Photo shoot and setting down some hamsters
The Volunteer Vixens photo shoot on Saturday went well. The swimsuit/bikini shot was done at a private residence. Our wonderful hostesses had a backyard pool/spa/waterfall–a gorgeous, decadently lush...
View ArticleJeff VanderMeer’s website, Paul Jessup’s online novel, and seeking a Korean...
First off, a couple shout outs: – Jeff VanderMeer has recently overhauled his website and blog: Ecstatic Days. It’s the place to go for folks interested in Jeff’s work. – Paul Jessup is working on an...
View ArticleParental visit on the horizon
My folks are coming to visit this week from China. They’re doing a coast-to-coast swing-by of the U.S., visiting my stepdad’s sons in California, spending several days in Pittsburg at the 2007 IEEE...
View ArticleThe Fix now live!!
Sorry for the prolonged radio silence. It’s been a hella busy and very intense couple of weeks. Much hard work and not much sleep. But I’m thrilled to announce that The Fix is now live! Featuring over...
View ArticlePost-Thanksgiving 2007
Thanksgiving was lower key than I planned. For most of the weekend, I slumped on the couch, alternating between pitiful whimpers and pained moans. Between the little men hammering inside my skull, the...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Feral Cats
I’ve been feeding a couple feral cats. Actually, at first I thought it was just one, but upon closer inspection, I realized it was two (which explains the amount of food being eaten, as I couldn’t...
View ArticleSession 2008 Day 31.5: Atlanta weather and return of the prodigal laptop
The tornado was a nonevent for us. Didn’t even realize one had ripped through downtown Atlanta until we got calls from fosteronfilm‘s mother worried about our safety. Up north where we are, we got dark...
View ArticleSession 2008 Day 37: In the homestretch and sale to Pseudopod
We’re in the final week of Session 2008. The legislature is scheduled to adjourn sine die this Friday, barring something stupid coming up. These next few days promise to be hectic to the extreme, but...
View ArticleTwiddling about this week
Still floating high about selling Returning My Sister’s Face to Norilana. Thanks for the deluge of congrats! Things I’ve done this week: • Sold my flash story “The Wiggly People” (audio reprint) to...
View Article“Daughter of Bótù”: Story of the Week pick and Locus review
jimhines totally made me squee the other day when he pointed me over to the Fantastic Reviews Blog where Aaron Hughes recommended my “Daughter of Bótù” (in the Aug. 2008 Realms of Fantasy) as his Story...
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