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Ik schreef met collega Toef Jaeger een Zomeravondgesprek voor NRC. De Zomeravondgesprekken zijn een serie interviews die de krant in de zomer publiceert, en waarvoor elke week twee aan elkaar gewaagde gasten een avond en een ochtend met twee NRC-redacteuren doorbrengen. Ons gesprek, met Spinvis e...

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Okay, so Destiny: A Prequel to Bound by Destiny (The Harvest Young) is on the 2nd round of edits. Right now it's around 16Kish. It basically shows Raiden and Dayo from birth to age eighteen, when they mate. 

I hadn't planned to write the early years (so to speak lol) but an abundance of disappoin... Read more of this blog post »

“It’s not uncommon to see natural hair, dark skin, & curvy bodies peering up at you from your local bookstore or airport today.” Yasss to our new covergirls. This is our time. #RepresentationMatters https://t.co/w8n8YNWGMr

— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) August 20, 2018

The post “It’s not unco...

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Hi my lovelies,

How are you all doing? I’m working really hard as usual. I’ve got so many plans for the rest of the year. I can’t believe how fast this year is going by. 2019 is going to be kickass. But you all know me so you should know by now that we’re not done with releases. I have heard from...

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Swashbuckling 1815 Regency romance filled with exciting adventures on the high seas

Once a Scoundrel (Rogues Redeemed #3) by Mary Jo Putney[image error]

Reading Level: Adult Romance
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Pages: 368 pages
Publisher: Zebra
Source: Purchased
Reviewed By: Kate McMurry

Thir...

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http://mybook.to/Smash Kentucky already lost his career once. He thought regaining it meant everything. Until he met Rory. After getting picked up by New York, getting injured and let go, Kentucky is back in Texas. Working at his dad’s auto repair shop isn’t terrible, but it’s not his dre... Read more of this blog post »

Opatija seafront.

Cuomo: America Was Never Great – Dueling Dialogues Ep. 115


On today's show: Cuomo: American Was Never Great - Dueling Dialogues Ep. 115

Andrew Cuomo says America was never that great. This coming from someone born with a silver spoon.
Manafort trial is deliberating on second day, if no consensus i... Read more of this blog post »

Taylor Dean Maddox & Falyn Imogen Fairchild

Where they met: Bucksaw CafeNicknames: Tay & Ivy LeagueBirthdays:T: January 1stF: May 13thKids: Hollis and HadleyTaylor’s Profession: HotshotFavorite moments & quotes:Stand-off with the FairchildsFalyn’s famous Cherry CokeTwo-steppin’ on th... Read more of this blog post »

We all like free stuff, right? We go to a conference or event and someone is giving away free promotional items, otherwise known as swag, and we love it. Or maybe you’ve entered one of my giveaways where I’m giving away swag for one of my books.

Some things are more popular swag, like pens—who can...

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I did practically NOTHING all weekend and that was nice. Well, not entirely nothing. Went birding at Barr Lake, wrapped up a critique, polished and submitted a set of short stories, and pulled out one of the 3/4 finished novels from The Year of Stalled Projects to see what I can do with it.  So y...

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1 Kings 8:22-30,41-43 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands to heaven. 23 He said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping...

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ليس شيئا غريبا أن تسير في شوارع اسطنبول فتسمع أو تلقى صاحب حكاية عربية مأساوية، قد اجتمع في اسطنبول أبناء العرب على نحو ما قيل "ألقت إليكم العرب أفلاذ أكبادها"، ولقد ثقلت الحكايات على القلوب حتى لقد آمنتُ حقا أنه لا عدل إلا في الدار الآخرة، التي هي في ذاتها نعمة عظمى لا يشعر بها كالمظلومين.
في ال... Read more of this blog post »

There are healthy churches and unhealthy churches (so, so many unhealthy churches). How would you know the difference? I was asked that question recently and this is my attempt at an answer.











Transcript

Today I want to talk about the health of a local church. Are there ways we can know that a church...

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I’ve long admired Elon Musk as a technological
visionary. But I worry about his sense of...

All right, loves! The WILDCARD preorder gift is here! It includes lots of fun goodies—including LIFE AFTER LEGEND 2…..another short scene/outtake featuring Day and June. ;) Link in my IG bio for details and how to claim this preorder gift from PenguinTeen. NOTE: This is US only, sorry! If you pre...

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“Being nice” can be a crutch to avoid hard choices and uncomfortable conversations. Don’t fall into this trap.

Leaders, stop being so nice all the time.

I don’t mean to sound like an asshole. But when it comes to leadership, it’s true: Prioritizing “being nice” keeps us from being good leaders.

Now...

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Readers of the Southern Fraud series may notice some changes to the way I’m presenting the books. These changes are all superficial, and half of them won’t even be noticeable to the naked eye. But in the background, I’ll be experimenting with adjustments to genre as well as Amazon’s search cat...

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*  First of all-- thank you all so much for the kind words about Gordie. The weekend was pretty sad without him.

*  Next of all, I may or may not have jury duty tomorrow. I find out at 11:15 and I'm in a quandary. On the one hand, ugh. It's half an hour away, traffic always sucks, and parking is w... Read more of this blog post »

TEHRAN, Iran—To understand how Iran views the United States after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the nuclear deal with world powers, one needs to look first at the past.

More specifically, 65 years ago this week.

Then, a 1953 U.S.-backed coup toppled Iran’s elected prime minister and...

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A BOWIE CELEBRATION: The David Bowie Alumni Tour featuring Mike Garsonand fellow key alumni musicians of David Bowie's bands from ac... Read more of this blog post »

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Вчера нацбол из "Другой России" забрал отрицательный ответ мэрии на наше уведомление о проведении 31 августа митинга у монумента Героям 1905 год на Пресне.

Привожу его отчёт :

"Ответ забрал. Если по телефону мне говорили (в пятницу, ЭЛ ) что "всё занято фестивалями", то в бумаге уже написано, что и... Read more of this blog post »

This is a hint at what Gabriel looks like. I can’t use this picture, but he’s pretty just like my Gabriel.

Busy, busy, busy. I discovered this week that I’m leaving for Europe about a week earlier than I thought. Pretty lame, yeah? I’m also coming home a week earlier, but it’s the departure date...

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This has to be, to my mind at least, the weakest of the novels written by Dick Francis. And, at least in the editions I own, it also has to win the prize for weirdest cover art.

The story opens when an amateur jockey and horse trainer named Randall Drew is approached by a member of the royal fami... Read more of this blog post »

I am excited that my new book becomes available this week. I am even more excited at the number of pastors who have written to say they will be reading it and discussing it with their staff. One pastor told me recently his church is considering “dual” baptism — either infant or upon profession of... Read more of this blog post »

Still here in San Jose although the convention ended an hour ago.  Tomorrow I fly home.

On the whole, it went  well.  Oh, there were little glitches, but there always are.  I think some 7,000 people showed up.  The panels I attended were good and the one with Peter S. Beagle ("Why Do Writers Kill... Read more of this blog post »

Hey there everybody,

I’m still reeling a bit from the response to the last blog. I’m surprised so many of you still show up here after all the long stretches of silence. I’m even more surprised at the storm of kind comments as well. Though I’ll be honest here: I’m not too surprised, as over the y...

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Sai Ma, former Virginia Tech biomedical engineering Ph.D. student, and Chang Lu, the Fred W. Bull professor of Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech. Credit: Virginia Tech

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Epigenetic Changes Guide Development of Different Brain Regions (Dana Foundation):

“It’s one of the greatest standing myster...

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Over the last few days, I’ve encountered a lot of people who have been kind to me. I’ve seen people in random places, like the grocery store and the pet store, who have told me that they read my stuff online, and they appreciate me. I ran into a bunch of people at my friend’s show last night, who... Read more of this blog post »

Last year, one of your writing buddies landed your dream agent. This year, they published with a great publisher. Now, they just sent you a #happydance email, telling you they’ve been nommed for your genre’s biggest award. You’re happy for your friend. Really, you are. But try as you might, your...

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Another set of goodies arrived in the mail over the weekend, copies of The Accidental War fresh off the press. The official release date is September 4, but apparently the books actually exist, and in my experience books that actually exist do manage to find their way to stores.  So if you’re in... Read more of this blog post »

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The Blight Authority cleared the land…now what?
Concepts for safe, social, high function neighborhoods
Community concepts for affordable security and community services
Tour of Scott’s home, designed and built for practical functionality
Whiteboard discussion, followed by home tour
BlightAuth... Read more of this blog post »

Hey you! I’m driving to the Playa this Thursday, and there’s a small but significant chance that you’ll be there too! If you’re around, come and say hi!

Thursday, Aug 30 at noon: I’m co-hosting the second annual Liminal Speaks lecture, with Crystal Beasley and Jonathan Steuer. Our topic this ye...

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*Matthew Kirschenbaum is making a pretty good cultural-history argument in the dot-pdf of his speech here. Smart geeks who are messing around with weird gadgets...

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Hanging out at the Hugo Losers Party.

Last night I did a thing that no one else in the entire history of the Hugo Awards has ever done, an achievement so singular, so unique, that no one could have possibly have imagined it for me or for anyone else:

I came in second in the Best Novel category to...

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Dear bleakedout,

The Dreamer trilogy stands on the shoulders of the events of the Raven Cycle, but I cannot emphasize enough that it is not simply more Raven Cycle. It is its Own Thing.*

*and I promise that I will have a release date for you soon, but I’ve been asked to keep it under wraps for the...

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