The first sign of spring at my house is the Con or Bust auction. I'm participating again this year, offering a hardcover each of A College of Magics and A Scholar of Magics. First editions, autographed as you wish.

Here are the links:
College: http://con-or-bust.livejournal.com/104710.html
Scholar: http://con-or-bust.livejournal.com/105046.html

I write short fiction seldom, but in the past few weeks, I've written (and sold!) a story and a half.

The half story is my share of "The Vital Importance of the Superficial." The other half of the story was written by Ellen Kushner, and the whole thing will appear in the forthcoming anthology Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: Tales of Gaslight ( Read more... )

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Amazing people did amazing things on behalf of Terri Windling, and it was my privilege to participate. I'm happy to say that my last auction items went in the mail to the winners today.

Thanks again to those wonder-working people who ran the auction. Truly impressive!

Amazing people are doing amazing things on behalf of one of the kindest and most talented people I know, Terri Windling. You should check into the whys and wherefores and all the auction offerings at http://magick4terri.livejournal.com, but here are links to the first of the offerings made by ( Read more... )

I no longer remember who first recommended Pinterest to me, or how I ran across it. But I love it so much, I just had to utter a general thank you to those who make it such a fabulous place to hunt for visual treasures. Thank you!

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Video of this year's llama costume contest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LStPipO9X1M

Those Damsels are at it again, giving away a copy of Magic Below Stairs. To enter, just follow the link to their blog and post a comment there about what you are reading now. Love it? Hate it?

Isn't criticism always much more fun?

Good luck, and thanks again, Damsels in Regress!