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I'm fine!
I felt the quake all the way in Mariposa. It was in the middle of nowhere so hopefully did not do much damage.
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Guess which cat did a runner today?
Bloody Alex knocked out the screen and apparently climbed out the TOP of the same window Erin escaped from the other day. Both had like two inches clearance both times so I'm still not sure how they did it ( Read more... ) -
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Chef Nourish on Twitter (link to Yelp review)
Chef Nourish review on Yelp
Chef Nourish review on Facebook
Needless to say, the refund I was promised to receive on Friday, then promised to receive on Monday, has not yet arrived.
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The Change series reissued
Sherwood and I have regained the rights to our book Stranger and have reissued it at a more sane price ($2.99 for the ebook, as opposed to the previous $11.99) and with new covers by
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Lesbian Shifter Romance Anthology to Benefit OutRight Action International
Wanna read some F/F shifter stories for a good cause?
I don't have a story in this anthology - I really wanted to write one, but things intervened - but I did help put it together.
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My new book: Top Gun Tiger, by Zoe Chant
I have a new book out under my Zoe Chant pen name. It's the final book in Protection, Inc. What a wild ride that's been. But if you like the series, don't worry - it sets up a spinoff, Protection, Inc: Defenders.
If you'd like a copy in epub, please email me or comment to this post.
Lost in the jungle. Pursued by dinosaurs. And that’s the least ( Read more... ) -
Abbey Lubbers, Banshees, and Boggarts: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs
Exactly what it says on the can: an encyclopedia of British fairy descriptions and stories by a British folklorist. Her books are all out of print, but I have also obtained her fairy tale novel Kate Crackernuts and a book on cat folklore. I haven't read those yet ( Read more... ) -
Kit’s Wilderness, by David Almond
A beautifully written and intricate English children’s book. Kit’s family returns to their ancestral coal mining town to take care of his grandfather after his grandmother died. At home, his grandfather tells him stories of mining and spirits of the mines; at school, he falls in with Allie, a flamboyant girl who wants to be an actress, and Askew, a ( Read more... ) -
Adrift, by Steven Callahan
A well-written account of how Callahan spent 76 days alone and adrift in a life raft after his ship sank in a storm. He was an expert sailor and had been on a long solo voyage before that, so he was well-equipped to handle the situation. He goes into fascinating detail about how he set up his tiny raft (complete with hand-drawn diagrams), caught ( Read more... ) -
Salute the Dark; The Scarab Path (Shadows of the Apt books 4 & 5), by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I took a break from the series after The Scarab Path and just picked it up again, so this isn't a review, just some flaily notes inspired by having just dived into the series again ( Read more... )