Martha Wells's Blog, page 208

Still no word from my insurance company. I called yester...

Still no word from my insurance company. I called yesterday and left a message with the adjuster, so hopefully she'll get back to me...eventually.

Iron Man 2 is coming out May 7, and I can't wait!!!!


The Shared Worlds Bestiary with Cory Doctorow, Nnedi Okorafor, Lev Grossman, Elizabeth Hand, and More! Shared Worlds is a summer think tank at Wofford College for teenagers who have an interest in fantasy and science fiction literature. For two weeks, students create imaginary worlds and write f...

I love it when my horoscope tells me I'm going to have a ...

I love it when my horoscope tells me I'm going to have a crap day, so just don't bother. It's nice to know in advance.


wedgeofspite linked to KnittaPlease, Magda Sayeg's knitting blog. This is very cool, knitting on a monumental scale.

Speaking of Austin, don't miss May Day of the Dead, the South Congress Zombie Walk

We all need this: Food Network: the Top Ten Foods for Stress Release

Gloria Oliver linked to the hand made dollhouse replica of Bag End, from The Lord of the Rings

lots of links:Prime Books announces People of the Book (A...

lots of links:


Prime Books announces People of the Book (Am ha-Sefer) A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy

For knitters: Meet Austin's Yarn Bomber warning for work surfers - there's an embedded video with sound in the article that starts automatically.

Black Gate Blog: Somebody Has to Talk About Frederick Faust He wrote a lot of books. A lot. No, more than that.

Comic artist Steve Perry, who did Thundercats has cancer and is still in desperate need of help.

Author Judith Tarr/Caitlin Brennan (dancinghorse) is havi...

Author Judith Tarr/Caitlin Brennan ( dancinghorse ) is having a writing mentoring sale. Services include plot help, R&D, editorial services of all kinds from line edits to general critique.
AND, if what you need doesn't require five hours' worth of work, I've got a new service on offer: Spot-checking and fact-checking. For $50 I will check specific portions of your project, up to 30 pages'/one hour's worth. Additional hours can be negotiated on an individual basis. Areas of expertise include...

The Swivet (agent Colleen Lindsay) posts about: County of...

The Swivet (agent Colleen Lindsay) posts about: County of Sonoma, CA, ignores the wills, powers of attorney, and medical directives of elderly gay couple and separates them and sells their belongings.

Teen Book Drop is going on until Wednesday, the school libraries need more graphic novels.

I'm still waiting for the insurance adjuster to okay the repairs for the accident. I really hope this gets over with soon.

Boosting the signal: queenoftheskies is going to be post...

Boosting the signal: queenoftheskies is going to be posting an SF/F novel for donations, so she can make her May rent money while she's interviewing for new jobs and waiting for California to send her unemployment check. Her family may be evicted if she can't raise the $500 rent money. This is one of those situations where if a lot of people donate a few dollars, you can really help a fan/aspiring writer in need. The profile page of the LJ where the novel will posted is here, with the...

Teen Book Drop

There's still time to participate in the Teen Book Drop Event to buy books for the school libraries of the Alchesay High School in the White Mountain Apache Reservation and Ojo Encino Day School in the Navajo Nation. You just buy the books from the wish lists for the schools at Powells.com, then have them shipped directly to the schools. The instructions for how to get to the wish lists and the shipping addresses are here: on GuysLitWire. Scroll down to the cover image of Flora Segunda, th...

I got to answer a question in SF Signal's Mind Meld, on t...

I got to answer a question in SF Signal's Mind Meld, on the best Sword and Sorcery stories.


Got called by the insurance adjuster, and then took the car to get an estimate. (Finding the place was interesting, but once I stopped following what I thought the directions were and started following the actual directions, I got there.) I need two new bumpers, basically, and now we wait to see if the insurance company will okay the work.


ETA: from Jay Lake: Making a Difference One Book at a Time Aft...

National Library Week

Called the insurance company, reported the accident, gave them the number of the police report. So now we'll just wait and see. I know there can be delayed consequences from being slammed into like that, but I don't feel hurt or sore anywhere this morning. I work out regularly, so my back and shoulders are in pretty good shape, so maybe that helps. It's just my hands and feet where I have all the problems; fortunately I didn't squeeze the steering wheel or ram my hand into anything, so I ...

Okay, I know we've been having a run of bad luck, but thi...

Okay, I know we've been having a run of bad luck, but this is getting crazy. The water pump on Troyce's nineteen year old pick-up broke yesterday, so we dropped it off at the garage early this morning, and I took him to work. Coming back, not far from home, I was at a light behind a van with a trailer, with a small pick-up behind me, and a large SUV behind the pick-up. Then a car came along, didn't stop, and hit the SUV. The bang was huge, and I looked up into the mirror into time to see ...