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I haven’t been updating this much-neither because I’ve forgotten it nor for lack of things going on in life, but mostly because this year has turned into a year of mysteriously rapid personal growth for me. It’s lovely, because in many, many ways, I’ve been stuck in a rut ( Read more... )

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It’s not just because she is a close friend of mine. I swear. Lady is a whiz bang writer and editor, gonna be super famous vry soon, and a kind and thoughtful teacher.

She’s teaching a speculative fiction writing class at Field’s End, and if you’ve been dipping your toes into ( Read more... )

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I was staring out the bus window this afternoon, staring harder than usual. I’d forgotten my earphones, so I was trying to drown out the cacophony of naked humanity-Seattle’s bus system can be, let’s politely say, gritty and colorful, especially on an unseasonably warm ( Read more... )

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I have has a few publications this year that are eligible for Nebula and Hugo nominations, if you were, you know, feeling the spirit.

Also, Brain Harvest is eligible to be nommed for a Hugo semiprozine, and Eden, Shane, and I are ripe for the editors short form category.

Just ( Read more... )

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I need a Hindi or Urdu speaker. Do you know one?

Love,
Caren

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“Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.” -George Sand

Why can’t I learn this lesson once, instead of once a month?

What lessons do you learn over and over again?

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Of all the states I have ever lived in, Washington may be the most kind-hearted-and the most misguided.
One of the first bills to hit the docket in the 2010 state’s legislature was a proposal by the honorable Democratic State Sen. Rosa Franklin of Tacoma to change the ( Read more... )

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Muchly for my own ref, but maybe you like to geek out about speculative numbers, too:

“How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?“

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Now that the glow of the holidays is starting to blow away like so much marine fog, and the tins and tins of holiday cookies are making me fatter and malnourished, it’s time to start cooking again.

My last post on this topic urged y’all to learn to or start cooking yourself. ( Read more... )

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Happy holidays, everyone. I hope this day finds you surrounded by people you love with easily-cured heartburn caused by delicious food.

I didn’t do a holiday letter this year. I meant to. Consider this my holiday letter to all of you.

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