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From Twitter 08-15-2010

18:01:48: New snippet up at http://www.paksworld.com/blog/
18:37:14: Pictures of two recent soups: http://e-moon60.livejournal.com/326700.html

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Soups of the Days

In the past two weeks, I've made some really good soups (yes, patting own back...tough) and took pictures of them in situ without showing just what a mess I make while making soup.    Soup #1, also known as "the bone soup" because it started with some cow vertebrae (it was "the vertebrae soup but a friend thought that was too gruesome) had two incarnations, having been eaten down on the first two meals; it had sausage added on the next day, and some mushrooms and stuff.   This is what it...

From Twitter 08-14-2010

07:37:38: This year's summer song in Centex: "HOT!!! but not as bad as last year." We are flaccid in Aug, hoping Sept brings relief.
07:38:08: RT @cabri: My second #ff is for @emoontx, the author of the Paks books, the Vatta and Serrano SF series, and the Nebula-winning The Spee ...
07:42:48: 19 days to Dragon*Con, and 20K more words to write by then. Guess I need to get busy, huh? #amwriting
07:54:39: White-winged doves hogging the backyard water garden. Little birds come early or wait...

From Twitter 08-13-2010

07:27:15: Lot of yesterday's email still to read & work through before starting today's words.
09:08:40: Progress this AM slow but steady; should make word goal for week today. #amwriting
09:14:59: Any way to turn off Windows sounds (e.g. for incoming mail) while listening to CD on computer? Annoying to hear BLEEP in middle of Mozart.
11:27:02: Young cardinal outside, fledged but still soliciting feeding from adult male (young still has black bill.)
23:22:02: Once more it's after midnight....

From Twitter 08-12-2010

08:59:07: RT @utoxin: @emoontx @robinmckinley Here's some good pictures of them at least: http://bit.ly/d6t7kH
09:24:17: Temporal fallacy: something (idea, object, etc) is good or bad because of its age. Judging value by novelty or longevity.
09:25:39: Personal fallacy: idea/statement/product is good or bad because of who thought/said/made it. Judging value by reputation, not fact.
09:27:19: Old (or new) can be better than new (or old.) Famous/great/Nobel-Prize-winner etc. can be dead...

From Twitter 08-11-2010

08:59:23: RT @Quotes4Writers: "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) Avant-garde Writer
09:13:14: Yesterday's low words thx to power outage--> much better this morning--1000 already. Kept thinking & taking notes. #amwriting
10:30:02: RT @kaysea14: Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday Mythbusting http://bit.ly/ck27ng (frex: "Obamacare will send Medicare spiraling out of control." ...
10:33:10: 2090 words today so far. I know people say...

Back on Track

Yesterday had its problems.  First I realized that it was the 10th, and I'd promised the people at CTC that I'd have handout material to them by the 10th.   So instead of first-drafting in the morning, I worked on the handout material--a lot of it was already compiled, but not final-drafted, and I hadn't found all the links I wanted to illustrate various points.  That took all morning and part of the afternoon, then I emailed it to CTC, pulled out the master file of Book III and the power...

From Twitter 08-10-2010

08:14:28: RT @nalohopkinson: I don't write autobiography in fancy dress. I write fiction. Wanna know my personal traumas? Ask me. Don't try to div ...
08:16:05: Oops--haven't sent handout text to CTC yet for workshops. Due in today. must finish writing that first.
12:24:59: RT @Cadigan: Memo to Ultra-Successful Novelists everywhere: success is ephemeral. If you see yours dipping, it doesn't mean publishing i ...
12:26:17: RT @Cadigan: I have an urge to buy another cute outfit for my iPad...

From Twitter 08-09-2010

13:59:24: RT @Devilstower: Google and Verizon absolutely agree that there should be complete neutrality... except in all the areas where they make ...
13:59:32: RT @alfranken: Net neutrality is a "core issue for everyone who uses the internet." http://bit.ly/9fDPUe #netneutrality
14:00:56: RT @BarackObama: At every juncture in history, we've recognized that the way to move forward, in our own lives and as a nation, is to pu ...

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From Twitter 08-08-2010

07:10:11: RT @kaysea14: http://bit.ly/9Ge6Wf Share this on Twitter - Meet deepwater drilling's doppelgänger: Corn-based ethanol
07:16:02: RT @johnjosephadams: Don't get murdered by pirates! Here's a handy map to help you avoid them: http://bit.ly/9Qt27O
07:17:48: I wish Twitter didn't give me suggestions of whom to follow--now I'm finding new online venues to read. Not good when deadlines loom.
09:15:51: http://tinyurl.com/26pp2vf (YA books better than much adult fiction) Yeah, but I've been...