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Going round the church
Today I found out the Dutch expression: going a round about the church, circling the church. Which I always took to mean doing something pointless, being forced to wait, or stalling for time. Train machinists refused to drive shorter routes, calling it "rondje rond de kerk ".
But in reality, it's an old custom. A friend of mine buried a family ( Read more... ) -
Fourth
Yesterday I was at the award ceremony for a writing contest - sff short stories ( in Dutch). I came in fourth. I would have preferred to come in first, duh, but you can't win them all. ( I won in 2008).
This story did end up in the printed story collection following from the contest, so that's my second story in print. Yay! -
Three Books about Non-Western Heroines by Western fantasy writers: Green, Empress, Touched by Venom
Alternative title: Why did everyone hate that one book and let the other two pass by without commotion?
Disclaimer: I'm just a reader struck by certain similarities and differences between 3 novels. I have no information about the sales, careers or mindset of these authors. I'm not trying to harass or accuse anyone of anything. Only one opinion.
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First publication!
My short story Satyricon ( Je-weet-wel Sater in Dutch) has been published by Mynx/Meulenhoff. You can view and/or get it here. -
2009, the homebody year
I have the feeling, that is wasn't very adventurous. Let's check it out ( Read more... ) -
Happy Thanksgiving!
I wish all my American friends a very happy Thanksgiving!
I'm thankful for : not having to cook a turkey. Ever. -
Guts and entrails
Sometimes you have to go with your gut. Or maybe that should read, always ( Read more... ) -
First day of Nanowrimo
I've had a reasonably good day of Nano, considering I've only got a very lame, gappy and vague outline of the steampunk Son of Baba Yaga novel. I managed 1745 words during the day, and then 500+ after dinner. Not bad ( Read more... ) -
International Kindle in 11 easy steps
18:00 Amazon sent me an email. Kindle is now available internationally ( Read more... ) -
Gifties!
I 've never in my life won a single contest/lottery/send in your own slogan - but last week I did! Tor.com was giving away free copies of "Boneshaker" and all you had to do was comment on the website. I was feeling lucky that day, and so I did.
And darn if I didn't win for once! Whee! What's more, it already arrived on my doorstep this morning, ( Read more... )