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Parasol Protectorate
I think Alexia Tarabotti is my fictional twin. Well. Aside from the no soul thing (unless you ask my ex). Seriously, she's bossy, blunt, smart, and in your face. Okay, and aside from the Victorian thing. I'd make a terrible Victorian. My television alter ego is,...
Software Update
I moved to WordPress. Mainly because of the ease of upgrades. Compared to Movable Type upgrades, well, damn. My commute is so ugly these days (hence the radio silence) that that makes a big difference to me. So. How are you? Happy New Year!
Reading
Fragile Things is worth buying just for "Strange Little Girls," IMHO. I also enjoyed "Monarch of the Glen," which revisits Shadow from American Gods. I considered posting a spoiler for "Strange Little Girls," but instead I will quote the preface: “..It occurs to me...
Warning: Contains Me
My new best friend for my commute is my Kindle, and I've been reading Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things on the train and listening to him read his own The Graveyard Book on the drive from the train station. I'm loving The Graveyard Book, and have had a friend tell me that...
“La Divina Commedia” is live at ChiZine!
Yay! I'm really excited! This story took a long time to sell (two years, three months), and the rejections all said it was really good but not really something they buy. I never lost faith in the story, though, and am really happy that such an awesome place picked it...
Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
Sunday, 1pm, Fairlie, in the Hyatt Regency. Yay, Dragoncon! Gathering of my people!
Immortal Gifts invites readers to re-evaluate the meanings of things such as life, death, freedom, hate and love from the first page. Katherine Villyard manages to capture some of the most poignant questions we ask ourselves as we go through our individual lives. Is it worth being able to live forever if, in the end, we’ll lose the ones we love to mortality? Is Death really the ultimate enemy to life, or is death just life’s misunderstood old friend? To stop hate, do we need to restrict our freedoms? This book makes readers ask and answer tough questions not only about the characters and plotline, but about their own beliefs, understandings, and dreams.