My good friend devilwrites wanted to know what books I got for Christmas, so here’s the list:
Books I bought at the used bookstore and that Matt confiscated as soon as I got home so he could give them to me:
When True Night Falls by C. S Friedman - I have the first in this trilogy […]
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Plans changed for Saturday, so today’s the writing day instead… unfortunately, with Matt home and playing Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii, I’m going to need to go into the office to work. Trouble with that is the office windows leak and we haven’t been able to get maintenance out to fix them, which means […]
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It’s the Friday between Christmas and New Years. There is no one in the office except the finance department. Non one is calling, except to talk to the finance department. It works, but it’s dead boring. I’ve stuffed about 1,000 envelopes today and have about 500 left, give or take. […]
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For those of you who are Carrie Vaughn fans, you should know that when I went to my local Borders this evening I found about 12 copies of KITTY AND THE SILVER BULLET on the shelf. Needless to say, I bought one of them. So keep an eye out - they may have arrived near […]
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Merry Christmas - I know I didn’t get the greetings out for the first day of Christmas, but the second’s not bad, all things considered.
We had a lovely day yesterday, and I hope you did too, whether or not you celebrated it as a holy day. Though really, most Christians celebrate the religious […]
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I think every region has its own personal quirks about driving in snow.
In Syracuse and Buffalo, for instance, they just don’t notice it. I’ve driven at 50 mph on the New York Thruway in driving snow (a foot of accumulation in an hour) without a qualm about my safety. Their plow trucks look […]
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Nathan Bransford (agent extraordinaire) has posted a quick recap of This Year in Publishing (this year being 2007), replete with his usual quick humor and insight. For the record, his is one of the agent blogs I enjoy reading most. Who knows? Maybe I’ll query him. But first, I’ll have to finish the manuscript.
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What is the deal with giving presents?
I’m not saying I don’t like giving gifts. Or getting them. What I don’t like are all the darn rules around giving them. The following are the rules I have a problem with. Yes, I just ended that sentence with a preposition, and […]
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We haven’t called maintenance about the microwave, but I’m not sure why not. It’s so odd to live without a microwave. I take it for granted, and never realized how often I use it. I might have to melt chocolate on the stovetop for my toffee this afternoon. How wacky would that be? I think […]
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The microwave is broken. Really broken. Not just the turntable doesn’t turn, like last time; things apparently crackled and popped and there’s no clock and no microwaving power at all. We have returned to the dark ages, also known as the 80s.
I found a name for the female lead for a story that’s […]
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