sundries

[rm]

Signups have begun for therealljidol. I will not be competing. To be frank, I feel a little pissy that it's such a no-go situation for me. But, eh. I hope the people who play have fun.

The New York Times asserts that in the workplace women are doing better, because men are doing worse. The assertion is unsettling, especially if you read the article, which is more about the fact that women are more likely to be maintaining a financial status-quo in the downturn because they are less expensive hires (still earning $.77 on the dollar) and perceived as being non-assertive and "willing to settle." Those are the disturbing conclusions of the piece, so why they front-and-center this sinister idea of women capitalizing on the failures of men instead, I am not sure.

Donor's Choose has always been one of my favorite charities, and in mentioning it to Patty, she mentioned to me a fundraising initiative related to it sponsored by one of her favorite blogs.

So I'm going to do NaNo this year, just to try to bang out a draft of the chick-lit novel. It needs a title and a summary which I should sit down and come up with at some point. I'm terrible at titles, but the thing I call it in my head (since it's a chick-lit novel set in the world of SF/media conventions) is ConSweet. I know, awful! Apologies in advance to anyone I have ever spent time with at a con, the city of Chicago (where I am setting this thing), and the entire public relations profession (you can't write chick-lit without a character who works in PR. You just can't!). Anyway, I'm full of shame, but this should be a funny lark and a good exorcism, since it's been kicking around my head for over a year.

France is considering requiring warning labels on photoshopped images.

Comments

[norda.livejournal.com]

1] I can see why you feel pissy about Idol being a no-go. I still shake my head at what went down in March.

2] Re: NYT... yes, very disturbing, and fully borne out by my temping experience. [Another reason Donna Noble is one of my favourite companions... relatability! If I can't be a kinky-booted polymath like Liz Shaw...]

3] Honestly, in my professional opinion as a bookseller for more than two decades, I think ConSweet is actually a very GOOD title. I can almost picture a cover for it, too... Adrian Salmon's house style would work very well.

[rm.livejournal.com]

3. -- thanks. If you want a good giggle, I've just put up the summary of the thing on my Nano page.