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Little Pencil-necked Weasels
A small-minded politician (I know, it's a redundant phrase) has cast aspersions on a Great Artist.
Neil Gaiman and Mary Robinette Kowal have risen to the defense in a most eloquent manner. See maryrobinette
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On Why I Do Not Rejoice in the Death of Osama Bin Laden
Not that the news didn't bring a smile to my face. Not that I disagree the guy needed to go. (And, despite the lack of a body, I am taking the President at his word that Bin Laden really did "go". The President better not let me down on this.) There comes a time when one needs to turn and bonk the bully in the nose. The bigger the bully, the bigger ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
The anthology, No Man's Land, with my story, "In the Middle of Nowhere", will be released 30 May. Here's the publisher's promo, and a cool blurb from David Weber. Fun ( Read more... ) -
Zombies
My husband just posted a Craigslist ad offering zombie proofing and zombie remediation.
He did it as an April Fool's joke.
But was it really a joke? -
I'm an official author
I have received and signed the contract with Dark Quest Books for my story, "In the Middle of Nowhere". So there is now a legal document--a real legal document--that states I am an author. Yep, there's my name and the statement, "...hereinafter called 'author ( Read more... ) -
FIRST SALE!
I have sold my first science fiction story ( Read more... ) -
snow
Too long since I last posted ( Read more... ) -
A Novel's Journey: What I've learned on the first draft.
I finished the outline on 21 May, a day ahead of my self imposed schedule. (Yay me ( Read more... ) -
A Novel's Journey
I currently have a novelette in at Writers of the Future that I have high hopes for. Since the judging is anonymous, I don't want to say anything about the world it's set on or anything else, though I doubt any of the judges read my posts ( Read more... ) -
Valentine's update
Lots of wonderful family things going on ( Read more... )