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I'm moving to Raleigh to start an MFA program in the fall. Liese and I visited over the weekend, met current students and faculty, made--I think!--some future friends. More than anything, I was struck by how comfortable the place was: conversation about Jonathan Coulton and "Some Zombie Contingency Plans" flowed easily, the city was weird and warm ( Read more... ) -
Shiny!
Today's the official US release for Shine. It's available at all the usual online retailers, and should be showing up on shelves at B&N, Borders, BAM, etc. Reviewers have been pretty nice to it so far: Charles Tan and Nick Mamatas both had positive things to say, and Barnes and Noble Explorations was downright ebullient, describing my story like ( Read more... ) -
Around the Internet
Kids today (at Language Log):
[The teacher] described the unmannerly behaviour of his pupils during a solemn lecture, a presentation to which a wider audience was admitted. He had ordered a slave to call the students in. They hardly budged, continuing to chat, laugh and sing the top hits of the day. Finally, they condescended to enter the hall, ( Read more... ) -
Dinosaurs, bookstores, and curling...
...in Winchester, VA and Madison, WI.
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Weekend Update
Liese had to work yesterday afternoon, so I hung around Damascus, writing and reading and taking pictures of the creek. Learned or re-learned several valuable lessons, such as:
a) Wow, you find statues of Greek gods in the weirdest places
b) I "write" in the same sense that glaciers "move." (200 words in two hours. What is that shit?)
Valentine's ( Read more... ) -
Boot Log, 2/11
Words: Uh, fiddled around with some phrasing. For a few minutes. Not a big writing day.
Miles: 1 + 30mins on stationary.
Music: And the Moneynotes, live in Bristol. We actually went to see Holy Ghost Tent Revival, but the opening band from Scranton, PA ran both long and awesome, and by the time they were done we felt a) old and tired and b) like we'd ( Read more... ) -
Boot Log, 2/10
Yesterday was ugly snow and four hours of work. Which led to Liese and I alternating between Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age for, um, a totally healthy and mature length of time. I'm not sure if that's shamefully boring or kinda really awesome.
Words: 500 or so. Plodding along.
Miles: Too snowy for miles. 45mins on stationary bike.
Also: I'm in my first ( Read more... )
