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Weekly! Links! Time!
A youtube video about a big egg. Not embedded so as to not ruin the surprise.
Methodist minister confides to congregation that he is transgendered man. This story seems to have a happy ending, which is awesome.
Dr Horrible: Laundry Day
The Snuggie Sutra.
Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?
Ginger cinnamon carmels. Nom, these look so tasty.
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Publishing links
I’m clearing out tabs. These are some links I’ve come across (mostly from twitter) with publishing tips, news, etc, over the last couple of weeks.
Maggie Stiefvater with a Giant Butt-Kicking How to Write a Novel Post.
Stephen Pressfield on research as resistance.
Things you should be able to expect of your editor. (Yikes)
Nathan Bransford’s Book ( Read more... ) -
Weekly links
Once again, pulled mostly from what I posted on my twitter account.
Historical food timeline.
Medieval Gastronomy.
Trailer for the Fame remake, which I am exceedingly excited about. (youtube, unfortunately no embedding.)
My favorite protest sign so far this year.
I can’t stop shouting ZARDOZ at my husband.
22 free songs from Nylon mag. (itunes ( Read more... ) -
Mabeline redux
Today we went back to the vet for yet another follow-up. The tech weighed Mabeline and she was down almost another pound.
This is bad.
Mabeline took this opportunity to hiss at the poster on the wall (”The Top Ten Reasons Cats Visit the Vet!” featuring a kitten with GIANT EYES) and then growl at me some. I gave her pets. I understood how she ( Read more... ) -
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Sorry for those weird tweets. I changed my account name and someone else snagged it, and then somehow loud twitter started working again and I can't figure out how to make it stop.
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Weekly Links
Culled mostly from things I posted on my twitter account (over there in the sidebar.)
Lots of good info over at Pimp My Novel.
Time Enough at Last, my favorite Twilight Zone episode.
Pet Sounds, a capella.
Crasher Squirrel.
Where I Write, offices of SFF writers.
Things You Wouldn’t Know if We Didn’t Blog Incessantly, my new favorite blog.
Shave ( Read more... ) -
I want to like ebooks
I really do. To be clear, by ebooks I mean any book in electronic form, not books specifically made available only in electronic format. That’s a hornet’s nest I am not ready to get into.
I have always been a voracious reader, and now that I’m in a fiction writing program it’s like I have given myself a license to buy ever more books. Because it ( Read more... ) -
The Fear
I spend a lot of time thinking about The Fear, enough so that the phrase somehow graduated to Capital Letters recently. The Fear does a lot of things, but mostly it keeps me from doing my creative work. The Fear tells me that perfectionism is a perfectly reasonable way to get through life. The Fear tells me that my stories are insipid, my prose ( Read more... )
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