OK—my friends who haven't yet registered, do— because…

by | Jan 24, 2013 | Journal

…I am so tired every morning of booting off a raft of spammers who come in with tags like you.buy.great.shoes and such, and it would so boost my spirits to have some more legitimate people amid the morning ‘new registrants’ e-mails. I promise you, we...

Starting the new book…

by | Jan 22, 2013 | Journal

This will finish this Foreigner arc. Or start another. Maybe both. One of these days I’m going to do a different thing, but right now, this arc has been so long, covering the last year since their return—I just have to do this one. Strange things flit...

Ahem! I have an announcement.

by | Jan 20, 2013 | Journal

Peacemaker is finished! It’s taken me twice as long as a normal book, though it isn’t any extraordinary length. Sometimes books behave like that. But I am now satisfied.

Atevi gun laws…

by | Jan 20, 2013 | Journal

Somebody on Facebook asked, and without going into current politics (puh-leeze, guys, not here!) here’s my answer. The question was: what do atevi think about gun control? It’s illegal for humans to have one; Bren is always very careful with...

tell eye/hair color from old dna? Evidently…

by | Jan 14, 2013 | Journal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130113201136.htm Getting more info out of little remnants. Jane just got her genographic report: it’s interesting—it’s her MtDNA from way back, and I’m waiting on pins and needles to know mine....