Today I give you the Spree challenge. It may not be what you’re thinking of as we move into the big December period of shopping sprees and other such holiday events. Instead it has to do with a book, titled, well … uh, Spree, and written by Kris Rusch. It is a detective/crime story set […]
Read More ...Title neep
I love when this happens. So for Quite Some Time, I’ve been calling Episode 6, well, um, Episode Six. Not like Episode Seven: Lord of the Freeborn. Just Episode Six. This was no good. Then John Bodin, who is a first reader of mine, said he was nearly ready for it, and I decided I […]
Read More ...Settling in
Book recommendation: I’m only a quarter of the way through it, but Jim Hines’ Libriomancer is a lot of fun. # I can tell it’s going to take a few weeks for me to settle into whatever my daily cycle is going to be–maybe a few months, really, since December is a weird month. Part […]
Read More ...What is “work?”
So today I wrote for a bunch of the day, and I worked on a different project. And I also took a 20 minute break to vacuum the family room area–which, admittedly has needed it for some time. My brain wandered as I was vacuuming, I realized that something I had written earlier in the […]
Read More ...Lisa gives FIUITP a “thumbs up”
Lisa’s role as a guinea pig is now officially complete, and the vote is in. Her commentary on my Guinness Beef Stew (compliments of Matt Horgan) was: “Well, I’m not really a meat & potatoes kind of girl, but this was very yummy! The house smelled wonderful when I got home from work. This stew […]
Read More ...We have the winner(s)
I’m sure everyone is on the edge of their seats waiting to hear about the winner of the “Fry it Up in a Pan” Sweepstakes. First, let me say that I was happy to receive every recipe you all sent–and there were several. I suspect I will make all of them at one time or […]
Read More ...“Pan” deadline announced
Just to make it all official and stuff, the deadline for the “Fry it up in the pan” sweepstakes is midnight EST in the US this Sunday night. Several tasty sounding ideas have arrived, but I bet yours is better. [grin] Share Me
Read More ...“Dumb” things people say
I love seeing how “experts” think about things, and I especially enjoy hearing the oddities in how they talk about them. People, you see, say the dumbest things. I know, because I are a people, and I often say things that make others look at me askew. I like to think most of the time […]
Read More ...Not Just Rockets and Robots
I know … this place is getting thick with an unending stream of “lasts” and publishing news. While I’m going to promise to go light on the “lasts” from here on out, I hope to be unable to promise a slow-down on publishing news. Tonight is no exception. Sorry, but I’m really not too sorry […]
Read More ...The Fallout
I spent this morning unpacking things I brought from the office. There wasn’t much, just a couple bags. Another advantage of working in an open office configuration, I guess. Still, I gathered enough doo-dads and trinkets to make a good mess, and I had with me a listing of a bunch of my old performance […]
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