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Unneeded Fantasy

Abigail Nussbaum’s most recent review over at Strange Horizons asks an interesting question — why use fantasy to tell a story?  It’s a question I’ve been asking about several of the novels I’ve read lately. Fairies have been enjoying a … Continue reading

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Corrected knitting chart 5

The summer knit-along folks pointed out a problem with my chart.  Great catch!  Here’s the corrected version: TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Cat’s Evening Song

Oh, oh, if you don’t let me out I will die. Oh, oh, if you don’t let me out I will die. I will moan, I will cry, I will sob, I will sigh, I will fall down and perish … Continue reading

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A New Favorite — A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar

I was already looking forward to this book before it was published. Sofia was one of the first people to review my first book, when I met her I really enjoyed our conversation, and I always learn something interesting from … Continue reading

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How not to court donors

I give to a charity, so today I was called by a pollster who appeared to have been commissioned by them. The best I could figure from the multitude of questions he asked me was that the organization is having … Continue reading

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I’m back – with more knitting charts.

For those of you doing the lace knitting project, you must be more than caught up by now! It’s been almost three weeks – so I’ll post the next 3 charts.  Sorry for the delay. I was out having fun … Continue reading

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Coffee and Publishing

How cool a world is it, when you can put ‘publish novella’ on your to-do list and check it off before you’ve finished your coffee?  Admittedly, it was a large coffee. Anyway, for those of you wanting another Osyth ‘fix’ … Continue reading

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If I Weren’t Grading…

I’d be editing my novella ‘Unite and Conquer’ into Kindle format. I just got permission to use Chris Hadley’s painting, ‘The Cat Jury’ on its cover!  When I saw these wonderful, eerie cats, I knew they were the ones from … Continue reading

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I’m blogging over at Toni’s…

I have a guest blog post up at Toni Sweeney’s ‘My blog.’ Drop over and check it out! And many thanks, Toni! TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Nice Safe Academics

My chorus is singing excerpts from Les Miz, so revolution is on my mind for about a half-hour every Tuesday night.  The rest of the time, I do what I usually do — which includes scoping out enough academic news … Continue reading

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