Wow, so I just realized I haven't posted here in like six months. I cleaned a little house today. Ok, a lot of house. Because my friends list was so choked with fic from fandoms I stopped following like eight fandoms ago that I couldn't find my XMFC slash :-p So if I accidentally bumped you and I shouldn't have, just shout at me for a bit. Go on, ( Read more... )

In case you're following the journal instead of the Charity Auction post, all results have been posted at http://ceramicbaby.livejournal.com/61997.html, and winners have been contacted individually. If you've won something but haven't received an email, please check your spam filter or ( Read more... )

Hi folks. I know I don't post here very often, but one of our own is hurting very badly today, and I felt the least I could do was make my journal available to host a charity auction to help. I'm going to turn this post over to brilliant writer and dear friend Aleksandr Voinov now to explain the situation, how you can help, and how you can benefit ( Read more... )

Post a link to Counterpoint (that of the gorgeous artwork below) for a chance to win one of three $20 Amazon.com gift cards, just in time for holiday gift-giving (or delicious self-indulgence!). Click here for full contest details.


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I am very, VERY excited: my book releases tomorrow! Allow me to tempt you with gorgeous cover art:


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. . . is now available for pre-order at Guiltless Pleasure Publishing. Click on the banner to read the first two chapters, see the unbelievably hot cover and supplemental art, and enter a contest for a chance to win an extra-large art print!


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So apparently, because of this article on the Huffington Post re: the media coverage of McClellan's new book, I will be appearing on Listening Post tomorrow at 8:30 PM EST. It's a show on Al Jazeera English, which in all likelihood your cable provider does not carry, but which you can watch streaming here. I will try very, very hard not to make an ( Read more... )

My seventh piece on the Huffington Post went up today as a featured political story. Yay!

Seriously, though, it's about the federal government trying to screen for illegal immigrants during hurricane evacuations in the Rio Grande Valley. Texas is fighting it. Emergency management is appalled. Scared people will choose not to evacuate, and we'll end ( Read more... )

Not quite a month ago, my Bengaii Cardinals got pregnant. They're mouth-brooders, which means the daddy carries the eggs in his (increasingly gigantic) mouth and doesn't eat the entire time. Yesterday, he spit out the first group of five babies. More will come over the next couple days. Here's the first group. (For comparison, click on the above ( Read more... )