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Announcements, new editions, travel, diving, cooking and the working life of a novelist — 163 entries, all of them here in full.

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  1. February 26, 2015 · 36 words

    To the Moon, Alice!

    If Paul Allen builds it, it will fly. The world’s largest aircraft, with a wingspan wider than a football field is long. Longer even than the Hughes Spruce Goose, which is still the largest to date.

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  2. February 24, 2015 · 841 words

    Eye of Newt, Toe of Frog, Balm of Tiger

    I am feeling particularly yeasty at the moment, because I’ve actually had a good night’s sleep, followed by a long, peaceful nap. This hasn’t happened lately. Something like two-and-a-half years ago, I woke sleeping on my left side, with my left arm pinned under me. This resulted in a good deal of left shoulder [&helli

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  3. February 22, 2015 · 39 words

    How Art Is Made

    I’m swamped with work and other obligations right now, and telling you about all that process would be boring for all of us, so I thought I’d post a video of someone else’s process. Check this out, it’s fascinating.

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  4. February 20, 2015 · 787 words

    I Am Back

    . . . but it took a lot longer than I expected. There were delays flying to Boston on Thursday— I won’t detail them all, but there were lots— and my bag didn’t make it, and when I got to the hotel early in the evening my room wasn’t ready, and I really wanted a shower. […]

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  5. February 12, 2015 · 62 words

    Genius Quest!

    Taos Toolbox, the master class for science fiction and fantasy, still has a few openings! The workshop will be taught June 28-July 11, 2015, in Taos Ski Valley, and will be taught by myself, Nancy Kress, and special lecturer Carrie Vaughn. If you want to bring your literary genius to the next level, you need […]

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  6. February 12, 2015 · 171 words

    Dan Is The Man

    I am pleased, and not a little astounded, to report that Dan Dos Santos, who painted the original cover for Implied Spaces some years ago, has very kindly allowed me to use the painting on my ebook. For free. Because he’s an awesomely nice guy. Neither he nor I have the rights to the original cover design, […]

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  7. February 11, 2015 · 531 words

    My Boskone Schedule

    I’ll be at Boskone this weekend, and I’m scheduled for a whole weekend of events, including panels, a signing, and a kaffeeklatsch. So if you’re in the Greater Boston Area, by all means head to the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, come over, and say hi. Wild Cards: Inside the Series Friday 18:00 – 18:50, Griffin [

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  8. February 10, 2015 · 29 words

    New Contest

    I’m at it again! For free downloads of the audio editions of the three Praxis books, please tell me who is in this photo, and what he’s playing at.

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  9. February 9, 2015 · 993 words

    Reviews Too Late: Fury

    I’m sitting here doing my taxes, which normally means that I’m diverting myself from the task by watching action films, most of which are sufficiently predictable that they don’t require my full attention. And here was Brad Pitt in Fury, newly available on Xbox for a token sum. So hey, I downloaded it. Fury is a post-9

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  10. February 6, 2015 · 38 words

    Meet Mr Cephalopod

    I’m doing my taxes, and so I considered uploading a photo of a receipt with a undecipherable scrawl on it by way of explaining how I’m spending my time. But then I thought you’d probably enjoy this more.

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  11. February 4, 2015 · 495 words

    Joey

    We’re in the last hours of my promotion on The Rift, so if you want a copy for a mere 99 cents, go forth now and find it on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, or Smashwords. There is a character in The Rift who is one of my very few attempts to draw someone I’ve met in real life. The […]

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  12. February 3, 2015 · 185 words

    Tell Me What to Read!

    With all sort of grand opportunities arising for you to vote me a literary award, I feel I should mention again the stories I’ve had published in 2014. If you blah blah these stories worthy, then please blah blah nominate blah blah award blah blah eternal gratitude blah among the immortals blah blah shitload of [&helli

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