We had originally planned to push straight through to Denver today, which would have meant leaving insanely early and then arriving at midnight. At some point I think Rob and I both realized that this is, in many ways, a vacation and decided to slow down. In Denver, we’ll be staying with T. L. Morganfield. […]
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While I was at WorldCon, Howard Tayler asked me to swing by and participate in the Writing Excuses podcast panel. He described it as a bunch of fifteen minute podcasts in front of a live audience, which, I must say, was great fun. Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler and Dan Wells are very engaging hosts and
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We stopped today with the Valenti family who we know from our time in Iceland. The driving was good today, so we took time to have a picnic at one of the rest areas and still arrived by 3:30. It has been wonderful to have time to visit and catch up. Edited to add: Here’s
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We have spent a very pleasant evening at the Scalzi home in Bradford, OH. This was my first time meeting Athena who is clearly her father’s daughter. Garrulous and charming as only a Scalzi can be. Also…only 10? The man is going to be in so much trouble when she hits the teenage years. Today,
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We hadn’t planned on stopping in Milesburg, but we were delayed getting out of the City this morning which pushed our arrival in Bradford, OH to midnightish. Not okay. We were also so fatigued from loading yesterday that collapsing into a heap in a hotel sounded better than collapsing in a heap with the truck.
Day 1 of the move. Milesburg, PA Read More »
Through a series of unfortunate events ranging from car robbery to boating accident — no really — our afternoon crew of friends who volunteered to help us move have largely had to back out. By largely, I mean everyone but one person. Not that I am nervous or anything, but if you are at all
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I am sitting in the moving truck on our corner, waiting for the street sweeper to come through so that we can put the truck right in front of the apartment. In case anyone is wondering why we picked a Thursday to load out, it’s because of opposite side of the street parking. Aside from
Waiting with the truck Read More »
Today around noon, we’re turning off the internet. Gasp. I know. We have to return the box to the cable company and the only way to do that is either in person or by having a technician turn up and unplug it. I mean…really? There’s not a way to just mail it in? I guess
Going offline today Read More »
My short story, First Flight, is up at Tor.com. It has absolutely goooooorgeous art by Pascal Milelli, which looks enough like my actual grandmother that my mom was disappointed that she didn’t have earrings on. Why is it cool that she looks like my grandmother? Because she’s based on Grandma, even if the name isn’t
“First Flight,” free at Tor.com + recipes! Read More »
My dear friend, the 2009 Campbell-winning, David Anthony Durham has ARCs of The Other Lands, his new book. And he’s giving one away! Okay. Here it is. My first The Other Lands giveaway. There may be more to come, but this one is purely from my own stash. I’m offering one of the three advanced
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You will be happy to know that fundable.com has issued a refund to my donors. Mr. Pratt sent me screenshots this morning of a PayPal payment going to Donor 2 and checks going to my dad and Donor 1. I’m paraphrasing, but if I get permission to post the email, I will — He reiterated
Fundable.com wrap up Read More »
For the benefit of those of you who read this via rss, LJ or Facebook, I wanted to let you know that I exchanged a series of emails with John Pratt, co-founder of fundable.com. With his permission, I’ve appended the series to the end of my original post about my fundable.com fundraiser. I did that
Update to my Fundable experience Read More »
Chapter 6 was a seriously fun chapter to write. Why? Because I’m dealing with the part of my world that is entirely made up and the one that excites me most. Jane visits a school for glamour — which is my magic system. The thing that often bugs me about other worlds is that magic
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Edited to add: In 2009, the original fundable.com shut down. In 2011, Virtucon Ventures (http://www.virtuconventures.com) purchased the domain. They are not associated with the original Fundable.com or Mr. Pratt, and will be re-launching the site in April of 2012. This page remains as an archival record of my correspondence with Mr. Pratt but should in no way reflect on
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