Best of luck to everyone participating in NaNoWriMo.

Traditional publishing or self publishing? Print or ebook? Both? What would/do/will you do?

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Has anyone else heard of these guys? Zombie Beach actually has very little to do with zombies (sorry, Chuck) and they haven't updated since May, but I've been having a great time listening to their podcasts. Strange podcasts.

Anyone else have podcast recommendations? Something I can listen to without iTunes, thanks.

Melbourne is doing its usual rain, sun, rain, sun, hail, rain, rain in the sunshine, overcast stuff today. At least the brief periods of sunshine mean that spring is trying to, well, spring ( Read more... )

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This list is courtesy of American Book Review.

1. Call me Ishmael. - Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851)

2. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)

3. A screaming comes across the sky. -Thomas Pynchon ( Read more... )

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1. Turn on your MP3 Player
2. Set to shuffle
3. The third song is your zombie apocalypse battle anthem!

Wow. It was almost 'Point of No Return' from Phantom of the Opera. I'm not sure if that would have been very motivational...

Straightjacket Feeling by The All-American Rejects

Hm. Insanity is bliss?

There are times when I sit back and wonder how I managed to survive growing up in the States. I was addicted to processed food, the Easy Mac queen, and the microwave was my best friend. Crisps and cheese dip from a can were the regular additions to movie nights. I rarely drank water, instead opting for some power drink or soda.

I drank a lot ( Read more... )

Okay, so this isn't going to be all that funny, but he is cute! We had a box left over from shopping the other day and decided to let Asimov keep it as a toy. Needless to say, he loves it. He's playing with it as I type this ( Read more... )

I feel like writing out my thoughts bullet style rather than a day to day synopsis sort of post. Here goes!

*nyssap was a lovely house guest and roommate. Without her, I don't think I would have made it to the con nor met many of the awesome people I met.

*I took a different approach to this conference than I have to cons in the past. I was there as a ( Read more... )