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The first round of auctions at the help_haiti fundraising...

The first round of auctions at the help_haiti fundraising community is over tomorrow, January 20. My auction for the signed hardcover of Wheel of the Infinite is here, and the high bid is currently $50.00.

The Crossed Genres Magazine Post a Free Story for Haiti page now has a section for stories in Portugese. If you read and enjoy any of the stories listed, please consider a donation for Haiti. My story is an adventure fantasy, Houses of the Dead.

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Pat Rothfuss' Worldbuilders fundraiser f...

New Short Story

I just posted Houses of the Dead to my web site as part of the Crossed Genres Post a Story for Haiti effort.

It was first published in Black Gate #12, July 2008. It's a Giliead and Ilias story, one of the prequel stories to the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy.
This was what the Journals didn't mention about the lives of Chosen Vessels and their companions. Ilias supposed it didn't make good poetry: And then the Vessel of Cineth Giliead and his foster brother Ilias spent the afternoon digging in the...

SF/F author Kage Baker is undergoing treatment for cancer...

SF/F author Kage Baker is undergoing treatment for cancer and the prognosis is not good.

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WebUrbanist: Modern Trolls: Bridges as Homes and Mini-Cities (Shades of Shadow Bridge by Gregory Frost)

Harry (the cat) is still alive, the blood hasn't reappeared and I still can't figure out where it came from. I'll be spending the day catching up from yesterday.

This is turning into a weird discombobulated day. Didn't...

This is turning into a weird discombobulated day. Didn't get nearly as much done this morning as I meant to, did manage to go to aerobics (where I dropped a bar and scared the crap out of everybody in the class), then came home to notice Harry (the cat) had blood all down both front legs and one back leg. Not on his paws or on his mouth, just his legs. I can't find a wound on him, the other cats are fine, and there's no unexplained dead bodies around. I washed him off in the bathtub (no, ...

From Michael A. Stackpole's blog: Pat Robertson: one neur...

From Michael A. Stackpole's blog: Pat Robertson: one neuron shy of a synapse

For people who were as surprised by this as I was: the new season of Project Runway starts tonight on the Lifetime channel.



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I've put a hardcover copy of my book Wheel of the Infinite up for auction in the help_haiti fundraising community here.

You bid by replying to the comment, and when the auction closes on January 20, the winner will pay by donating directly to one of the charitable organizations on the...

Auction for Help_Haiti

I've put a hardcover copy of my book Wheel of the Infinite up for auction in the help_haiti fundraising community here.

You bid by replying to the comment, and when the auction closes on January 20, the winner will pay by donating directly to one of the charitable organizations on the community's list. The winner can then forward me an email receipt or screencap of the donation, shipping info, and how you want the book signed, and I'll send it to you.

Troyce's case of strep throat is better, and the ice melt...

Troyce's case of strep throat is better, and the ice melted the other day and it's back up to a more normal 60. That's a big relief.

For Christmas, a friend gave us a folding kitty tent:

Donation Sites for Haiti

Places to donate for the earthquake victims in Haiti:

American Red Cross International Response Fund

Partners in Health Clinics in Haiti

Doctors Without Borders

Catholic Relief Services


ETA: From the Red Cross site:
American Red Cross releases $200,000 in aid to help communities affected by earthquake in Haiti The American Red Cross has made available all of the relief supplies from its warehouse in Panama which would provide for basic needs for approximately 5,000 families. In addition, it is...

naominovik has posted her pirate story from the anthology...

naominovik has posted her pirate story from the anthology Fast Ships, Black Sails: Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake

New online SF magazine Lightspeed Magazine, from the publishers of Fantasy Magazine, is looking for submissions.

Victoria Strauss of Writer Beware and other authors are receiving some really...odd emails: Apparently I'm a Boring Wrinkled Self-Published Lesbian. (Note that I'm not posting the guy's name, because he apparently searches on himself a lot.)

Missions Unknown: ...

From ericmarin: the Winter 2010 issue of the online poetr...

From ericmarin : the Winter 2010 issue of the online poetry magazine Goblin Fruit is available.

Bookends: A Discussion of Sell-Through One of the biggest problems, arguably, is that publishers still allow for returns. That means a bookstore can order 5,000 copies of your book, not dedicate any time or effort to sell it, and return any or all copies that don't sell to the publisher.



This weekend Troyce got sick with something that sounds a lot like strep throat. He's going to the doctor (if he...