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June 23, 2017
“Interim Errantry 2: On Ordeal” and “On Ordeal: Ronan Nolan Jnr” available now!

The official “drop date” on these two new works is June 27, but we’ve begun an early rollout of Interim Errantry 2: On Ordeal and On Ordeal: Ronan Nolan Jnr.…
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May 18, 2017
Day 23741

I sat doing some computer stuff over the first mug of tea today and found myself wondering: 65 years. How many days is that? And of course there’s a web…
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May 11, 2017
Kimmie

This is our friend Kim Knight – Kimmie, or even Kimmiwinkles. Kim and her band of usual suspects were the concoms for the UFP series of Star Trek conventions in…
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May 10, 2017
Virtual coffee

Just a note in passing: There’ve been times lately when people who’ve stopped by the Ebooks Direct store have left notes in their orders asking whether it’s possible to simply…
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May 3, 2017
Journey’s End: Moving From Meal-Master To Paprika

I collect recipes. Lots of them. I used to use the venerable Meal-Master software for this, but over time it’s gotten a bit long in the tooth. As a result…
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April 25, 2017
The hiccup cure

First of all: why did I use the image above? Because I don’t like any of the stock art available for the term “hiccups”, and I do love Toothless and…
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April 10, 2017
It’s all over

Over there, anyway. Secondary to the recent changes in LiveJournal’s TOS, all the posts except this one at my LJ have been deleted. The journal itself, though, has been relocated…
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April 6, 2017
Bye bye, LJ

Just a quick administrivial note: I doubt that many people have been following my LJ account (dduane.livejournal.com) — it hasn’t been getting much use of late. But along with many…
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March 13, 2017
2017 Hugo Eligibility and the Young Wizards Series

I’ve been busy handling work at home while recovering from a back injury, so I’ve left this posting a little late. That being the case, let me be brief. The…
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February 11, 2017
Forbes: not a bad way to start the day

I wouldn’t say that Forbes would be daily reading for me, but when Google tells me I’ve been namechecked there, I pay attention. Here’s the article: Fifty Shades of Green:…
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