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Making up for two weeks here, since I was in the middle of the woods last Sunday, and this week has been crazy…
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No girl wins: three ways women unlearn their love of video games

Was going through old email and found this link someone I ran into at Readercon sent me about ( Read more... )

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Steve Brust’s post about Who Really Runs the Hugo Awards gave me a chuckle. It’s not the cabal you thought it was!

The two sets of instructions I smooshed together to make the chemise mentioned below (not noted as finished, because I still need to hem it): one from ( Read more... )

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This was a very unaccomplished week for me, for many reasons. Ah well. Hoping to go into this week feeling rested and relatively sane.
Accomplishments

Writing
- Submitted “Powder of Sympathy” to Interfictions
- Wrote 397 words on Lioness
- Attended writing group meeting

Reading
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You should read the first three chapters of The Traitor Baru Cormorant on tor.com and the B&N website. I knew I’d like this book, and I knew I’d feel thematic similarities with Lioness, but… well, see for yourself:

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I’ve been writing a lot more lately. You probably noticed.

A funny thing has happened - I’ve turned into one of those people whose happiness seems to be dependent on how well their writing is going. To be fair, I’ve always had a bit of this; it’s just that in the past, there ( Read more... )

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Or: this book should win the Best Novel Hugo.

Or: I bought this book twice and I don’t even care.

Or: I wish I could go back in time and read this book again for the first time.


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Most of these links are about writing. HOPE THAT’S COOL WITH YOU.

100 Random Storytelling Thoughts and Tips, Starting Now. Some quotes I liked:

You’re a stage magician. Practiced in the art of illusion… One of your greatest skills is misdirection. You seed the truth of the ( Read more... )