Very funny Muppet outtake reel
This is a gag reel put together in 1990 by Disney to welcome the Muppets back.
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December 2010
Traveling tomorrow to Chattanooga
Okay folks, tomorrow is a travel day for me. You have been warned. Rob and I are flying to my parents’ for Christmas. We’re flying into Atlanta and then taking a shuttle up to Chattanooga. By happy coincidence, it started snowing tonight in Portland. I’m sure it will be melted by tomorrow but I did
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San Francisco Chronicle’s best science fiction and fantasy books of 2010
The San Francisco Chronicle just posted their list of the Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2010. Shades of Milk and Honey is on there! Kowal presents a tale of romance in Regency England with just a sprinkling of fantasy. Able to pull “glamour” out of the ether and create intricate tableaux that trick the
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Update to the situation with the towed car
Yesterday I was irritated about having my car towed but still hoping that once everyone understood the misunderstanding, that my money would be refunded. As such, I initially refrained from mentioning the names of either the teashop, Tea Thyme and Lavender, or the towing company, Retriever Towing. If you know of anyone in the car
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Why I am considering never driving anywhere, ever again.
Today was Jane Austen’s Birthday and as part of the celebrations, I headed out with the Oregon Regency Society for tea. We were all dressed in our nicest afternoon outfits and I decided to drive rather than chance public transit in my white sprigged muslin. One must take such pains when laundering it that I
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A Sample of Shades of Milk and Honey: Chapter Two
December 16th is Jane Austen’s birthday. To celebrate that, I’m releasing Chapter two of Shades of Milk and Honey as a sample. You may download a pdf of Chapter 2 or an epub of Chapter 2 or read the sample chapter below. (Chapter One is here.)
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Me and the canonical Doctor Who
I had this odd experience last night while we were watching Doctor Who. In the episode “The Hungry Earth” there’s a sticky wooden door. Rory asked the Doctor why he didn’t sonic it and he replied “It doesn’t do wood.” This created a moment of author horror for me. I have one (1) story in
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Merry Christmas from Lazytown
While I can’t explain what pirates have to do with Christmas, the music video gives an idea of what life was like back stage at Lazytown. I’m under the scenes in a several of these shots.
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Shades of Milk and Honey is on the Kirkus Best Of list!
My inbox is overflowing with good news today. Shades of Milk and Honey is on the Kirkus Reviews list of Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2010! This is just staggering. Really, I got the email and threw my arms up in the air with a hurrah. (Also, no lie, the sun just came out.
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The Jane Austen Word List
One of the things that’s tricky about writing historical fiction like Shades of Milk and Honey is getting the vocabulary right. There are a lot of words which are obviously anachronisms but there others which aren’t. Short of looking up every word in a novel, there’s no way to really know if a seemingly innocuous
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SFWA and Dorchester Publishing
A notice for SFWA members and others interested: SFWA has taken action regarding recent events involving Dorchester Publishing, and the announcement of that is at the SFWA Blog.
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Sale! Kiss Me Twice to Asimov’s plus a word about NaNoWriMo
I’m over the moon about this sale and it also marks a couple of interesting firsts for me that I thought were worth sharing “Kiss Me Twice” is my first novella sale It began life as my first NaNoWriMo effort It’s my first story with a recurring character Way back in 2004, I was living
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Thor’s body and playing with Loki’s face
I’ve been researching material options today as well as looking at Thor’s body. I spent a little while also trying a couple of patterns for Loki’s face, so allow me to show you my progress and thinking to date. The idea with this one is to create a lightweight rib structure of polyethylene foam and
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