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Got some good news this morning: Just found out our frien...

Got some good news this morning: Just found out our friend Ruth got through her surgery for appenicieal cancer yesterday and is awake and doing well this morning. That's a huge relief.


We're going to the traditional Monkey House pre-Thanksgiving party today (Monkey Giving), for former members of TAMU's science fiction and fantasy club Cepheid Variable and its annual convention AggieCon, and their friends and relatives. (I was chairman of AggieCon 17, back in 1986 when I was a student.) It's r...

More from Jackie Kessler: The Day After: Harlequin Blinks...

More from Jackie Kessler: The Day After: Harlequin Blinks Just because your book wasn't good enough for Harlequin to pay you for it, that doesn't mean it's not good enough for you to pay us for it!


ETA: A friend posted this link on Facebook, and it's great if you need to see something happy: A soldier's dog greets him when he returns from Afghanistan.

Couple of publishing links:Jackie Kessler explains in det...

Couple of publishing links:

Jackie Kessler explains in detail how Harlequin Horizons is a vanity press, not a self-publishing service: Harlequin Horizons versus the RWA:
A-ha! Here's a big clue that aspiring authors better have their eyes open. Yes, the press has the name "Harlequin" on it. But even though you may think this means you're a legitimate Harlequin author, you're not. Oh, and Harlequin won't distribute Horizon books. Horizon books won't appear "in stores next to your books." Well...

I'm hoping today is a better day than yesterday.Links:jim...

I'm hoping today is a better day than yesterday.

Links:

jimhines is doing his yearly book drive for a domestic violence shelter.

Terrible Yellow Eyes a collection of fan art for Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are

Gargoyles, from all over the world.

Found this link on Facebook: Ruins of Japan Photographs ...

Found this link on Facebook: Ruins of Japan Photographs of abandoned buildings, theme parks, "love hotels," and ruins in Japan.

Book Rejection Bingo Card I find this one kind of depressing. Like, lie down in a hole in the back yard and let someone shovel dirt over you, depressing.

Speaking of depressing: Revised Google Book Search Settlement Filed

My internet connection's been down for most of the day, s...

My internet connection's been down for most of the day, so that's been a lovely source of irritation. Also, I think my bad shoulder is heading for another bout of badness, probably triggered by the cold front that came in last night; usually the weight-lifting aerobics makes it feel better, but this time not so much.

But we had a great time at Renfair on Saturday. (I'll post some pictures whenever I can stay logged on long enough.) Among other things, we listened to a fabulous band called...

I haven't been doing much of anything except writing. I'...

I haven't been doing much of anything except writing. I'm about 10,000 words away from finishing the YA fantasy I'm working on, so that's good. We've also got free tickets to the Texas Renaissance Festival tomorrow and I'll be taking a break to go to that.

Some interesting links:

scottedelman posted this one: WWII Classic From Here to Eternity was originally considered too gay to be published. As the nation marks another Veterans Day with gays still barred from serving openly, Kaylie Jones...

Ecstatic Days Blog post by Lavie Tidhar: Excited About In...

Ecstatic Days Blog post by Lavie Tidhar: Excited About International SF

DearAuthor has a reader recommendation post for Multicultural Books


Troyce has another job interview today, so everybody think lucky thoughts.

Someone just sent me this link for the Anne Taintor page....

Someone just sent me this link for the Anne Taintor page. The magnets give you the best overview. Some of my favorites:

"she was one cocktail away from proving his mother right"

"I believe we have an opportunity to make some extremely poor choices"

"it would, of course, have to look like an accident"

"the secret ingredient is resentment"

Hoping hurricane Ida doesn't cause much trouble.We had a ...

Hoping hurricane Ida doesn't cause much trouble.

We had a great weekend, and got to spend Saturday night and Sunday morning with a friend who came into town unexpectedly. She's going into surgery for cancer towards the end of this month, so if you have any positive vibes to spare, please send them her way.


Something fun:
Stormtroopers 365 A year in the life of tiny plastic stormtroopers.