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Much rain. And the roof still leaks. Other than that . . . not much, really. Twin B is home from Curry; Twin A is still down in Brooklyn. This year's basement cat has not appeared on any Lost Cat posters around town, and has apparently moved in for good; she's been given the appellation Plushy Grey Basement Cat, Plushy for short. In the department of further experiments with the immersion blender, I've determined that homemade potato salad works even better with fresh homemade mayonnaise. Also, homemade creamy French dressing is much better than the storebought kind, and considerably less orange. My current condiment-related puzzle, though, is how the 5-pound can of hoisin sauce I ordered online turned out to be an 8.5 ounce plastic bottle of hoisin sauce when I opened the box. This is the second time I've ordered the same item, and the first time worked just fine. I e-mailed the company about the problem, and received back from them a puzzled e-mail saying that they didn't even sell plastic bottles of hoisin sauce, and would I please send them a picture of the bottle I received. I sent them back two pictures of the bottle and a scan of the mailing label (which clearly described the shipping weight as 8 pounds, which would make sense for five pounds of hoisin sauce plus the can plus the packing materials plus the box itself.) I'm now awaiting their reply -- and, hopefully, my 5-pound can of hoisin sauce. |
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Hi! If anyone has a few minutes, would you look at these sentences and tell me if my scanty French has produced grammatically acceptable, non-bizarre sentences? Do you have any alternate suggestions, especially colloquial turns of phrase, not too youthfully slangy? ( sentences under the cutCollapse ) |
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Hi everyone! So this might be a bit of a fun one. There's also a bit of storytelling so I've put everything under a cut. It's basically about my experience trying to pick up and internalise a new accent. |
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Quite a few times lately I've come across a certain use of "random" that sounds rather unusual to me. ( Read more...Collapse ) |
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You know when you're writing something and you find an article that you think breaks everything, but it accidentally makes everything much better? That. Many other things are a vast amount of no fun at all, mind, so I guess it all balances out.
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APPENDIX NHeart Stone The Author Documents: ( This is what happens when you ask yourself a little question, then press: InternetCollapse ) |
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...I leave for Kansas City and ConQuest in the wee hours of tomorrow. I'm not even bringing my computer, even though the hotel has free wifi. Frank will have his, so I'll check my email, but with all that's going on this weekend, I'm NOT spending any more than a few moments on the internet. So excited to see Mark and Tom, Karin and good chunk of the HRB crew--and especially Eric. NOT excited to get on a plane. Thankfully, it will be full daylight, it's a small plane, and I don't have to be on it all that long. A layover in Chicago will give me a chance to stretch out, de-stress, and BREATHE! I am hoping Mark doesn't have to text me naughty limmericks and beautiful poetry on the way home this year. Whew--still don't know how I'd have made it without him! BUT! I did write this week! Not much, but something HUGE fell into place. The Shadows One Walks is now at 66,664 words. Here is the weekly snippet... ( If you are interested...Collapse ) See you after ConQuest! |
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Amazon announced Kindle Worlds today, describing it as “the first commercial publishing platform that will enable any writer to create fan fiction based on a range of original stories and characters and earn royalties for doing so.” I didn’t know this was coming, but I’m not surprised, exactly. Amazon has been a very successful business, and if they see a potentially profitable area they can branch out into, they’re gonna do it. I found out about this through Chuck Wendig’s post here, wherein he talks about the press release and proceeds to fragment his own brain into tiny, shiny pieces. I’m still digesting and processing this, and I suspect some of it will boil down to having to wait to see how it all plays out. But some of my initial reactions are…
I’m sure there will be many, many discussions and arguments about this, and I have no idea how it will all play out or whether or not it will work. But I do think it’s a fascinating step in the ongoing evolution of the industry. Mirrored from Jim C. Hines. |
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Boulder Writing Examiner :: Literary agent Sara Megibow visits Boulder to demystify publishing for y Misinformation about so-called "traditional publishing" abounds. It kind of goes with the territory. It's an industry that has evolved its practices over decades of incremental trial-and-error, the results of which can look arcane... |
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Well, I guess I don't actually need to be worried that I don't have enough pieces for WisCon. I just finished typing in the inventory list, and there are two hundred and thirty one pieces. |
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