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August 5, 2013
Monday Morning Music
Frank Turner has a new video out! How could I not share it with you? One of his cheery, mortality-slipping-by tunes called “Losing Days” from the new album. Pondering the lyrics, I wondered if I would live to see 30 myself at one point. And now, I’m 51. While I’m too cynical to call that […]
August 2, 2013
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente – A Review
“She fed me fish,” he whispered. “And blackberry jam.” “Not together, I hope.” See that beautiful cover? That’s one of the reasons I was excited to read The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente, even though I can never wrap my […]
August 1, 2013
Link Treats
It’s been kind of quiet over here, hasn’t it? Well, the dayjob’s been keeping me busy, as has the new story I’m working on. But now, I’m in the midst of a long weekend from work, and the story is almost ready to send to my betas. One more alpha read and it should be […]
July 29, 2013
Monday Morning Music
John Scalzi posted this last week. I think it’s adorable and so right on. Hope you do, too. And I hope you’re not one of those gatekeeper geeks. No fandom needs you, you know? The more the merrier! Filed under: Monday Morning Music, Music Tagged: John Scalzi, music, Nothing to Prove, The Doubleclicks, video
July 22, 2013
Monday Morning Music
The humidity finally broke this weekend! I don’t feel as sludgey as I’ve felt the last couple weeks. This makes me very happy. As does today’s music video. We’re going back in time this week with what might be my favorite Pretenders tune. I searched for it on Youtube on a whim and found this […]
July 18, 2013
Link Treats
Huh. Now that I’m coming up with links randomly, I’m getting a decent list more quickly. That’s good, right? Or maybe I’m spending too much time surfing? That is a possibility. Nice mix today. What do you think? The World Needs Writers Johanna Harkness on writers and storytelling. Telling those tales is important. So You […]
July 17, 2013
Wherefore Art Thou John Teague
Alpha Reader finished the sub-zero still-not-finished draft of The Travelers last week, and he had thoughts, the main one being that he didn’t really see what one of my characters brought to the story. Um, that would be a guy named John Teague, the character that kind of got the whole story rolling because I […]
July 16, 2013
Link Treats
This batch of links isn’t quite as heavy, at least in my mind. I hope you find something of interest. Lessons sports teach you: Perfection is the enemy ofexcellenceSam B. at Fit, Feminist, and (almost) Fifty shares her thoughts on the problems of perfectionism. Trayvon Martin, The East, and the Consequences ofInactionMy inner seven-year-old is […]
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson – A Review
The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways-farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young […]
July 15, 2013
Monday Morning Video
We’ve made it to the middle of July, and Janelle Monáe has another video from her latest album. Since I love post-apocalyptic stuff, this is right up my alley. And something to make us smile feels even more needed now, given the weekend’s news. Here she is, looking a little different with “Dance Apocalyptic.” Also, […]
