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August 4, 2012
ARADIA'S THEME
First, you certainly should have noticed it by now, but in case you haven’t, there is music on the Home Page of this site. The controls to turn it up or down or off are below the poll, but I think it is quite haunting (a little eerie and a little sad and a little uplifting, too), and I once listened to it for more than thirty-six hours continuously (I fell asleep writing , as I often do, and slept on the keyboard so it was even in my dreams). It’s helping me finish STRANGE FATE. The tent...
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June 24, 2012
SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS FROM ZIGGY
I’m back from visiting my Dad and found almost immediately a questionnaire with some witty and intriguing questions from a U.K. reader. Of course, I couldn’t let that go to waste, so . . .
From Ziggy:
1) Have you thought of writing more books like Night of the Solstice, or do you feel you have been there, done that, as it goes?
The third book in the WILDWORLD series, MIRROR OF HEAVEN, is very much alive and kicking, trying to get out of my head and onto paper. In...
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THE ENDGAME OF VAMPIRE DIARIES
[image error]The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, I am alive. I’m even writing frantically night and day. I’ll give more details about that later, but meanwhile I’d like to answer a question I get very frequently in my emails. It is “how would THE VAMPIRE DIARIES endgame have played out?” or “Who would end up with whom? Or “Who would Elena pick? So I’d like to share my answer to an email I got today, and maybe allow other people to understand the situation.
Hi Heather--
Thank y...
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VICTOR IS RECOVERING!
I want to say “Thank you” for all those who prayed or sent their good wishes to Victor, or who asked about his health. It has a been terrible ordeal for my poor little yellow Lab. He almost died. He is a constant forager for food in any condition when on walks and when off the leash has gotten into some pretty nasty stuff. (Which is why he only went through the first nine steps for becoming a ten-step Guide Dog for the Blind; if he can smell food he pays attention to nothing else.) Howev...
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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
[image error]I wonder if, just for once, my blog will let me type in a message to you without me having to go through Admin. Fingers crossed. So far it's working. I want everyone to know that I am on a writing SPREE and that this is the reason I have been late recently in answering emails or getting on the Forum. I hope to be able to multitask soon, but right now I am riding the wave, because times like this are special and what I really figure you people want is for me to giv...
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UNBELIEVABLE!
[image error]I’ve been sick for several days (sorry to anybody I was snippy to on Forum—I feel like you-know-what.) But then I saw this article on CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/31/world/asia/afghanistan-strangulation/index.html, that is about a man who, with the help of his mother, beat and strangled his wife, Storay Mohammed, for bearing him a daughter rather than a son. The cowardly guy is on the run but he left Mom behind to take the heat . . . and to say, unbelievably, that her...
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2011-2012 and Friendship
Today marks the five-year anniversary of my mother’s death, and it is, as it should be, a sad day for me. But also it is at the beginning of a new year, which I take as time to look back at the previous twelve months and meditate on them. The last year has been a very good one. I have had the amazing fortune to get a sympathetic, brilliant, dynamic agent, and I’m everlastingly grateful for his insights, his tenacity, and his gentle sense of humor. I’ve made progress on my manuscripts. ST...
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I'm baaaack!
Just wanted to let everyone know that I am back from my holiday vacation in southern California. Victor was an absolute angel on both the trip down and the trip up. He was rather depressed over the holidays, and I think he believed that he was once again being moved to a new house. When, after a seven-hour drive he began to recognize landmarks he started to dance in the car and once we got inside the house he tore up and down the stairs like a crazy dog. I had to take him into the backya...
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June 2, 2011
You Might Take a Moment and Think . . .
[image error]. . . about which of the Midnight Jewel Boxes you like best, and second best, and third best, etc.. You can just click on the little pictures to see the names of the boxes. The reason you might want to do this is that on June 15, at some hour unknown even to me at this point, the winners (both USA and foreign) will be notified in this blog, and possibly elsewhere (I'll make it clearer than mud come the day).. If you happen to see your name and the location you've used to...
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