Month: February 2006

Muse Movie?

Cedar’s idea. Ideas welcome!

Here’s what Cedar says:

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

The blog ought to start a section called:

MUSE FANS FOR A KOKOPELLI AND COMPANY MOVIE

This section would be used to allow Muse fans to give out ideas regarding the creation of a film version of “Attack of the Smart Pies.”

Examples:

Who do you think should play a certain Muse?

Descriptions of various houses?

Who should play Emma and Darien Drinkwater?

How bout Ms. Krishnamurti (Yes I know it says Ms. My family dosen’t believe in saying Mrs.)?

And finally:

Tell other people what props you plan to buy and send to the Muse crew, so they have less work to do, in making the ultimate dream come true.

PS: THIS MOVIE IS THE KIND THAT MUSE FANS WILL WANT TO SEE IN THEATERS!

Okey-doke, Cedar, here’s your special section. And a-WAYYY we go!

Round-Robin ‘Riting, v. 2006.1, part 2

The story of the afareet, continued from Round-Robin ‘Riting, v. 2006.1, part 1.

The story of the afareet, continued from Round-Robin ‘Riting, v. 2006.1, part 1.

(By the way, in Arabic afareet is plural. The singular is afreet. I’m an afreet, but you all are afareet–in case you want to be technically correct about it.)

MuseBlog historical note: This story started in the blog’s original group-writing experiment, “Round-Robin ‘Riting,” and was revived on “Out with the Old…”

MEET THE MUSES

The Muses will be dropping in on the blog from time to time, so this thread is no longer needed and will be closed to further comments. It’s well worth reading, though.

We thought they’d never show up, but Larry Gonick has used his Kokonino County connections to coax them onto the blog. The Web may never be the same. Brace yourselves…

Hello Donna

Donna M. Jackson wrote the story in this month’s Muse about Paco the Taco — the baby horse (a foal, that is) born with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, aka “dummy foal syndrome.” She said she’d pop onto the blog now and then for a visit. Any questions for Donna? This is the place.

Donna M. Jackson wrote the story in this month’s Muse about Paco the Taco — the baby horse (a foal, that is) born with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, aka “dummy foal syndrome.” She said she’d pop onto the blog now and then for a visit. Any questions for Donna? This is the place.
Donna’s an accomplished nonfiction writer, publishing books including “ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room,” “Hero Dogs,” “The Bug Scientists,” and “In Your Face: The Facts about Your Features.” Maybe she can answer Sphinx’s Queenie J.’s question about philtrums?

Attention, Jane Austen Fans!

Here’s a book you might like.

Robert reports:

My pal Polly Shulman (New York literary whiz, book reviewer, and freelance science writer/editor extraordinaire) has just turned her jaw-dropping talents to something new: YA fiction. Her book Enthusiasm, which comes out on February 16, looks like just the sort of thing some MuseBloggers should ♥ to the nth power.

I’ll try to get Polly on the blog to talk about books, the writer’s life, and those wild parties at Lemony Snicket’s house. Meanwhile, you can find out more about Enthusiasm from her publisher, Penguin Books.

Added February 8: NEW! Read Polly’s interview in Newsday.