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Go Indie — Discover Indie Authors: Summer of Indie Meets Tom Hobbs

Go Indie — Discover Indie Authors: Summer of Indie Meets Tom Hobbs.

ATTENTION AUTHORS! « Darke Conteur

Authors looking for promotion opportunities: schedule an interview with Darke.

ATTENTION AUTHORS! « Darke Conteur.

Go Indie — Discover Indie Authors: Summer of Indie Sights “The Flight Of The Griffin” With C.M. Gray

YA Fantasy for you:

Go Indie — Discover Indie Authors: Summer of Indie Sights “The Flight Of The Griffin” With C.M. Gray.

Educate Me: The Nordic Model of Economics

I’m throwing this out to everyone. What do you know about the Nordic Model?

Opinions?

Seriously folks. Is this a viable model? Is it a viable model for the U.S.?

Go Indie — Discover Indie Authors: Summer of Indie Goes “From Earth To Eden” With Clayton Bye

I’ve fallen behind on these posts for Summer of Indie. There’s no way to catch up, so I’ll just jump back in. Go check out today’s SF offering:

Go Indie — Discover Indie Authors: Summer of Indie Goes “From Earth To Eden” With Clayton Bye.

Get Off Your Broom Fitness Challenge

My attempts to lose weight are never-ending. This is another one.

A Very Nice Lady (VNL) has created a website for challenging fellow Pagans to improve their fitness. I’ve joined up, which means I have to post my goals here, then report once a week to let y’all know I badly I’ve done.

Or not. I have to stay hopeful.

Step 1 is to state my goals and plan. So my goal is to lose a pound a week.

Um… yeah. That’s been my goal for every week of the last twenty years. I’m just sayin’.

How am I going to do...

Chores and More

Today I did this

I’m off to buy label sticks. Can’t leave the packets in there. If you’ve been around long, you know about my gardening skills. Want to place bets on whether anything grows?

There’s a CWC meeting today, so I must run if I’m going to make it. But I can’t leave without a teaser: the cover for the print version of Bridgebuilders is almost ready! It’s really going to happen!

Food Politics » Are organics more nutritious? Again? Sigh.

“But aren’t those lower levels (of pesticides)—in production and in the body—good reasons to buy organics?”

Well, yes. That’s sort of the point.

Food Politics » Are organics more nutritious? Again? Sigh..

Banned From Baby Showers: “Birth is Just One Day” — Right?

This post discusses a very important part today’s medicalized birth environment: early, forced deliveries.

Banned From Baby Showers: “Birth is Just One Day” — Right?.

Also, see this link for information about today’s National Rally for Change:http://www.improvingbirth.org/

The Look Challenge

What’s the first use of the word “look” in your WIP? I’m taking up this challenge from Amy Raby, whose paragraph is here. My paragraph is from Worlds Apart, since that’s the WIP I had open when I saw Amy’s challenge. Worlds Apart is paranormal romance, about a human woman who falls in love with a man who is a werewolf.

Tina’s lips curled in response to the raucous laughter this provoked, and she gave the man a thorough look. He was not heart-stoppingly handsome, but he was cute, in a scruffy k...