Vylar Kaftan posted this on her journal and I thought it seemed like a good idea. The first 12 sentences from my blog for each month this year. January: For years, I’ve had a standing date with Sue and Albert on New Year’s Day for black-eyed peas and greens. February: The deadline to submit nominations
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It’s hard to be upset about things breaking when you get to have this conversation. Stage Manager: Hi. I hate to bother you, but the chair isn’t spurting blood anymore. Me: What’s it doing? SM: Blood just dribbles out onto the stage instead of shooting across. We really need spurting blood. I went down to
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A director friend of ours had tickets to a preview of the Golden Compass and invited Rob and me to a small screening. The production design on the show is gorgeous, with air ships that will make the most hardened steampunker swoon. The costumes are stunning throughout. The whole cast turns in really strong performances,
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We now have twenty new volunteers to help out with SFWA. Huzzah! A hearty thank you to: Beth Bernobich, Leah Bobbet, Scott Danielson, David de Beer, Aliette de Bodard, Guy Anthony De Marco, Rachel Dryden, Nancy Fulda, Dave Goldman, Chris Hansen, Jed Hartman, Jim Johnson, Neal Levin, Jeremy Lewis, Joseph McDermott, Cat Rambo, Scott Roberts,
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A little bird just told me that from now until midnight, Weird Tales t-shirts are $5 off. Declare your weirdness.
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Last night, Rob and I threw our annual dinner party. I normally have a guest list of 40, but given the size of the apartment, whittled the list down to twenty, fifteen of whom attended. One of the most curious things was how many of our guests had been to the party in Portland or
Those of you who aren’t interested in the politics of Science-Fiction and Fantasy can skip this post. For the rest of you, I have some explaining to do. I’ve volunteered to help SFWA by chairing the Service to SFWA committee, which has been revamped to recruit, retain and reward volunteers. Any service organization, like SFWA,
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Buried in the 101 Best Web Freebies from BusinessWeek was a bit that read: If you live in a big city, chances are there is free booze to be had on any given night. Originally limited to New York, myopenbar.com is now a daily guide to free or discount drinking in New York, San Francisco,
I decided to replace the “I am reading” section of my sidebar with “Recommended Reading.” Why? Well, these days, I’m reading really slowly because I almost never have time to sit down with a book. Plus, since it’s gift-giving season, I figured that I’d point out books that I’ve enjoyed. So, it’ll randomly show books
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I’m not sure how I feel about these sculptures by Jeremy Mayer from old typewriters. On the one hand, cool! On the other hand, I wish that these machines were in use.
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This is huge, but oh, so worth it if you want a really good view of Portland. In the center of the photo, between the two bridges, there are two boats moored to a dock. Those belong to the Portland Spirit, where I spent a while as a singing waitress. Yes, really. Nice folks and
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According to Jason Sizemore, tomorrow is the last day to order the Gratia Placenti anthology. There’s a pre-order discount of $12.95 or get the hard cover for $30.00. Table of Contents – Final Order “Translatio†– Geoffrey Girard “Follow the Canary†– Athena Workman “Crasher†– Debbie Kuhn “Some Glue Never Dries†– David Niall
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Today was one of those random days. I did a little graphic design, a little shopping, a meeting for a set design project and then some writing. I managed to crank out about 1000 words on a new story on the subway and train. Here’s a teaser. Lifting the stopper from the vial to his
Well, my three lovely ladies are leaving home tomorrow. I’m shipping the Coraline puppets to Bill Shaffer at Subterranean Press. He in turn will send one to Neil Gaiman, one to Dave McKean and one to someone who pre-ordered the special edition of Coraline. I wanted to make certain that I had good photos of
What? I mean. Really. Why does the USPS have a news release for dealing with holiday mail that says: Always use shipping tape. Duct tape will not be accepted. I can’t conceive of what possible harm duct tape will cause. Baffled. Baffled I am.