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It's Friday again. How on earth did that happen?

First, if you want to read a damn fine piece of writing, you can look at the Selkie's Grief Is A Color. The Selkie has a very fine eye for detail and observation. Also, one other announcement: Irene Goodman is auctioning off 25 critiques between December 1st and the 10th! Yes, 25! All proceeds will go directly to the Foundation Fighting Blindness and the Deafness Research Foundation. It's a tremendous opportunity for any writer, and you get...

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I feel like I'm out of the chrysalis, sunning my wings. New hair, new shoes, fitting into clothes I haven't fit into in at least a decade…I'm not quite ready to fly yet, but I'm getting used to the bright colors and the sunshine. Admiring those wings, and stretching them. We'll see if they carry me in a little bit. Right now it's enough that they're there.

I was supposed to take the past week and a half as a celebration of just how far I've come. Instead, it feels like I accelerated the...

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I was up at 6 this morning (don't ask) and haven't slowed down since. So, my brain is tired and you get link salad instead of coherence. It's barely noon and I can't wait to crawl back into bed tonight. I was not made for mornings, guys. I just wasn't.

So, link salad!

* A great NYT article on female desire. (Hat tip to Violet Blue.)

* Falconesse with the math behind Harlequin's vanity press: how many books you'd have to sell to break even, hidden costs, and the like. Recommended reading for...

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The Authorfest last night was a ton of fun. Thanks to everyone who came out–new faces and old! I got to see Aimee A., Marne O., Jay S. and his lovely wife, and Kristin B. (otherwise known as the Bravest Woman In The World) as well as lots of new fans. I got to sit next to the amazing Nina Kiriki Hofman, who was very very kind to the Little Prince. (She also had her Nebula with her, which was awesome to see.) Big thanks to Powell's for hosting us, to Saint Peter Honigstock for putting the...

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I didn't make OryCon this year, but I will be at the SF/F Authorfest at the Cedar Hills Crossing Powell's this afternoon from 4-7PM. It promises to be a smashing good time, what with Timothy Zahn, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Barb & JC Hendee, fellow Dame Devon Monk, and yours truly as well as plenty of other awesome authors there. The 501st is also putting in an appearance.

Now I've got to bash at a short story before I have to get ready to go. Wish me luck.

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First of all, we have a winner in the contest for a signed Flesh Circus! Random.org helped me pick a comment number. The winner is comment #11, kara-karina! Kara-karina, drop me an email with your snail mail address and I'll send you a signed, personalized copy of Jill's latest adventure.

Also, I am over at SciFiGuy's place today, with an interview and a chance to win a copy of Betrayals. I will be answering questions in the comments all day. Come on by and say hello! Plus, I'll be at the <a>

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It's raining, but it's warm and cozy in here. I've decided not to go to the grocery store–it will be a madhouse today, plus there's nothing I really need. I've still done my hair and everything up as if I'm expecting to, and it feels good. There's just something about dressing up for oneself.

So. Happy Thanksgiving, all. I have plenty to be thankful for this year, starting with my children and my career, all the way through my friends and my sisters, and ending up with the bestest present of...

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Oh, my GOD, you guys. You guys. After a totally cruddy fall…oh, my GOD.

My editor called me not half an hour ago with the news that Betrayals, the second in the Strange Angels series, is #5 on the New York Times Children's Paperback Bestseller list for Dec. 6th. I think I screamed in her ear for five minutes straight.

I am now sitting here alternately stunned, screaming with joy, or weeping with joy. I've called my writing partner, Coyote Boy, my agent, my sisters, my friends. Everyone agrees I...

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Today, ladies and gents, I am pleased and proud to announce the official release of the fourth Jill Kismet book, Flesh Circus.

The Cirque de Charnu has come.

They will clean out the demons and the suicides, and move on. As long as they stay within the rules, Jill Kismet can't deny them entry. But she can watch–and if they step out of line, she'll send them packing.

When Cirque performers start dying grotesquely, Kismet has to find out why, or the fragile truce won't hold and her entire city...

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Sometimes the days when I am most productive are the days I feel like I've gotten nothing done, because of the sheer amount of time I've spent running around with my hair on fire. I guess adulthood, motherhood, and working in publishing are all like that.

So here I am with one book revised and out of the way, a short story boiling in the foreground (got to get to that before it boils over and spills something) and a ton of correspondence done. Where did the weekend go? Oh, yeah. I worked...

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