Here’s the latest on Rob’s hands. Last week the insurance finally approved his claim and said that he could have the surgery. Yay! I waited to post until we had a surgery date, which… we still don’t have. Why? Because the doctor’s office said that they needed written authorization. It took a couple of days […]
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I’m delighted to announce that my short story “At the Edge of Dying” will appear in the anthology Clockwork Phoenix 2, edited by Mike Allen. The first anthology was full of amazing stories and I’m thrilled to be in the second incarnation. Here’s a teaser: Kahe peeked over the edge of the earthen trench as
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The 2005 winner of the Synchronized Christmas lights competition… You won’t believe it unless you watch. Trust me. Now that’s someone who takes their Christmas lights seriously.
09:47 Dear neighbor. Please turn off your alarm clock. This reminds me of being in the dorm when someone leaves their alarm set & skips town. # 09:55 Seriously. The fact that the alarm goes off for 60 seconds and then self-snoozes for five minutes just makes it more annoying. # 11:02 Cake ought to
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Recently, depending on where you see me, I might have seemed to vanish for a couple of reasons. Livejournal: A button got flipped which clicked “Date out of Order” on all of my posts. If that’s set, they don’t show up on friends pages. So, if you want to click through to my page and
According to the Typealyzer the writing on my website indicates that I am a ESTP or one of “The Doers.” The active and play-ful type. They are especially attuned to people and things around them and often full of energy, talking, joking and engaging in physical out-door activities. The Doers are happiest with action-filled work
Paul Cornell asked a group of SF writers to list their favorite Christmas movies. Answering the question are Lou Anders, Mike Carey, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Steven Moffat, C.E. Murphy, Kim Newman, John Picacio, Chris Roberson, John Scalzi, Stephen Segal, Shanna Swendson, Sean Williams, and me.
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Jeremiah Tolbert turned me onto this interesting video about a form of motion capture that animates what appear to be Javanese shadow puppets. Â Pretty neat technology. Reverse Shadow Theatre from gabor papp on Vimeo.
Thaumatrope is a new twitterzine that delivers 140 character stories. You think that’s impossible? Check out horror story and see what you think. The first issue also has an interview with Scalzi and fiction by Kenneth Newquist. Oh, I’m particularly proud to be in the first issue because of this bit from the About page:
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I just had two experiences today which demonstrated that old aphorism, “Ignorance is bliss.” For instance, I would have enjoyed this evening’s episode of Dr. Who more if I hadn’t gone to Launchpad. The episode involved powering a giant converter for the Daleks with a blast of gamma radiation from giant solar flare. Except, the
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My new column at AMC is up on The Evolution of Women in Fantasy Movies. Like with anything else, if you watch enough fantasy movies over a long enough period of time, you’ll start to notice certain trends emerging. Today we’re going to take a look at one of those trends: The evolution of women
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I participated in this week’s Mind Meld at SF Signal on The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2008 Q: What were the best genre-related books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2008? [We also added this note: They don’t have to have been released in 2008. Feel free to choose just some of the genres
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Paper Forest spotted this stunning wreath at Cardboard Safari. It’s like a decoration and a puzzle in one.
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One more test. Still nothing to see here, another test to see if the Wordbook plugin works.
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While I’m at it, here are some place name generators. Largely I use the Ever-changing Book of Names, if I can’t come up with something on my own, but this is a handy set of online resources. Nine French Boys has a lot of generators that are pretty decent. Scroll down the page for their
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