by Christie Meierz | Oct 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
See that little box over on the right that says Current Work In Progress? I was happily editing it daily, watching the number go up with a lot of satisfaction, and yesterday, it stopped working. In the editing popup, I can click the Save button until the sun goes...
by Christie Meierz | Sep 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m trying to write with a loud and obnoxious neighbor, and since we’re renting the house we’re living in, we are seriously considering moving when the lease is up end of November. I mean really. Houses in this part of the country are notoriously...
by Christie Meierz | Sep 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
I seem to have neglected my blog again. Not because I forget about it — I don’t — but because I’ve been so focused on writing book 3 of the Tales of Tolari Space that I just didn’t have any creative energy left over to write much of...
by Christie Meierz | Sep 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Here at WorldCon, I’ve been staying at the Marriott Riverwalk. It’s a … um … 30 or so stories? … building, and our room is … shall we say … pretty high up. When we arrived, they upgraded our room for free to one with a...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m angry.Read this for background, and pay attention to the statistics.The problem of people being allergic to what’s in perfume is on the rise, and I have it. I keep my home as scent-free as possible. We use organic and/or unscented soaps, dish soaps,...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Well, nothing, really. Although some might argue that many advances in science happen when one group of people is trying to figure out how to kill another group of people. You could argue, however, that we also make advances in science when peaceful people get excited...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
I continue to work hard on The Fall. The weird thing is, I can see the whole thing in my head. I just can’t get it out. So my husband interrupted my hard-scrabble attempt to finish another chapter by dragging me off to a car dealership. It seems my hardened...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
The more scientifically geeky of my readers may have noticed that in my books, I have people talking to each other across interstellar distances. In real time. Sometimes one of them is on a ship traveling at relativistic speeds, and no one is the wiser. They might as...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
This may be old news to some of you, but a few days ago, I discovered the Slooh Space Camera while searching out information about the new nova in the constellation Delphinus. I’m not a scientist — just a geek. This got me really excited. Slooh webcasts...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
This August has been the coolest I’ve experienced since moving to Pittsburgh nearly 4 years ago. With highs in the 70’s, sometimes low 80’s, and lows dropping down into the 50’s, sometimes even the 40’s, it feels like summer is over and...
