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Annual (?) check-in
Swung by LJ to update the Smart Pop account with where to find us now online (details here, if you're interested), and thought, huh, ought to check in on mine, in case anyone wonders where I went.
If you're looking for me in other medium . . . I tweet a few times a week: @leahalexis. And I even still blog occasionally, but usually on our books or ( Read more... ) -
asylum 3 and news reporting (or, I only lj now when I can't fit my thoughts into 140 characters)
So my soon-to-be-live-in boyfriend Josh-- he's the guy in charge of the Nieman Journalism Lab, which I point out in part because it's apropos and in part to try to make up for my previous "Nieman" spelling mistakes-- talks sometimes about Twitter's potential as a reporting and news vehicle, largely thanks to its immediacy, even compared to web- ( Read more... ) -
closest thing I've written to a blog post in awhile
My comments on a negative (?) review of In the HuntYou can't link straight to the comment, but it's easy to find-- it's the pathetically wordy one about 22 down, labeled with my name. A few thoughts on passion vs commerce and the value of publishing/editing in changing literary landscapes (in this case fandom), plus a generic reference to my fanfic ( Read more... ) -
I know I don't update anymore (Twitter has taken me over!), but . . .
. . . if you're a Supernatural fan, I humbly suggest you check out our In the Hunt promotional site, complete with an excerpt of the book and the finalist essays from our Supernatural.tv/Smart Pop Supernatural Essay Contest from last year ( Read more... ) -
looks like slash is going mainstream :)
Running Press Sweet on M/M Romantic Fiction Running Press is launching a new m/m historical romance line that features gay romantic fiction written primarily by and for straight women, which the publisher called a growing market--however unlikely it may seem. The books feature plots "ripe with forbidden love, exotic locations and sensual leading ( Read more... ) -
too many characters for Twitter
Had a conversation this morning at Starbucks with a Latin translater on the orginal bible phrasing re: homosexuality (sparked by the 600-page Queers in History manuscript on my table). It was about specific acts, he said, not love. Which makes me wonder whether cleanliness-- a la guidelines for kosher meats and women during "that time of the month ( Read more... ) -
I don't know about you, but I'm ready to proclaim my love for Neil Patrick Harris
Proposition 8: The Musical
This afternoon, also, I bound a manuscript copy of Queers in History for easier transport and reading. My day has been so thematic! -
tweet!
Twittering now, in case that's anyone's thing: www.twitter.com/leahalexis -
McCain's Concession Speech
I admit I haven't done a lot of listening to past concession speeches, but ( Read more... )
