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More reasons it's awesome to work in a bookstore
So I was walking to work on Saturday when I saw a group of people on the opposite side of the street from me, and in the crowd was a man that I recognized. I just didn't know who he was, or how I recognized him. (I'm one of those people who is absolutely dreadful at placing people when they're out of their normal context.) So I glanced over as I ( Read more... ) -
For Cassie
( A kitty. ) -
To the people of my beloved country
I have but one question for you all:
WHY??
Oh, for the love of all that's good in this world, why?
You know, somehow saying, "At least it doesn't look like it'll be a Conservative majority," is not all that comforting at the moment.
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Presented for your listening pleasure
Catching up:
"The Voices of the Snakes" is now up at PodCastle. (It was actually posted at Fantasy Magazine first about a week and a half ago, but I was sick and unavailable at the time, so hey, I'll just mention it now. Same story, different podcast!) This story originally appeared in issue #2 of FantasyThere's only one thing different about the ( Read more... ) -
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians ( Read more... ) -
No Longer Unemployed
Today was my first day of work at Bakka-Phoenix Books (bakkaphoenix), Toronto's science fiction and fantasy bookstore. As cristalia has found herself an excellent full-time government day job (or, as we say, she has sold out to The Man), an additional someone was needed for part-time help at the store, and that additional someone is going to be me ( Read more... ) -
The Book Has Eaten My Brain
I said to msagara the other day that I didn't think that my book was going to be 90,000 words. That it was, in fact, likely to be much longer. She just laughed at me.
A few days later, I told the same thing to thesandtiger. She laughed much harder. She said that she'd known that I'd never write a short book; she just didn't want to mention it to avoid scaring me ( Read more... ) -
Funding!
Holy shit. The Toronto Arts Council approved my grant application!! An End to All Things: The Novel officially has funding. Even though it's a post-apocalyptic fantasy ( Read more... ) -
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More Neverender tickets go on sale today. I still do not live in NYC, LA, Chicago, or London.
Wail, woe, crapdammit.
(Oh, my problems, they are ever so First World. Now I must wrestle with another such issue: what meal, from my full fridge, will be my lunch.)