Craftiness, Poslfit and Winter Holidays revisited

I've started painting again. One of my favourite Corel Painter brushes is the Sponge brush, so I figured it's time I experiment with sponge painting in real life.

Sent off my book manuscript yesterday. I use Microsoft Word 2004 for the Mac and I've always hated it, but I think that part of the reason is because I've been too lazy to sit down and actually figure out how to properly use stylesheets. I once accidentally wrote an entire manuscript in superscript without realizing it. This time I actually did go through and make sure to use styles all the way through.

I still hate MS Word, but not quite as much.

Thanks to those who posted comments about my winter holidays/festivals card on Snarkface. I incorporated many of your suggestions and uploaded a new version of the card:

Seasons Greetings (whatever that season might be)

I took most of my original holidays from this Wikipedia entry but it looks as if the entry may not have been entirely accurate, so your comments were very useful. You can find a list of some fictional winter holidays and festivals here. Gary McGath also pointed out the Butter Lamp Festival in Tibet.

And the word/phrase that had nothing at all to do with winter? Poslfit, a word invented by some friends of mine.

I've also added some more cards to my Inkygirl Gifts For Writers page.

Snowman Writer's Gift