Monthly Archives: August 2006

Setting up a wiki

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 30, 2006
Most of my time the last day or two has been devoted to setting up my new AIDS Lifecycle Wiki, which I expect will mostly be a community effort by one person (that would be me)–I mostly want to play with Mediawiki! It’s been pretty complex setting up the antispam guards and configuring the [...]
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Some more interviews

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 28, 2006
So, I’ve got interviews with Tilmin (a 300-lb, 5′0″ woman who lost 75 pounds while training) on Thursday and Ginger the drag queen on Saturday. Scott the Cheerleader I’m going to ring up on Wednesday to arrange an interview; I’ve also emailed Ken and Warren to ask them if they have any “stories from [...]
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Quote from my writing coach

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 27, 2006
Finally heard back from my writing coach, who thinks my sample chapter is a “damn fine chapter”. I responded by asking how I could strengthen the first and last stories, and mentioned I was considering taking out one of the stories entirely because I didn’t think it was as strong as the others. [...]
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Temptation.

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 25, 2006
Bloody creative mind. I seem to have latched onto the idea of fabric embellishment for my AIDS Lifecycle costumes. So many possibilities! I could do a crazy-quilt, embroider with ribbon, bead, use multicolored yarns…I could dye my own fabrics, make a fused fabric from silk or angelina sparklies, explore shibori, try kumihomo again… …You’ll note [...]
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Back from LA, How to Write a Book Proposal

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 21, 2006
Mike and I drove down to LA this weekend to go to the Fabulous Fiber Fest and admire my shawl (which won the Founder’s Award, as you may recall). It was fun–I took a class on boucle and other novelty yarns, and then spent some time walking around the festival with Mike. With [...]
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