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Works in progress update: Mirror’s Gate
My muse has been an aggravating and fickle creature all year. Usually I’ve been able to coax it to do something for me only after I’ve had a long enough dry spell that it starts to aggravate me, and then and only then can I start kicking the words into gear again. And even then,…
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Book Log #75: Scoundrel, by Zoe Archer
Scoundrel, Book 2 of Zoe Archer’s Blades of the Rose series, came across my radar with a bang thanks to the Smart Bitches Trashy Books ladies and their current montly book club. As I mentioned in my review of Book 1, Warrior, I was very happy to see a cover with a hero who’s not…
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Book Log #74: Warrior, by Zoe Archer
I came into Zoe Archer’s Blades of the Rose series courtesy of the fine ladies at Smart Bitches Trashy Books, when they chose the second book of the series as a book club read. Pretty much right out of the gate I wanted these books, and I’m not ashamed to admit that a big part…
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Book Log #73: Lord of the Silent, by Elizabeth Peters
After the mighty awesomeness that was He Shall Thunder in the Sky, any book Elizabeth Peters might write would have its work cut out for it. Thunder is so clear a culmination of the Ramses/Nefret love story that in many ways it serves as an admirable stopping point for the series. It would be somewhat…
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Ever wondered what the inside of a Macbook looks like?
Wonder no more! My laptop had been making these weird rattly noises for a while now, as well as running periodically far hotter than it seemed like it should. Replacing the hard drive didn’t help (although it did double my hard drive capacity, which of course was awesome). Neither did taking a can of electronics…
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Signal boosting: Call for submissions for Gay City anthology
Forwarding this on behalf of Eric Andrews-Katz, mentioned below. If you think this might be your cup of tea, follow the link he provides over to information about his anthology! Howdy, Please find below an Open Call for submission for both Writers and Artists/comics/photographers for the new anthology, Gay City. Vol. 4 – At Second…
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Hurray! I met Rachel Caine!
And now for today’s major reason I was happy to avert the threat of the bug from work: rachelcaine had a reading tonight at Third Place Books. As I’ve been a fan of her Weather Warden books for a while and as Third Place is literally right down the hill from my house, I pretty…
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Quick update about the transphobic app on the Apple Store
With respectable turnaround time, the app started vanishing off the store and by now appears to be well and thoroughly gone. I’m rather stunned as well that the issue even surfaced on the site for GLAAD, right here, and that they linked back to Dara as well. I’m with Dara: if Apple’s going to have…
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Book Log #72: He Shall Thunder in the Sky, by Elizabeth Peters
Now we are TALKING. He Shall Thunder in the Sky is perhaps my absolute favorite of the entire Amelia Peabody series–and as I’ve indicated in my reviews of several of the earlier books, it’s got some very strong contenders for my affections. It won’t have nearly as much meaning if you don’t read the series…
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Fictionwise ain’t quite dead to me yet
It seems Fictionwise is still capable of grabbing my attention, even if a lot of their inventory vanished once the agency model of ebook pricing took effect this past April. This weekend, though, they’re having a big ol’ 50 percent off sale, in effect through Sunday. (Use the coupon ‘spooky2010′.) Turns out several of the…
