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Crap!
yuki-onna's recent birthday post reminded me that I turn 30 in four days.
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Cover Design, the Latest
Paul Jessup's Glass Coffin Girls, the sixth volume in PS Publishing's "Showcase" series.
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Amaranth
About ten months ago, I sold my first novel, Amaranth to Juliet Ulman at Bantam/Spectra. I've mentioned the thing off and on since then, in the occasional blog-post, but really, things have been understandably quiet as I waited out the process. About four months ago, I handed in a second draft of the story, based on a conversation Juliet and I had ( Read more... ) -
Bipolar Media
So, I certainly haven't done one of my fireside apocalyptic chats lately. I've been wrapped up doing some secret Farrago design work, and gardening. It isn't that I'm not still aggregating news about the End of Times, it's just that I'm thinking about what I've collected, read, collated, etc. thus far. It feels to me that there's another mini ( Read more... ) -
Oh, But I Haven't Fogotten
Maybe you did. Maybe it seems like things have quieted down. Let me remind you that there is a real fear of the stock market shedding another 40% in March. I still hold that between summer and fall of this year, we are going to see An Event. I could be wrong-it could come sooner.
FDIC shutters four banks in one day (Is the non-capitalization of ( Read more... ) -
Letters to a Young [Aspiring] Writer
There are, perhaps, too many sites, readers, and blogs out in the ether that offer advice to aspiring writers. Let's add to the mess-after all, it's a conspiracy to keep you confused.
Every time you read a block of advice about writing or how to be published, you should read it skeptically. Including this one. These blocks of advice are particular ( Read more... ) -
"Saturday wait"
Have you been keeping up? I'm not sure I have.
Pencils down. Here are the answers to the, "How Much Closer are We to Losing Everything" quiz.
1) GM Cutting 10,000 Jobs (This on top of the Big Three's Tuesday deadline, when they must prove to congress that they have developed feasible new business models, or else . . .)
2) Bullion Sales Hit ( Read more... ) -
Word to the Wise
Don't think you can call glvalentine out on a blog-topic.
For, she is without fear, and will call your bluff.
Still, I am amused that she took time out of her day to look this stuff up. Maybe we should suggest more blog-topics . . .
