Behold! Is this a thing of beauty or what?!


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On Wednesday 10 September, I'll be doing a live chat at http://bittenbybooks.com, with a contest for a $75 gift card! RSVP here to get an extra 25 contest entries: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=80231

Hey, if anyone reading this (is anyone reading this?) is here in the GTA, this post is for you!

As I may have mentioned, my first book, The Midnight Queen, is coming out OMG NEXT WEEK ACTUALLY.

So I'm having a launch party! The lovely people of Bakka Phoenix Books will be on hand at the North York Central Library on Sunday 7 September, from 1:30 ( Read more... )

So, I meant to blog a lot from Calgary. Whoops, that didn't happen. I mean, I did blog a bit, but I don't think 3 posts in 2 weeks qualifies as "a lot".

I did do a semi-reasonable amount of writing, though, so I'm happy about that. Although not as happy as if I'd done, you know, a WHOLE BUNCH of writing.

::sigh::

It's Canada Day! I made waffles.


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So this post has literally no purpose except to show you guys this photo of a meerkat I took at the Calgary Zoo today.


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... well, not really. In Calgary, where I was born and (mostly) grew up ( Read more... )

I was reading Atlantic this morning, the June 2014 issue whose cover has no art, just some stark and lovely typography related to Ta-Nehisi Coates's article about reparations for slavery in the US. (You can see it here.) Which is an excellent and depressing and eye-opening and heartbreaking article, and everyone should read it right now. SP was ( Read more... )

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Think Outside the Mug: http://snapguide.com/contest/think-outside-the-mug/

Cast Iron Skillet recipes: http://www.sewcreativeblog.com/cast-iron-skillet-chai-tea