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Vacation Reads!
So I’ve been remiss in posting about this, given that things have been pretty wacky at work this month and that’s been eating my brain–but my fellow Drollerie Press author Anna Kashina has been spearheading an awesome promotion this entire month. It’s Vacation Reads, helping people spread the word not only about their own work,…
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Ensign Sue MUST DIE
Bwahahahaha! Spotted this over on Fandom Lounge on JournalFen: Ensign Sue Must Die! It’s a parody webcomic for the Trek Reboot! And it is HY-LARIOUS. As the commenters on F_L observed, Trek fandom has really come full circle. 😀
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And speaking of Great Big Sea
T minus 7 days and counting until the B’ys are HERE for the Zoo show next week! , , and I will be gathering Team Cascadia for a mighty gathering! and and and and and and and Clint (whose LJ I forget DOH) and are all joining us! The Cascadian Vertical Movement team (which y’all…
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Great Big Sea Karaoke contest!
Check this out, you guys: my beloved B’ys have announced a video karaoke contest! They are handing out instrumental tracks for three of the songs off the new album and telling people to get creative with video responses! Anybody local want in on this with me? 😀 (I wonder if it’d still count as karaoke…
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Official new book hiatus
I am as of this post on official No Buying New Books hiatus through the end of August. This includes buying replacement electronic copies of stuff I have previously owned in print. Basically, there are two reasons for this. One is that my beloved and I will be a bit short on rent in the…
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Ooh hey, progress
Looks like I’m back to trying to lure words out of my brain a small dribble and drabble at a time. Tonight, at least, I managed to throw words at both Mirror’s Gate and Bone Walker, though, so I’m calling that a win! Still in Chapter 2 on the one and Chapter 11 on the…
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Book Log #45: Goblin Hero, by Jim C. Hines
The second Jig the Goblin book by does what any good second book of a fantasy trilogy ought to do: it shows you what’s happened to your protagonist as a result of Book 1’s events, and upped the stakes this time around to get him in even more trouble. In this particular installment’s case, it…
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Yeah yeah yeah raise your hand if you’re surprised
I got more ebooks. 😉 Though in this particular case, aside from the previously promised new Temeraire novel, all of these are actually replacing print books I’d previously owned. So there’s not much actual gain on the To Read shelves–and the hiatus of buying brand new books is still kind of on. Anyhow, here’s the…
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PSA: About that I Write Like meme going around
Y’all might want to check here and here for what seems to be going on with that. This is what you get for when bored geeks are on the case. (I myself have been told I’m reminiscent of Esther Friesner and Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters in some ways, which means quite a bit more to me…
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Safe Upon the Shore album review!
RIGHT THEN! texted me when I was on my way home this evening to alert me that the desperately awaited Safe Upon the Shore had finally arrived in the mail. It should surprise none of you that I ripped that envelope open as soon as I kicked off my shoes and changed clothes and got…
