Okay, I lied. I closed the donation window, but these two came in right after I went to bed. They are lovely and I covet both of them. A six-issue Interzone subscription. An illustration by Sandro Castelli for the story of your choice.
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Well, I closed the donations window tonight with over sixty raffle items. So those of you who were holding out until all the items were in, may start dropping tickets in the hats. You can stop by the site for details but one of the things I added is an audio recording by me. Meanwhile,
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Once I had the life mask of Rob finished, I was ready to start the sculpture. My first step was to do a full size drawing of the bear to make certain that I had the proportions correct. Gummi Þor had already done a sculpture to demonstrate how the proportions would have to change from
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I miss them. I miss flipping through the notecards in the tiny little drawers. I miss finding the card that has been there since 1889 when the library opened. I miss the wood of the catalog. But there’s a toy that brings back memories. Catalog Card Generator
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I spotted this review on Michele Lee and the Road to Print. I’m reluctant to say that Cerbo en Vitra ujo by Mary Robinette Kowal is my favorite story. I think perhaps to know for sure I’d had to read it again and I’m not planning to do that anytime soon. Cerbo sunk its scalpels
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So, it took me about forty-five minutes to create the intial Save Apex website. And then I have spent the rest of the day inputting the donations. I mean, really. They keep coming in. It astounds me. I had a total fan-girl moment when the signed, hardback first-edition copy of the Sparrow came in. When
Here’s another way you can support Apex Digest. There’s old-fashioned raffle with amazing prizes at http://saveapex.maryrobinettekowal.com. You can buy a ticket to put your name in the hat to win autographed copies of books, art, video and other strange goodies. Tickets are a dollar each. That’s nothing, right? You can afford that. On Friday, September
Vocal fatigue is something you’ll have to battle when you’re doing a book signing or working a convention. The voice is created by a set of muscles and it can wear out. There are a lot of things you can do to keep it in good working order, and a lot of things you can
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Today we are supposed to discuss our interests. Since I’m not particularly interested in að dansa or að iþrotta (sports) I looked up the things I was interested in. You’ve already learned the term for puppet from me, so here’s a new one. Ég hef áhuga á vÃsindaskáldskapum. Translation: I am interested in science-fiction. [audio:sciencefiction.mp3]
Jason Sizemore, at Apex Digest, has been very supportive of me and of Shimmer. This was on his blog today. A Writer’s Vanity – Hunting for Hubris This is my own personal horror story. In it, I play the guy whose pride won’t let him ask for help when he sees that he needs it.
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Ha ha! Take that, Icelandic language. I’ve been working with a pocket dictionary and asked my teacher to recommend a more comprehensive one, which I picked up on the way home from class yesterday. Last night while doing my homework, I discovered that my brand-new dictionary was missing WXYZ and most of U in the
For homework last night, we had to write about our normal day. Needless to say, most of the words I needed were not in the normal lesson… I have no idea if any of my declinations are right; conjugations I feel pretty good about, it’s all those darn declining nouns and adjectives that make life
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Avast! Vikings were sea-farin’ plunderers, so for TLAPD, I’ve recorded a choice phrase in Icelandic. Ég er sjóræningi, þu lÃtilmótlegur gamalreyndur sjómaður. Aaar! Translation: I am a pirate, you scurvy sea-dog. Aaar! [audio:vikingpirate.mp3]