Happy Thanksgiving!

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To everyone in the United States: Happy Thanksgiving! To everyone outside the United States: Happy Thanksgiving, even if you don’t know what our holiday is about! Eat! Give thanks! Be merry!  

Paris

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So, having my big sale come out right after the horrific events in Paris feels crass, at best. (It was all set in motion, of course, long before those events.) I feel a bit weird about promoting books in the … Read More

Hitting a Wall Writing?

posted in: NaNoWriMo, writing 1

Writing can be so frustrating. You start out with a brilliant idea, and you fling yourself into it with abandon. And you write up a storm. And after a while… Jim C. Hines says exactly what I feel. Happens to … Read More

Do the Funky Conch Hop

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A conch is a kind of snail, right? And snails don’t jump; they ooze, right? Well, not always, it turns out. Here, from Science News, is a story about the motion of Gibberulus gibberulus gibbosus, aka hunchbacked conch. To quote: … Read More

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