"And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything."

[greygirlbeast]

I've just gotten word that Lee Moyer's cover for Two Worlds and In Between has been nominated for a Chelsey Award. Though, gotta admit, I'm a little - no very, in awe of Tom Kidd's cover for the Subterranean Press edition of Harlan's Deathbird Stories. Though, obviously, I hope it's Lee who wins

Comments

[seph_ski]

As much as I love the convenience of having a mobile phone when I need one, I hate the expectation that I should always be available to callers. I make no apologies for turning it off for long periods of time. Humans lived for centuries without the ability to instantly get the attention of almost anyone they wanted, a few silly people can deal with having to leave me a message and hoping I'll return their call.

One of my peeves is people having full conversations on their phone while they shop for groceries. Not the quick "do we need milk?" calls, but the long "how are the kids these days?" conversations. REALLY? Are you really such poor company that you need someone to distract you from the thoughts in your own head while you run errands?!! I do not understand people who have to always be in the middle of a conversation, especially airing their business out in public.

[lady_tigerfish]

As much as I love the convenience of having a mobile phone when I need one, I hate the expectation that I should always be available to callers.

This. I had a friend in college who refused to get a cell phone for years, and when she finally broke down and did so, she kept the knowledge of the thing to only a select handful of people because she resented that expectation of availability so deeply.

[lipstick_menace]

I use my iPhone to read. Most of the time I have it on flight mode so no incoming calls can disturbe my reading :) as a book designer I of course love printed books. But it's incredibly comfortable and soothing to always carry around 50 books with you and know you'll never run out of stuff to read ;) xx

[corucia]

I rarely use my phone as a phone - instead, it's my email portal and my away-from-home reading station. I use it to read the stuff I don't need to think about. I'm working my way through all of the Ed McBain 87th Precinct mysteries. I ran through the Sherlock Holmes stories again after watching the first season of Sherlock. Stuff like that - reading that can be done in bits and pieces, whenever I can grab a few free minutes. For me these days it's the equivalent of the cheap paperback that used to lurk in the bottom of the backpack when I was a student. However, for those authors I follow, I purchase the hardback on preorder or on release date, and climb into my favorite chair with the book as soon as I can - that's the proper way to read the good stuff - mainlining it, so to speak

[ext_1264652]

i hear you on this weather. i did hear it was going to be super hot by the end of the week. hold on, caitlin, summer is coming. even to crazy ri. i carry a book with me everywhere, but i have noticed this also. cell phones are the new cigarettes. no one can smoke to feel ok while they sit alone anymore, so now they play with their phones. god help us all, as it seems most of our society is incapable of being alone with themselves. so very sad.

[faustfatale]

SoCal 4 Life, yo! We'd love to have you.