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Young Sasquatches in Love
Another short story published, and this time it was an effortless formatting job, which is a relief after the 50 Ways to Blunder Calibre (TM) dance which was getting Sungoddess ready for Amazon. Those seemingly endless blunders and bloopers were due to tiredness; they were that kind of mistake.
This story, Young Sasquatches in Love, here at ( Read more... ) -
Good reading!
I'm reading a Dutch children's fantasy author, Leonie Kooiker ( Read more... ) -
flowers
Five prairie lilies now in bloom, thanks to the neat lady at the farmer's market who has been growing wildflowers for sale for, oh, at least ten years now. Last year, at last, she turned up with young lilies, and I scooped the lot. Now I have the pleasant task of fine-tuning the wildflower bed so the lilies have good groundcover around them - ( Read more... ) -
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No sooner had I finished my last day of spring planting for this year (five rose bushes, one tree peony) than the skies went lead-grey with cloud, and opened up, and poured. Rain falling in gushers. It's just what I most wanted ( Read more... ) -
random happiness
Tonight I feel the contentment that comes with many good books around me. -
Pixar's 22 rules of storytelling
From io9: rules of storytelling as per a Pixar genius. I'm saying genius because the Pixar people are, well, storytelling genii. Every one might as well as have popped out of a lamp - look at what they've done ( Read more... ) -
natter natter The Magician King natter natter
I'm an idiot ( Read more... ) -
Joss Whedon geek Avengers love
I just went.
My favorite one-liner (which came just after the Hulk-smashing): "Puny god!" -
On a Pale Horse
Celebratory smoothies!
That is, I celebrated with a smoothie, because I have a new short story published, here:
At Smashwords
And at Amazon
It's set in the Arabian desert, with camels and Bedouin and desert warfare and one wild card: a unicorn. -
And yet another 5-star review
... wow. Everyone likes this book.
This latest review comes from Elizabeth Hull - thank you, Elizabeth! It's here at Smashwords
She says: The lyrical beauty created in this world is outstanding. Add to that a group of well-drawn characters, a plot that is totally different from anything written before and you have a fantastic read ( Read more... )