Today: finalising grades, trying to figure out something valuable to do with classes to the end of term now assessment is over, etc. This evening: making some graphics for the husband, and plotting the beginnings of a Pokemon birthday party. Husband is bemused, but the kidlet and I are super into Pokemon GO together, and
This was circulating on Twitter last week, and look, we all know it doesn’t take much for me to tear up (whether through joy or sorrow) anyway, AND the songs from the musical Wicked are pretty much guaranteed to trigger the waterworks, so it’s not really a stretch to imagine how I felt watching this
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Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s post, I am so, so, SO super excited to announce that How Not To Acquire A Castle is now available for ebook preorder! Kindle preorder will be coming in just before Christmas, since I can only put that up 90 days out, and print preorder should start appearing
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So one of the non-business things I got to do in Vegas (one of few, let it be known) was zip lining down Fremont Street! So much fun, though you do have to line up for 1.5 hours even with time-slotted tickets to do it. There were 7 of us who went – four instructors
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A darling friend let me talk through like ALL my current writing projects to her via email this week, which, if you want to make a writer person happy, THIS IS THE WAY TO GO ABOUT IT, just saying :’D Anyway, as part of that, I had to pull this song out to explain something,
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I… I just… This is LIFE. Made it in time for #mermay! #mermay2018 pic.twitter.com/2Av5ow5TQn — Inbal Breda (looking for work) (@GreyAnnis) May 26, 2018 If you’re reading this via email or something, you MUST click through to see the gif in the link. Inbal Breda made this amazing gif of a mermaid/maidmer – in half
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This is the book that made me fall in love with Maggie Stiefvater as a reader. I really enjoyed the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, but Scorpio Races melted my heart and reforged into something bigger, brighter and stronger. So I LOVED that I got to teach it at school last year–and in that process,
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Another gorgeous clip from a gloriously gorgeous movie (if you missed it, I raved about it here). What lovely things have you found online this week? 🙂 Read more:Whoa: 7 Awesome Real-World Materials PERFECT For Science FictionIntroducing YinMn Blue (Now I Need To Revise The Witch Blue Universe)YOU GUYS, MERCURY IS *COMING* (HNOTC on preorder)
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Even though we are, like, the capital of the country, it’s surprising how few Big Name Authors we get stop here. So when I discovered about six weeks ago that Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner were coming to town, I was EK-SIGH-TED!! Very. They did an ‘in conversation’ talk and signed tonight at a local
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Soooo, oops, I did a Thing. What Thing, I hear you asking? A Patreon. I made a Patreon. Now, in case you have no idea what Patreon is, a quick explanation: It’s basically like Kickstarter, but on an on-going basis. People can sign up for a small amount per month (some creators make it per
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