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Which tarot card are you?

You are The Lovers Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse. The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made. Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And that’s actually more apt than "Lovers." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, […]

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Ignoring Thanksgiving

I’m sitting at home, wearing one of my husband’s sweaters with all of the lights turned on in the house. I’ve heated some frozen vegetable gyozas for a snack and taken a break from writing to, well, write something else. There are many things to be thankful for, but my husband is far away and

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Kill Henry Sugar

After Orycon, I went to see Dean play in Kill Henry Sugar. If you didn’t buy their album the last time I said they were fantastic, you should go do it now. Richard A. Lovett took me up on the invitation to go to their gig. Before the show, he asked me “What kind of

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Survived Orycon

More than survived, really. I had a great time, although I was a little stressed juggling some transit issues. Rob and I had made the decision before going to Iceland, that we would sell the car and try being carless when we came back. What this weekend has taught me is that carless is fine

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Orycon Schedule reminder

Here’s my schedule for Orycon. Come see me! Fri Nov 17 2:00:pm Constructive Critiquing 4:00:pm Other Worlds or the Same Ol’, Same Ol’? Sat Nov 18 10:00:am We Don’t Need Another Hero 11:00:am Remember to Breathe- The Secrets Behind Great Public Readings (Workshop on reading aloud) 1:00:pm Turkey Readings 4:00:pm Juggling Jobs: Survival Tips for

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Perhaps not.

I’ve been using the English place name generator for the estates and towns in a couple of stories. I just asked it for one for Mr. Dunkirk’s estate and it offered me, “West Rootsex.” No. No, I don’t think so. Edited to add: The next one was “Sex cot in the Vale.” Really, it’s usually

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No puppets?!?

Oh my. I just realized that, in Shades of Milk and Honey, I’ve created a world where it’s quite likely that shadow puppetry would never have arisen. In fact, I think that puppetry and mask work may only have come up as a form of sham glamour. This is very strange for me. I’m thinking

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My cat, Marlowe

This is one of my two cats. He’s a mask artist. When he was a kitten I gave him one of those string ornaments to play with. He used to bite the edge of it, and it would flip, almost going over his head. One evening, as I was hosting a dinner party, one of

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