Daily Archives: November 21, 2011

Promotion Rant

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Mind if I rant a moment? Shortly, I have to go into smiling author blog tour mode and delicately walk the crooked line between bragging and telling people about myself. Since I’d rather slit wrists than do either, I thought I’d vent my suppressed frustration here Continue reading →


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Ninety-Nine Weeks: A Fairy Tale

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by Ursula K. Le Guin Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter who lived with his wife and their daughter and son in a cottage at the edge of a forest. He loved his trade, and worked hard … Continue reading →


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Percolation

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By Linda Nagata (cross-posted from Hahví.net) The problem with the word-count-per-day goal — that is, swearing to oneself to write a thousand or two-thousand words everyday — is that to be successful you have to have a pretty good idea … Continue reading →


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