I got back from Worldcon a week ago, and first thought I’d recover from the con, then I thought I’d formulate an epic post, then I got distracted by the edits back from my agent about the novelization of Heaven, and then suddenly a week’s gone by, people are now blogging about the cons from last weekend, and I still haven’t written word one. It’s a ( Read more... )

Ten weeks ago I started a photography/story collaboration with the frighteningly talented JR Blackwell. This had been in the works for some time - JR thought of the general concept, characters and setting (as that’s what she was going to be photographing) and I came up with the plot, and we tweaked from there. She and her amazing models, Dan and ( Read more... )

Yeah, two kid posts in a row. There just have been stuff I’ve been meaning to blog about regarding her, and just haven’t.

I’m of the opinion that parents should take an developing child or early education class, cause it would make these years easier. We’re in the odd situation of the Pink Tornado being quite smart, but not knowing exactly how to ( Read more... )

I’ve been meaning to tell this story for 11 months. I’ve told it at parties but never written it down. If this blog lasts till the Pink Tornado is old enough to be embarrassed by me, well, sorry, honey.

Last August, we were at the Outer Banks, NC, way north of Duck on an island accessible only by driving for 45 min on the beach. This is what SUVs ( Read more... )

The gods take a trip to Leviathan City, and Morrigan finds an unlikely ally. Professor Burns has a neat sign for his shop.

Originally published at The Murverse. You can comment here or there.

I’m writing this on my iPod, using the shiny new Wordpress app, figuring I’ll test it now rather than on the road. I’m very excited about Worldcon next week, and I’ll be blogging as much as I can.

Pro-type reports will be at Tor.com, while more fangirl reports that contain the words “OMG” and “squee” will be here.

I also finally upgraded my iPod ( Read more... )

I am sad to say I have failed in keeping a balance in my life. I looked at my to do list today and freaked when I realized that a good majority of it is stacked with things to do for other people. Narration, story donation, voice acting, email interviews, etc. The sad news is that I recently lost my Suicide Girls column as they shut down their paid ( Read more... )

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Hullo, Mur.

Hullo, 36.

How you feeling? Joints holding up? Old war wound bugging you?

I wasn’t in the war, you know that. I’m feeling OK. Got carded yesterday, even.

She was being nice to you.

Fuck you, 36.

Awww, I’m just kidding.

So yeah, today I’m 36. I’m in the winter of my mid-thirties. And frankly have never been happier. The big difference ( Read more... )

I am very careful with this blog post. I’m going to put the caveat now: there is no ONE person who has triggered this blog post. If you read this and think, “Oh crap, it’s me she’s talking about!” I assure you that you were merely a drop in a bucket that just overflowed.

I am being deluged by email interview requests.

I’m not sure when it started, ( Read more... )