I picked this up at Chris Azure’s site. I know it sounds like I travel all the time, but look at all the gray areas I haven’t been yet. create your own visited country map create your own personalized map of the USA Well… Okay. Five years of tour will cover most of the U.S.
See, I haven’t traveled that much. Read More »
Thursday, October 22, 1998Day Fifteen Ah- life on the road… Sungura broke again. But it was a new problem this time! How exciting. He has two joints in his neck. One at the base of the head and one at the base of the neck, where it joins his body. Up until now I’d been
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Normally, I have a formal dinner party for Christmas every year and this year it was scheduled for Sunday the sixteenth. You know. The day after Rob got back from Iceland. Why would I do something like that? Because, our friend Jodi was in town and leaving on the 17th, which meant that the only
Wow. I was going to do an update about dinner last night and stuff, now that I’m safely back in Portland but my brain just shut down. Helloooooo jet lag. So, quickly. I met Lon Prater, MaryClaire, Jed Miller, Sam Paden, Emily DeCola and Jonathan Judge for dinner at Pure Food and Wine. It was
I’m sitting in the airport waiting for the plane to Atlanta. I’ll change there and go to Chattanooga. Even though Orycon was in Portland, I feel as if I’ve been traveling for weeks. Last night I had trouble sleeping and wound up not going to bed until 2:30. Ridiculous, since I had to get up
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I’m having a ridiculously good time figuring out the seating chart for the dinner that Lady FitzCameron is throwing to celebrate the completion of the mural in her dining room. I collect etiquette books and every year throw a black-tie optional dinner party with place cards and everything. The rules for figuring out precedence or
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I had a great time at WFC. Highlights include the Shimmer Pirate party, where I served a drink called, pirate, to 150 or so people, while Beth tattooed them. Pictures will follow, meanwhile, here’s the drink recipe. Shake in iced cocktail shaker & strain 3/4 oz light rum (2 cl, 3/16 gills) 3/4 oz Cognac
I had to get up at 4:30 this morning to catch the plane to Austin for World Fantasy. This was absolutely no problem since my body still thinks its in Reyk– well, actually, I guess it has no idea where it is. I’m on random time. I’m sitting in the lounge with Ken Scholes and
Jetlag in my favor! Read More »
As noted last week, I’m not going to post this week. Now, I asked you to record a story yourself. If you did and would like comments on it, paste a link into the comments of this post. Meanwhile, I’d like to offer you The Time Traveler Show #9 Halloween Special, which has an interview
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The tricky thing with reading a story written in the first person is that your narration has the same voice as your main character’s dialogue. There is a simple trick for differentiating when your POV character is narrating and when she is addressing someone else. For the narration, think, “I am having an intimate conversation
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Our hosts were warm and seemed amused by my attempts at Icelandic. I think it pleased them that I was making the struggle to be understood. Their front yard is charming and has lots of flowers in bloom. I tried taking a picture of the view, but you’ll have to take my word for it
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Today I took my brother, Emily and Jonathan to Draugasetrið – The Ghost Centre. This is the Rock City version of ghosts. It’s in a tiny, tiny town right by the ocean. The museum itself is housed in this old fish cannery, which still retains ghost odors of fish. In the waiting area, we had
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I just spotted this on mini-review of Twenty Epics on Chris Gerrib’s live journal Mary Robinette Kowal’s Icelandic-inspired Bound Man is a gem, featuring derring-do, swordplay and time travel. Well worth the price of admission.
A Breath of (Epic) Fresh Air! Read More »
Just in case my endorsements of Iceland aren’t enough, you can check out Iceland’s Ring Road: The Ultimate Road Trip in New York Times.
Iceland’s Ring Road: The Ultimate Road Trip – New York Times Read More »
I got into London and checked into my hostel with no problems. Although the building is lovely and clean, my room is a mess. I’m in a dorm and apparently the other occupants are all traveling together and have taken over the room. Since there are large signs everywhere in the building about how your