I've been absent for some time, so I just thought it would be nice to drop by and say hello.
Another very busy period, so don't worry, and please don't be mad at me if I don't reply to your e-mails: sometimes I just don't see them, or I see them, tell myself I'll answer later, then forget. I'm really sorry. I'm just working 11-12 hours a day...

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I'm at the end of my third working night, tonight it will be the last one for this week. Last week-end I was at the Italian convention, but I had a hell of a journey to Fiuggi and back, so I actually enjoyed the convention only on Saturday. And not half as much as I have done in the past. But I'll tell more about it when I have the time to do it. I ( Read more... )

All had been so simple, so elegant, so profitable for ourselves. And then we met the lovely Selene and nearly were undone. (Robert Silverberg)

All of it on Escape Pod


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This happened yesterday, but I didn't have the time to write about it till now ( Read more... )

I see that posting here on LJ turns out to be very useful. I could write down my thoughts and analysis of my behaviour on some notebook, or in any other private form, but I can't imagine myself writing something just for my exclusive use. I need to think, at least, that there are potential "others" who read what I write. I'll have to analyse this ( Read more... )

Sometimes I only wish to vanish.

It usually happens when I need to be concentrated on something. When I studied at university, for instance, especially when I had to work harder, I simply stopped any effort to look better (it was not difficult), in order to become just an anonymous number in the crowd and not be annoyed by guys in search of their ( Read more... )

I've thought a lot these last days about these sentences in this post of mine:

You are an island. You don't need anyone else to make you happy.
And though you see yourself as a loner, people are drawn to you.

I was thinking about it because I'm in one of my "hermit" phases, and people don't stop looking for me. While sometimes, for days, I would ( Read more... )

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1. Last night I worked on my personal home page. There is still only the Italian version, but it's progressing. As soon as it's finished, I'll start with the English version. I might use some help :)

2. My Prague calendars are having a big success. I have already sold 4 of them.

3. 2006 Preliminary Nebula Award Ballot

Especially for those of you who read this LJ from a news feed aggregator, or from your own Friends page, so you can't see changes on my LJ home page.
I have added "Now Reading" box in the sidebar. I hope I'll remember to update it :)