Month: February 2010
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Last chance to dance
The official poll for What Should Anna Name Her Nook? is going up TONIGHT when I get home from work! So if you want a nomination in, you have until this evening to get it to me! Please drop your nomination comments on this post rather than here. Thanks much and looking forward to seeing…
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Quick word count update
Not much to report on this; this is mostly just me trying to kick myself back into gear yet again and write whatever words I can manage to coax out of my brain! Still in Chapter 1 on Mirror’s Gate, and working on the scene where Yevanya arranges to sell her old house with her…
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A character in the making
I don’t know who this character is yet, but she’s been lurking in my brain for a while now as I’ve thought about how to do an urban fantasy with an overweight woman as the heroine. I don’t even have a name for her, or any real idea yet of what her story is. But…
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February 2010 Blog Tour!
We’ve had a bit of a hiatus on this, y’all, but as of this month I’m reinstating the Drollerie Blog Tour! This time around, though, we’re doing something different: we’re inviting non-Drollerie authors to come participate, and so for the February round, several of my fellow Drollerie authors and I will be swapping posts with…
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Book Log #11: Apricot Brandy, by Lynn Cesar
It’s safe to say that Apricot Brandy by Lynn Cesar is one of the more unusual urban fantasy novels I’ve ever read, and I’m a little sorry I missed it when it first came out. It’s got its flaws, but I give it quite a bit of credit for what it tried to do. Being…
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Valentine's Day, with music
came to the realization this weekend that she really needed a decent bodhran to finish up her CD, given that her little Kimi, which is essentially a toy, just wasn’t cutting it. So since we’re recovering well financially, we scampered down to Dusty Strings yesterday to get her a real drum! They didn’t have the…
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Valentine’s Day, with music
came to the realization this weekend that she really needed a decent bodhran to finish up her CD, given that her little Kimi, which is essentially a toy, just wasn’t cutting it. So since we’re recovering well financially, we scampered down to Dusty Strings yesterday to get her a real drum! They didn’t have the…
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Book Log #10: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, by Samuel R. Delaney
My gut reaction to Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, the first Samuel R. Delaney I’ve ever read, was pretty much this: it feels like something I might have read for a college course on influential SF authors, rather than something I’d ordinarily have read for fun. I have a very definite respect…
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The Nook Report, Part 2
Now that I’ve had a few days to read on the Nook, here are my thoughts on the experience. First and foremost, I am sold on the virtue of a one-use reading device for a reason I hadn’t foreseen: if all the device does is show you the books, there’s nothing on it to distract…
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Still time to get a nomination in
Y’all have until Tuesday to get me in a nomination for the What Should Anna Name Her Nook? poll! I’ve had a lot of good suggestions, folks, but there’s still room for more. Can you top ‘Peregrin Nook’? How about ‘Nookronomicon’? Get your ideas in before the official poll opens!