CRAP! I wrote myself into a corner by not knowing that detail and have been stuck there for two days. If you see or know Michael Livingston, sing his praises, because he just brainstormed me out of it. Hallelujah!
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Go on, wouldn’t you like to list Shimmer as a one of your votes for Best Magazine or Fanzine on the Locus Online: 2007 Locus Poll and Survey ballot? I thought you would.
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According to my nephew, the Hasby Goon inn on Mars has a library filled with books that are written in a Chinese-Martian hybrid. He says that despite speaking a little Chinese, it’s too hard to read the books because you have to translate two languages at once. The spoken language is easier because they speak
We had the plaster on the ceiling of our closet repaired today. Mr. Miller, the plasterer, kindly explained part of his process to me. I foolishly had the camera turned sideways, but of course, can’t play the video back that way. Except, I found this new thing called Scrapblog, which will, in fact, allow sideways
When Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press asked me to read Kage Baker’s Rude Mechanicals, I was delighted, because I love the Company stories. I was delighted until I started reading the manuscript and realized that the point of view character was male. I skimmed forward, just looking at dialogue. Most of the characters were male.
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So, the fellow that we are doing the houseswap with just called. He said that his landlord has told him that he has gone about the process wrong and that he can’t let us have the apartment. They are sending him additional forms, which will hopefully resolve the issues.  Hopefully. Meanwhile, there is a
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Check out the excerpts from Lee IacoccaWhere Have All the Leaders Gone? Holy cow, is he mad. Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state
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The promotional website for No one belongs here more than you. Stories by Miranda July is a brilliant exercise in creativity. The whole thing is done with dry-erase technology.
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So, Iceland is back on the table again. Potentially, Rob would be going there on May 1, I would be moving to NYC on the 7th, arriving about the 17th, partially unpacking and then joining him in Iceland for six months. Or not. It’s also possible that we won’t go to Iceland at all. Or
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Subterranean Press is proud to present its first audio-book, Rude Mechanicals, a short novel in Kage Baker’s signature series recounting the adventures of the time traveling cyborgs of Dr. Zeus incorporated. Rude Mechanicals is read by Mary Robinette Kowal. You can order a hard copy here. The year is 1934, the scene is a Wood
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Have I mentioned that Chrissy and Spencer are the best hosts? Not only have they cooked breakfast every morning. I had an Easter basket this morning! Not only does it have dark chocolate in it, there’s also a fascinating book, Royal Scandals. I’m a happy, happy camper.
Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest has relaunched their online extension. In this issue, we place the spotlight on Mary Robinette Kowal with an interview and her story “Horizontal Rain.” Apex Publications executive editor Jason B. Sizemore steps up to provide relaunch content with his pagan-based dark fantasy piece “Blue Lights.” I’m delighted to be
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I arrived safely and Chrissy took me off to get sushi before we met up with Spencer and went to the convention. As I suspected, I’m running into loads of friends plus meeting new and very interesting people. Alas. It is late and my brain is mush so I’m going to go to bed rather
I’m heading out to catch a train up to Seattle where I will be greeted by Chrissy “Great-With-Child” Ellsworth, one of Shimmer‘s very talented artists, and whisked off to the convention. I’m looking forward to hanging with her and Spencer and the other fine writerly folks I know. Some of whom I’ve only met online.
For his birthday, I gave Rob a Blickensderfer No. 9 which is a really ingenious machine. Although it was built in 1893, it might remind you of the typeball on an IBM selectric. Pretty cool, huh? It’s at the repair shop now getting a cleaning, so you’ll have to wait to see video of it
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