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There are now so many authors with so many books.  Ever wondered how to figure out which books work for you?

On September 26-27 a group of authors from the Codex writers forum is doing a FREE science fiction and fantasy ebook GIVEAWAY.  With so many to choose from, there’s ( Read more... )

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Maggie Stiefvater recently did a dissection of an original draft chapter and then showed how it morphed and highlighted certain areas and discussed what she was trying to accomplish.  It was quite interesting, AND she convinced 10 other writers to do the same!

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So if you take 1 8oz cream cheese and whip it till it’s fluffy.  Then you add a dash of vanilla and 6-8 oz of cool whip, it makes an amazing frosting.

Slather a generous amount over a piece of virtual toasted cake (take your pick of strawberry, vanilla, or blueberry) and head ( Read more... )

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Tina Connolly‘s toastedcake website is serving up delicious virtual toasted cake to munch on while listening to the podcast story.  Her inaugural story is from the excellent writer Caroline Yoachim!

Check it out, Tina has an awesome reading voice!

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Ever wonder exactly what a molecule looked like?

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/24040/

Wow, right?

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Zombies:

Apparently, a university in the UK is going to offer a course of study on zombies.  The article that mentioned that also theorizes a bit on why zombies are so popular…http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15418899

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Remembering Anne Mccaffrey.

1.  I read her books.

2.  Then I read them again (leaving them on the shelf just long enough for siblings to start step number 1).

3.  Go back to step number 2.

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I went saturday the 12th to Orycon.  It was great to be around writers and see a lot of old friends as well as make new ones.  One old friend, Tina Connolly, has a new book IRONSKIN coming out from TOR next year.  One new friend, Merrie Haskell, read from her newly released ( Read more... )