Update on Dr. Peter Watts
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Some of you may have been following the case involving SF author Dr. Peter
Watts, who was stopped, searched, assaulted and arrested by U.S. border
protecti...
A lot of personal issues going on
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I have a family member and a friend who are both fighting for their lives
right now, it’s tax season, we’re moving again, I’m trying to finish the
course, ...
Earth Logic: Giant Shark Edition
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So… I was watching the Shark Movie marathon on SyFy last weekend… (Don’t
judge me. You are seriously missing something if you’ve never seen Mega
Shark vs...
“Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks” Features Don P
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Meet Don. Don has been subsisting on red-eyes and gallows humor for over
thirty-five years. For the past five, he’s tried to channel that caffeine
and ...
Mothers Day, Moving Day! MANIC DAYS!!!
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Hey all!!
Jeepers I need to get moving on these! So much has happened and all of you
are left in the dark!
Last weekend was Mothers Day! Mikey had been as...
Night Shade Books ..
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…has a 50% sale on now! Go there and buy loads of great books …. or if not,
you can also buy my own BAR NONE, AS THE SUN GOES DOWN and FACE.
Friday Fiction: Shopping bag
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Write a brief bit of fiction that involves or mentions a shopping bag.
*Friday Fiction is your opportunity to write a short (short, short, short)
story. Ma...
Backup-Schmackup
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Final day of our backup discussion! Have you all taken care of your files
yet? Because really, if you’ve been hanging with us this week you should be
panic...
(rites) Metrics for Thursday
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Starting Count: 9908
Ending Count: 11008
Net Gain: +1100
*Starting line:*
*Follow the threads.*
*Ending line:*
*Horsemen!* Lucifer had said the same thing...
The Writing Environment.
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My chair broke yesterday. It suddenly decided that leaning forward and
trying to tip me out and to the right would be a fun thing to do.) Staying
in the ch...
Toxic
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Today I am sick. Apparently, fucking up your sleep schedule, eating
heavy/high fat food, and getting no exercise does not protect you from
germs. This deep...
Can you spare 2p?
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My friend, Lamin, runs a charity to help children in the Gambia -
www.fsfgambia.org He tells me that 2p is what it costs to feed one child one
school meal ...
Snippets and stuff
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It's been one of those weeks. Not a horrible week, but one that just keeps getting skewed off in odd directions. My plan had been to use the rest of March to...
WIP Wednesday - Who's That Girl?
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Poor, poor Grim Grim Glass Vein is feeling rather forgotten. I will get back
to it sometime very soon (and then abandon it again to decorate the living
roo...
Poetry is perfect for social media
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Carol Ann Duffy’s ode to David Beckham is a perfect illustration of why
poetry is experiencing a tremendous revival in the age of Twitter and social
networ...
Another Book Commission
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Two weeks ago I got a commission to write another book and contribute three
chapters to yet another. Both will be published in August 2010 for the BBC.
So ...
The Ludicrosity of Words
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Ah, winter. How we love you. And your plagues.
So, here on the outskirts of The City of Windsor, the Zombie Plague has
become the Zombie Throat Infection I...
Free Fiction: On Ginkgo Wings
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After a long hiatus from participating in #fridayflash, here's a meager
fantasy/horror offering. :)
[image: On Ginkgo Wings Banner]
*On Ginkgo Wings*
b...
A blog. Like a golb, but a bit backwards
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WELL I SUPPOSE I'D BETTER DO A BLOG POST THEN, EH?
Don't expect the usual happy-go-lucky horror blog this week. I'm sat here
with a head ache today after ...
Editing Attitude
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Sometimes I wonder, is the editing-hate I see some writers express due to it
being actual WORK, or is it the negative focus/attitude that gets in the
way?...
My Blogging Plan for 2010
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So yes, this blog has been neglected during the winter holidays, a time when
social obligations leave little time for introversion and introspection. Now
t...
NaNo Rebel Sadness
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So as my current NaNo friends may have noticed, my word count has stayed at
13k for a while. That's because around five days or so ago I came to a sad
conc...
Disability and Working
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For the past year, I've been considering working. Why so long to think about
it? Partially because I've been building up my courage and confidence, and
par...
My Appearances
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Self-promotion (as opposed to promoting my work) being rarely on my mind,
I’ve utterly left off the blog my several conference and media appearances
over t...
Ten Foreign Words or Phrases
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*French, Latin or even Russian words used in English Literature have often
confused and troubled me, thus compelling me to research and find their
meani...
One last post...
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Well, not the last post -- but the last post at Livejournal (unless there's
a way to feed new posts into this old blog, and in that case, yay!). I know
I'm...
Response to a comment...
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An anonymous blogger commented on a piece of work that I posted on 14th
December. I feel - partly because of its length and absurdity – it deserves
a lengt...
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