September 2010

Sale! “We Interrupt This Broadcast” to The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination

September 30, 2010 / Journal, Writing / 2 Comments

John Joseph Adams is hot stuff these days. Barnes & Noble.com named him “the reigning king of the anthology world” and that’s because he keeps coming up with these really keen ideas for anthologies. Like this one. The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination From Victor Frankenstein to Lex Luthor, from Dr. Moreau to Dr. […]

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Ginger Tea and “Shades of Milk and Honey”

September 30, 2010 / Journal, Shades of Milk and Honey, Writing

In what may be one of my favorite reviews, the English Tea Store has been having Jackie Gamber, a lover of both tea and science fiction, suggest pairings of novels and teas. Here’s a taste of what she says… English Tea Store brand Ginger Tea is a classic tea with a twist. The high-quality black

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What is the deleted scene that’s today’s Easter Egg?

September 29, 2010 / Journal / 2 Comments

I started writing Shades of Milk and Honey for NaNoWriMo, in which one tries to write 50,000 words of a novel in a month. When I hit the finish line, I stopped to re-read what I’d written and decided to toss the last six chapters and rewrite, changing the plot in the process. Today’s easter

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Shades of Milk and Honey easter egg: Deleted scene. The original chapter 24

September 29, 2010 / Easter Egg, Journal, Shades of Milk and Honey, Writing

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Woody the Cat demonstrates his unique approach to drinking water.

September 28, 2010 / Journal

This video just makes me laugh and laugh. And I thought Harriet had an issue with drinking water. (Thanks, -e-!)

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Our cats have a water fountain. So spoiled.

September 28, 2010 / Journal / 12 Comments

Harriet has taken to drinking out of the bathroom sink. She’s so excited about it that she will sit in the sink waiting for us to come in and turn the water on. The problem is that she’s not very good at it. Frequently, she’ll just shove her head under the running water and let

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Sale! Birthright to 2020 Visions

September 27, 2010 / Journal, Writing / 1 Comment

(I actually wrote this post in August but saved it as a draft instead of publishing. Whoops!) Way back in 2005, I attended OSC’s Literary BootCamp with Rick Novy. He and I had known each other online, but this was the first time we met in person. We’ve stayed in touch over the years and

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Two more days as a bachelorette

September 27, 2010 / Journal

This is just a quick note to say that I miss Rob. He’s been away for the last week, helping some friends of ours move to Minneapolis. We’ve talked almost every day but he won’t be home until Wednesday. Bachelorette life is not all it’s cracked up to be. le sigh…

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Debut Author Lessons: Mail and P.O. Boxes

September 27, 2010 / Debut Author Lessons, Journal, Writing / 11 Comments

I had not planned to get a P.O. box. Truly, I just hadn’t thought about how I wanted to handle folks who wanted to have things signed. My plan, if I had one, was that if someone needed to mail me things that I would just give them my home address. Since I’m not comfortable

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Foolscap 2010

September 26, 2010 / Journal / 10 Comments

I’m up in Redmond, WA at Foolscap and having a delightful time. After the hugeness of Dragon*Con it’s nice to be at a small convention that focuses on books. The conversations have been interesting and pretty far-ranging. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of intelligent and well-read people here. Programming has me scheduled heavily, which

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American Changeling at Daily Science Fiction

September 24, 2010 / Journal, Writing / 2 Comments

Daily Science Fiction is an interesting new SF magazine that works differently than the other online magazines. Basically, you sign up and once a day you get an SF story in your inbox. A week later it goes up live on the site. I find that I’m actually reading most of the short SF stories

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Why it doesn’t matter that there are no new ideas.

September 24, 2010 / Journal / 1 Comment

I just finished reading Brent Week’s new book The Black Prism. I picked this up on a whim after hearing a lot of good things about Brent Weeks. Holy cow. What an amazing ride. He is cruel and vicious to his characters and continually kicks them when they are down. That’s part of what makes

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Foolscap Schedule

September 24, 2010 / Journal / 2 Comments

Hey! I’m heading up to Foolscap this weekend and if you are looking for me, here’s my schedule. Sat 11 am – noon (Alder) Class Warriors From Beyond – Class and Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Kyra Freestar, Mary Robinette Kowal, Will Shetterly Sat 130 – 3 pm (Alder) Culture and SF: Sociological Symbiosis – SF/F considered in the abstract

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My Favorite Scene From Shades of Milk and Honey

September 23, 2010 / Easter Egg, Journal, Shades of Milk and Honey / 2 Comments

If you are curious about my favorite scene in Shades of Milk and Honey, it’s posted at RT Reviews. They also asked me to tell them a bit about what went into writing the scene. Curious? Head over to read my Favorite Scene From Shades of Milk and Honey at RT Book Reviews. If you

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OK Go’s newest music video with doggies!

September 22, 2010 / Journal / 2 Comments

While I am posting music videos that make me smile, check out OK Go’s newest, “White Knuckles.” With doggies! Via EpicFTW Donate to animal rescue at http://www.okgo.net/dogs

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