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a few hardcovers and pbs available from Closed Circle, signed. Latest: Moonlover and the Fountain of Blood, Jane Fancher short story. Chernevog, part 2 of the Rusalka trilogy co-written by CJ and Jane; and Orion's Children, a tetralogy from Lynn. Plus, coming soon: e-books: Yvgenie, and books from Jane.

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At Miscon 2013, around Memorial Day, Missoula MT, At SoonerCon, in OKC, around June 15, also Spokon in Spokane, in July/August, Beyond that, we aren't sure.
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Why is it when you buy extra of something…you never see it again until you don’t need it?

So—I’m out with the weedwhacker getting the weeds that grow between curb and street, and it’s rough, and chewing up string like it’s going out of style. Thank goodness I took a break and got the ones in the walk all the way to the porch, before I continued—and ran out of string. I know [...]

The dreaded office cleanup…and new resolutions…

A) a place for everything and everything in its place. B) no more paper on the floor. C) little objects into a box D) convention stuff like business cards and cover flats into one drawer all its own. E) desktop clear of everything. Period. F) tape, clips, scissors, stapler all accessible. G) specialty papers like [...]

Doing some long-postponed cleanup…

putting together the patio chairs that needed restaining; and the moon gate that needed repair and restaining.

Did I mention we had raccoon tracks on the fence? Cheeky beggars. The fish are safe, even Ari, who’s a sitting duck if we didn’t have those rocks on her tank cover. And I have now sprinkled black [...]

LYNN ABBEY needs your help…

Lynn’s just put her Orion’s Childen/Time books up on Amazon. She needs reviews. She doesn’t have any. These are really good books. Very good books! Please go help her out, those of you who’ve read them—or buy some! On Closed Circle she gets it all; on Amazon, of course they take a cut, but if [...]

TIX AVAILABLE FOR SHEJIDAN BBQ @ WORLDCON: SEE BELOW! So far so good for the koi pond defense system…

From Warrior of Worry: “I have a limited number of spaces for additional fans of your work. They could email me here (warriorofworry[at]yahoo[dot]com) if interested in joining us.

The BBQ will be on Thursday afternoon at “Chez My Sister’s” (overlooking Lincoln Park Zoo/Lake Michigan), and we’ll meet at the hotel at 1:45 to carpool/cab [...]

Neil Armstrong passes, age 82.

Very sad—but a life well-lived, and a heart that had worked very, very hard. What a wonderful chance he had—and what use he made of it. Plus he lived a good and productive and disciplined life afterward, a worldwide hero who never tarnished his own great moment, and who wanted to go on doing, not [...]

What a day! The eagle came back…

…Jane, after chronic insomnia, was finally ‘sleeping in’ this morning, preparatory to writing a very important scene; and as I’m delaying breakfast, letting her get her beauty sleep— I spot the damned eagle, who has finally figured out the floating rings, making off with a fish I thought was one Jane’s two favorites. I had [...]

I need you, my friends: DAW is asking for a list of typos in Intruder. IF you are so inclined…

Can you give me typos you spotted in the Intruder Hardbound, in this form: 1. the text /what it should read/ page number/paragraph number/line number in paragraph.

This would be a great help to a really harried writer. I’m at a delicate spot in this book and the last thing I need is to confuse [...]

Reading the myths and pictures…

Paul’s remark about Methuselah and lunar months made me think of the general problem of English teachers who don’t know Greek culture attempting to teach mythology. Some oddments to illustrate with Greek and others: 1. the lunar calendar. Remember the myth of the Danaids, the 50 daughters of Danaus. Here’s a Wiki which is pretty [...]

Historic ship under sail…

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/19/us/massachusetts-uss-constitution/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 The USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, rarely moves under sail. But she still can.