Timewaster's Guide Archive

Have Black Industries sent us any more supplements?

I know we've reviewed five items, and they've linked to two of those (the Bestiary and the core rulebook) on their website.

They're churning out about a supplement a month, so I'm curious if we're getting any of that, or if they've cut it off.  I'd be interested reading reviews of Sigmar's Heirs or The Old World Armoury.

A tool for those wishing to boycott the RIAA, or just know what artists/labels/albums are affiliated.

This website has a tool that will help you determine what albums are RIAA "Safe" (unaffiliated), and which are not:

http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/search.asp


I think, given my current low income and the imminence of flat-fee music subscription programs, I'm going to start boycotting the RIAA, myself.  There are plenty of good groups like the Stonering and E.S. Posthumus which are unaffiliated.

Feel free to kick me if this is already implimented, but I've a thought . . .

I'm assuming that Bios are currently appended to each and every review.  However, I know that using an ASP include file (I'm assuming this can be done with PSP, etc., as well), you could actually make the Bio a variable or include call, and so if you updated the bio one place, it would get updated everywhere…

Or is there a reason we particularly don't want this?

So I'm trying to figure out what to use as my writing name.  Were I to just stick on my name as I use it, I'd use "Michael-Forest Meservy".  However, I am thinking that "Michael-Forest Meservy" may not be the easiest name to remember, or the catchiest.

So I'm considering using a pseudonym for the sake of the reader.  Ironically, the pseudonym I'm leaning most towards is "Michael Forest", substituting my middle name for my last.  (Has any other author ever used their real name as a pseudonym?)

Of course, if I want to go for the truly pseudonymous, I could use "Jade Knight" or some such, but I think it'd be better to just use my name unless there'd be some big marketing advantage to having a weird name.

So, what say you?  Would it be better to use "Michael Forest" as my writing name, or should I keep my full name, or what?

This thread is where you post books you've recently read and would recommend others NOT read.  I'll start:


The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield.

The philosophy and science of it had holes, and the narrative itself was absolutely awful.

I've a general-use question.  Is it acceptable to call non-humans "man" or "woman" in a multi-racial (speci-al) world?

For example, is it okay to refer to a male Elf as "that man", or to talk about a group of female Klingons as "the women"?

That sort of thing.

I've always wondered about this, and find myself naturally wanting to do it, and specifically trying to avoid it.

Okay, I don't know where to put this, but it relates to writing, so I'm sticking it here.

The point of this thread is to be a place for writers (or anyone who cares) to ask questions about words and how they're perceived, etc.  For example, one might debate about whether or not the individual sees "grey" and "gray" as having separate shades of meaning (I've known more than one person who has).


At any rate, to start off, I've got a question.

Would the term "muzzle and fangs" be redundant, in your opinion?  (In reference to a wolf)  In other words, does "muzzle" include fangs to the point that describing both would appear ludicrous?