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World Fantasy Day 3: Saturday October 31, 2009 BOOK LAUNCH PARTY!
The Great & Fateful Soulless Book Launch Party . . . Massive party of doom! Spent the morning prepping deserts, heating savory puff pastry, last minute shopping, and picking flowers with my mamma....
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World Fantasy Day 4: Sunday November 1, 2009 The End
The last day of World Fantasy was rather a recovery period. I tried, unsuccessfully, to kidnap my editor but we ended up eating breakfast at the hotel and mostly staring at each other dumbly with...
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Gail’s Dos & Don’ts of Writing Conferences
Miss Manners How to act at a con . . . Do: Wear deodorant. Don’t: Wear cologne or any perfume that costs less than $30. Better nothing than cheap. Do: Wear nice clothing and possibly a “talking point”...
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An Unexpected Review: Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler
Some of you know, Gentle Reader, that I review professionally. That is, I am paid to read children’s books and write about them in 60 words. So I almost never do it here in my blog. These books are...
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Some Footage from World Fantasy
Clip from World Fantasy 2009 in which Jeff and I duke out the ancient and fateful question of invertebrate superiority: squid versus octopus.(Filmed by Pixel Media for the upcoming television series...
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All About Steampunk Fashion
Gentle Reader, I have a busy day today getting caught up on all my correspondences and paperwork ~ which is terribly Victorian of me, when you think about it. (Except that the correspondences are all...
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So Peter V. Brett and Brent Weeks were charging about World Fantasy, mildly drunk, with a video camera. Here are some of the results. They pigeonholed me at the book launch. And got a whole interview...
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Returned from LepreCon
Hello my dear Gentle Reader, I have returned from the wilds of Mesa, Arizona and LepreCon 40. Guests of Honor via @IcyCosplay twitter ~ self with @steamcrow @HandVDesigns Mesa was an odd sort of...
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Gifts for Frequent Travelers
This is the last entry in my Tis The Consumerist Season series… Some fun gift ideas for the frequent traveler in your life whether they be a touring author, like yours truly, a business woman, or...
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ECCC ~ The Comicon to Beat
I have just returned from Emerald City Comicon (ECCC), Gentle Reader, and what a pleasant time was had by all. The only other comic con I have attended is San Diego (SDCC). While I enjoyed it very...
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World Fantasy Day 1 ~ Thursday October 29, 2009
So much to tell about World Fantasy. Usually, I try to blog during a con but this one hit me broadside. I spent the days madly editing the Third Book and the evenings swanning about the parties. I...
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World Fantasy Day 2 ~ Friday October 30, 2009
Spent the morning recovering from the parties from the night before and getting a Marcel Wave in my hair (ah la Annie Lennox). After that I liaised up with J. Daniel Sawyer my date for the evening (and...
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