by CJ | Sep 29, 2010 | Journal
We’re approaching fall and probably snow—but in the meanwhile, after nearly freezing all our flowers, and putting the poor koi on a wheat germ diet (you can’t feed them protein in cold water)—we are now baking; and all the lava rock we had...
by CJ | Sep 28, 2010 | Journal
We lost our favorite and prettiest koi—the smallest—to a predator. I found a track I’m pretty sure was a raccoon in the mud from the drain near a break in the gate. We’re so upset. She was gorgeous, and ate from your hand. And the...
by CJ | Sep 28, 2010 | Journal
All the following statements are grammatically correct. And these examples are very, very frequently handled incorrectly in print these days. You may have to read this several times: there is no simple way to explain everything at once, for those that have forgotten...
by CJ | Sep 27, 2010 | Journal
We gain a little every day. I’ve kicked off 424 spammers, and we still have 1100 honest readers who are very welcome here! For those of you new to the site—there are 4 interconnected sites: this one, and Closed Circle, which is where we sell e-books and...
by CJ | Sep 27, 2010 | Journal
…is that most everybody has a book they read that just haunts them: they can’t remember the title, or they can’t remember the author, or it’s a book that appeared and vanished, and you really liked it, but nothing else by that author ever...
by CJ | Sep 27, 2010 | Journal
…is that most everybody has a book they read that just haunts them: they can’t remember the title, or they can’t remember the author, or it’s a book that appeared and vanished, and you really liked it, but nothing else by that author ever...
by CJ | Sep 25, 2010 | Journal
Article: thedailypage.com Harlan Ellison says he’s dying. Damn. I don’t know him as a close friend, but he’s somebody I can call and know I’m going to talk to a sensible, can-do sort of acquaintance, on whatever it might be. Brilliant man,...
by CJ | Sep 25, 2010 | Journal
Article: thedailypage.com Harlan Ellison says he’s dying. Damn. I don’t know him as a close friend, but he’s somebody I can call and know I’m going to talk to a sensible, can-do sort of acquaintance, on whatever it might be. Brilliant man,...
by CJ | Sep 24, 2010 | Journal
We’re talking about books disappearing: books originally printed only in paperback—and books that are no longer in issue. I’m going to be listing, among others, people I knew personally, and series I’d expect an sf fan to have read, or looked...
by CJ | Sep 23, 2010 | Journal
Update on the Facebook site: the Three Of Us of Closed Circle would be very grateful if all of you who do have Facebook accounts would make a brief sortie up to Facebook, do a search for Closed Circle (you’ll know the logo)—which is at the moment waaaay down the list...
by CJ | Sep 22, 2010 | Journal
One of the best ways to get readers informed about Closed Circle is forums of all sorts. I know that many restrict the sigs you can use. But if you happen to be a member of forums that don’t bar it, and especially in those that are appropriate or sf-fantasy...
by CJ | Sep 21, 2010 | Journal
Jane is working toward the Halloween release of her vampire book—which is NOT Twilight, in any way, shape, or form. You know Jane. This is HER take on the mythos. I’m doing my own spooky release: Rusalka’s nearly ready. I’ve got the text in...
