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January 9, 2019
The Crazy is Infectious
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For various reasons, mostly because of something that caused a loud continuous noise all night and we couldn’t fix till yesterday, I’ve been sleeping like heck.
Yesterday was spent in solving the situation so I can maybe finally write. (Seriously, not sleeping gives me terminal ADHD. I was forgetting what I was doing in the middle of doing it, and just wandering off aimlessly. Of course, we then had a lousy night because of two amber alerts in the middle of the night. I get the need for amb...
January 8, 2019
Legacies
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Sometimes I think our time is drunk on perfection, high on it, or perhaps demanding it, like a two year old in the candy isle at the grocery store. Which is weird because perfection is a myth. It is in fact impossible.
At one time I had a friend who is in real life involved in editing scientific publications (real ones, the ones people involved in research have to read, not the popular stuff.) edit my first set of reverted books.
These books had already been gone over (twice) by me, and the...
January 7, 2019
Growth Scars
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There are voices in my head. This is a good thing. It’s a good thing in two ways:
First, as I found out when I became a grownup writer and got to meet others of my species, I’m very lucky the voices are in my head and not outside, as full on, vivid hallucinations. The number of my colleagues who get that or outright visions is perhaps the most disturbing thing I’ve learned about this profession. Sure, it sounds cool like something out of movies or stories, but if you’ve ever lived so clo...
January 6, 2019
Sunday Book Promo and Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike
FROM AMIE GIBBONS: Psychic Eclipse (of the Heart) (The SDF Paranormal Mysteries Book 6)
Love your enemies…
Ariana Ryder’s a free agent now, and her psychic PI business is taking off. She even put together a huge conference for those involved in paranormal investigations and treatments.
She’s a success!
When Ariana’s conference is taken hostage by a desperate Fae who needs her help, how can she say no? But when the job requires fetching a fugitive from Fairy, she’ll have to...
January 5, 2019
The Perfect Enemy
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Weirdly, this is not a political post, though seriously, we need to stop asking Him to make our enemies ridiculous. Enough is enough and we’re approaching dumpster fire in a sewer with a clown car driving through. Past that lies something unimaginable and arcane, and I’d rather not find out what it is. Possibly like a glimpse of Cthulhu it renders you mad. Not worth risking…
Okay, so one thing the stupendous paper book sale did (yeah, I have a couple to send out on Monday, money having ar...
January 4, 2019
Happy New Year! Sort-of, ish. – by Alma Boykin
The sun is shifting farther and farther south, shortening the days and lengthening the nights. The geese are flocking south, with a few Sandhill cranes following. Athena T. Cat has moved from the front couch to the master bedroom and now reposes on my bed, toasting her toes in the afternoon sun that spills under the deep eves. The year turns, the sun moves, plants and animals respond, and time passes.
Happy New Year! Right?
When does the year en...
January 3, 2019
Living In Elfland
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Recently here, one of those times that the comments get more interesting than the post itself, we came up with the idea that we are in fact elves. That either time traveling or some weird time-glitch bring us — or our descendants a few hundred years hence — in contact with people in the past and allows them a glimpse into our world.
There isn’t a story there — at least not for me — though there might be a throw away side character or three in future novels.
But, you know, when you think abo...
January 2, 2019
Too Early In The Morning
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Yeah, I know it’s not too early in the morning. Today is also my day at Mad Genius Club and I did the post there before this one. Not that it was early, anyway. I kind of slept 12 hours and couldn’t figure out why, until I realized that since Dec. 19 I’ve not had a single day without serious physical work. Apparently after 50 this is not sustainable. So I have flu-like symptoms (despite having the vaccine) and feel like I need to sleep rather a lot.
This is not… great, but I think I’ll b...
December 31, 2018
On Balance
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Yesterday mom called. She usually does on Sundays. This means if we’re at a con, and I suddenly grab my phone and start speaking Portuguese, it’s mom. I’ve found she tends not to remember “am at conference” and tends to be very worried if I can’t talk right then.
She wished me a happy new year in advance and she said “At least no worse than 2018.”
It’s an interesting perspective, and I realize that it’s perhaps related to her being 84. All the same….
2018 was in many ways — emotional and...
December 30, 2018
It’s the Last Book Promo of the Year and Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike
FROM BLAKE SMITH: The Secret of Seavale
A cottage by the sea, nestled in a respectable neighborhood. It should be a safe haven…
Elizabeth Markham has run away from school and seeks the house of her godmother, six miles outside of Portsmouth. Seavale Cottage is a place of peace, and Elizabeth will be safe under Mrs. Brownhurst’s care.
But she arrives at Seavale only to discover that Mrs. Brownhurst has gone away, leaving Elizabeth to fend for herself. She finds assistance in her servants...
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