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July 27, 2010
Revenge of the Happy Fish
The other day I realized that Tesla Rex's tank was getting a smidge manky. So I cleaned the tank, swapped out the "furniture," and even took a camera-phone shot of Tesla after he'd been reintroduced to the freshly changed tank.
I called this picture "Happy Fish!" and, on a whim, I sent it to Twitter.* The picture posted, a handful of ichthyophiles commented ("Aw, cute!") … and collectively, we all moved on with our lives. The day came to a close. I went to bed. And the next morning I...
July 26, 2010
July 26, 2010
Start your week with links! Why? Because that's all I've got right now:
Kitten pictures! – And kitten pimping, yes. If you can find room in your heart and home for something small and fuzzy, then here is a most excellent place to start looking (if you are in the Piedmont VA area).
Me on TV! – Click through to visit the CultPop website, now featuring episode #36 – which was recorded while I was at Penguicon. This episode also features Tobias Buckell and John Scalzi, if you'd rather not watch...
July 23, 2010
July 22, 2010
Hey Twitternauts – Heads up: RT this tweet from TorBooks for a chance to win a free copy of Boneshaker and an ARC of Dreadnought.
Edited to add: Contest has wrapped up already. So! Many! RTs!
Congratulations to Twitter user Spiffykt, winner of the goodies :)
[Crossposted from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.]
July 22, 2010
Today it's my cousin Ryan's birthday. Happy birthday, Ryan! I got you … [drumroll, please:] … draft zero on a wacky urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen!
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 5803 (THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT)
Present total word count: 102,397 words
Things...
July 22, 2010
Clementine shipping shortly
Subterranean Press has packed up all the Clementine preorders, and soon they'll be cast out to the four corners of the earth. So to speak. Click that link for details.
[Crossposted from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.]
July 21, 2010
July 21, 2010
Here are today's stats on my second urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen:
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 4474 (WOO)
Present total word count: 96,594 words
Things accomplished in fiction: Found the end of final climactic scene, oh holy crap I can hardly believe it.
Things...
July 20, 2010
Here are today's stats on my second urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen:
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 4591 (YES)
Present total word count: 92,120 words
Things accomplished in fiction: Engaged in diabolical politicking; found self trapped in McMansion while homicidal...
July 20, 2010
July 19, 2010
Here are today's stats on my second urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen:
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 2655 (respectable, but not great)
Present total word count: 87,529 words
Things accomplished in fiction: Arrived at the world's most frightening McMansion; got...
July 19, 2010
Clementine Update
Via the publisher's web page announcement – get one while you still can, because Clementine will be sold-out on publication.
"… [Subterranean:] currently have orders for more copies than we can fill, so we'll be forced to allocate quantities sent to our wholesale and large online retail accounts. We'll leave the order page for Clementine up for a few more days, so you can lock in a copy by ordering direct, but once we actually start shipping the book, we'll make it out of print in the...
July 18, 2010
Hot damn! Here are today's stats on my second urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen:
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 4464 (BOO-YAH)
Present total word count: 84,874 words
Things accomplished in fiction: Sorted out travel plans; made it to the ATL; made some phone calls...
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