After losing the first round of DABWAHA by a mere 12 votes, I need something cheerful today!
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Back from ALA, and had a blast! More on that later, once I’ve unpacked and figured out which bag I left my brain in.

For now, I had two links two share from my Google Reader feed, before Google permanently retires that service.

1. The Mary Sue has the First Clip of The Legend of Korra, Book Two. ::Bounce::

2. This made me smile. It was built by ( Read more... )

For anyone who’s interested, I updated yesterday’s blog post with information on Mr. Dark’s clients and their work.

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And now on to something more important:  the trailer for next year’s LEGO movie, at http://youtu.be/lPnY2NjSjrg

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To be honest, I’m not sure what to think yet. It’s nice to finally see Superman and Batman in the same movie, and there ( Read more... )

www.jimchines.com will be down for a little while tonight while sff.net updates the WordPress installation for their users. I’ve also killed a few plugins that weren’t really necessary, and I’m hoping that will eliminate the occasional FastCGI Error message folks have reported. It’s certainly sped things up on the admin. interface.

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Alice Finch built Hogwarts out of LEGO. To minifig scale. With scenes from the various books/movies.

The whole thing uses close to half a million bricks, and took twelve months to put together.


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Saturday, I took the kids to the LEGO Kids Fest in Novi. Purely for them, you understand. I was just being a good father, dutifully spending four and a half hours in a convention center full of models and hands-on displays and games and more. Because that’s just the kind of Dad I am!

It also gave me the chance to teach some Vital Life Lessons, like ( Read more... )

Our internet is fixed! Just in time for me to leave the state tomorrow morning for Worldcon. I’m reposting my schedule here, mostly so I can find it this weekend when I manage to confuse myself.

• 8/30, 5:30 p.m., Dusable - Reading (Any requests? I’ll probably do something from Libriomancer, but I’m willing to reconsider. I read the Muppet Werewolf ( Read more... )

In some ways, yesterday reminds me of my wedding. There was a lot of preparation and work, and it seemed like time was simultaneously slowing to a crawl and rushing past as the day approached. And then it was here in a blur of noise and excitement, surrounded by friends and loved ones. Lots of happiness and celebration (and yes, maybe even some ( Read more... )

As you might have gathered from Wednesday’s post, most of my energy is going into book-related stuff right now, including…

• A Twitter chat/interview at sffwrtcht. (Transcript is here - includes one automaton-related spoiler detail from the moderator.)
• An interview with LGBT Fantasy Fans and Writers in which I talk about princesses and Libriomancer ( Read more... )

The Fundraiser for Rape Crisis Centers raised more than $500 in the first 24 hours, which is wonderful! Our next goal is $750, at which point a book by Anton Strout gets added to the prizes. Thank you to everyone who’s donated and spread the word so far!

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I’ll be doing a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) tomorrow, April 13, starting at 7:00 p.m. CST. ( Read more... )