For those who only see my LJ posts, I should probably mention that my daughter, Sage Leonilla Rontani was born Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 8:09 PM. She weighed 8 lbs. 7 oz, and was 21" long. We ended up having a cesarian birth after 5 long days of trying to induce. Sage, Will and myself are home recovering now and learning to joys of being new ( Read more... )

 My due date is less than a month away. Baby is moving a lot and we can hardly wait to meet her ( Read more... )

It sure has been a long time since I posted on LiveJournal. Yes, I am more likely to post on Facebook or Twitter these days, but I do still read posts here, so I guess I could be accused of lurking. Of course, a lot has happened in my life and not much has made it to here.

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I have two friends I am very excited to see make digital release firsts today.

In the the mood for a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking? Download the digital version of The Rise of the Parasol Protectorate: Gail Carriger's Soulless today or buy the paper version in stores Thursday.

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It has been a tough year for well loved influential men I know through RenFaire. Earlier this year we lost Dave Ponkey, the beloved storyteller, and then Don Brown, aka the Mullah of Mullah's coffees and teas. I have been friends with both, and even worked for Don Brown for years. Both Dave and Don died after suffering over a year of fighting from ( Read more... )

So, my office is moving to a smaller space and we are getting rid of a bunch of stuff. In order not to simply fill landfills, we are trying our best to find new homes for much of the stuff. I have listed on facebook and twitter some of the things as we discover what we have available, and some has been claimed already. However, I realized I needed ( Read more... )

FYI to my LA, CA area friends, Will & I will be finishing up our honeymoon with a trip to Anaheim to stay at the Disneyland Hotel starting on Friday, and a day trip to Southern Faire on Saturday. For those who missed seeing us for the wedding (an even those who made it), we would love to see you in person while there.

Hey, Boston area peeps! Anyone going to Boscon should make a point of looking up panels with the guest speakers Eytan and Dani Kollin (aka dkollin ), the brother author team releasing their first book, The Unincorporated Man, this March. If you get to talk to them, tell them I said hello.

We have been planning a trip to LA this coming weekend for some time now, but are now realizing our intended plans might now work as, well, intended.

I got tickets for us to fly into Long Beach because we are staying at a hotel in Anaheim (00smittenkitten  pointed out that it makes more sense anyway since it is the closer airport, and that way we can take JetBlue ( Read more... )

With this wedding!

No, I don't want to change my wedding plans, but I think that this one is so lovely, and will be appreciated by so many of my friends, especially mercator_7, musique174, and all the rest of my steampunk/sailing/historical reenactor friends.