankfully I asked a few friends and they told me that it wasn’t a big deal and I should be happy about maybe possibly hopefully getting a publishing deal.
I think my worry was all about the amount of effort I put into making sure I was using proper Canadian style.
I have a feeling today will be a good day. I was skating late (the side walks are all ice) when I saw my father in-law and he gave me a ride.
So this post is brought to you by my father in-law.
Do you have a preference between Canadian, American, and British English?
Éric
