Yes, I am shamelessly pimping This AWESOME contest so I can have more chances to win a copy of Changeless,  which is the second Parasol Protectorate book. Which I want.

Obviously.

Because it’s awesome.

There was a very interesting feature on Focus tonight. I know many of the people reading this are probably American / other Strange and Wonderful Creatures of the Last Days, so I’ll give you a little backstory.

We have had some serious problems with service delivery in many municipalities here in South Africa, which have not been addressed because ( Read more... )

The awesome overwhelms!

The Death Of Publishing

P.S: I have long bright red nails now! Oh, the joys of having a beauty technician living with me!

So, I’m working on a Book. And it is an awesome book, if I do say so myself.

6 000 words as of ten minutes ago, and I’m really having fun for the first time in years (anyone remember the famous Why writing is like an abusive boyfried post?) It shows, too.

The problem, of course, is that I’m writing it in first person POV. Which in some ways is ( Read more... )

LiveJournal Tags: Zombies,Book,Research
 
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Now, about books. There are a lot of people recommending books out there. Which is good! I love me some book recs. But, and here’s the thing: there are very, very few (at least, that I could find) recommending books that are, not to put too fine a point on it, old.

Which is not fair! There are some great books out there that are old! Heinlein’s ( Read more... )

I thought I would write a review, so as not to be a total embarrassing Supernatural fangirl on the internet.

Oh. Wait. I’m reviewing The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan. huh. I guess you’re out of luck then.


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So, on Saturday morning at 08:00, Albert’s mother and her hubby rocked up at my house without so much as a text to say they were coming. Now if she had just come to see Rees (who is her grandson too, obviously) I would have been pissed but I would have understood. I would have made an effort, anyway.

But no. They had been kicked out where they ( Read more... )

These were taken a bit closer to his actual birth (within two hours, I think). As you can see, he was much less pretty then.


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My gran died quite suddenly last Tuesday. She went into hospital on Sunday with tummyache. On Monday she was a little better, on Tuesday afternoon she was much worse, and on Tuesday night before we could get there, she passed on.

We  had our differences - many of them - but I loved her to bits.

She was a great lady and will be greatly missed.
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