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Month: June 2008

R.I.P. Mr Mouse

June 23, 2008
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If the old-fashioned ways are still around, there’s a reason. Don’t knock them. I’m just an old-fashioned kind of girl that way. Sorry, boo…it never would have worked out between us. Ironically, had I snapped the necks of my last live-in boyfriends, I might currently be a little more tolerant and well-adjusted. Then again, I might not. Tweet

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History is Written by the Victors

June 20, 2008
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I figured out why it was that I kept putting off writing about Mo*Con: history. Kelli Dunlap and I discussed this during one of our early-morning Garage Talk sessions — as writers, we have this special magical power to rewrite the parts of history that we don’t like. And you are all at our mercy. What happens at conventions?…

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Tuesday Morning Never Looked So Good

June 17, 2008
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Back from Mo*Con. Had a full night’s sleep and then some. I dreamt about the most wonderful people in the world, about rainbows and flowers and shooting stars, about cemeteries and dark woods and a knight to watch over me. And this time the  cops didn’t show up. I promise a con report (and pictures!!) when I’m more lucid….

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Genre Chick Interview: Shane Berryhill

June 13, 2008
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Ironman, Batman, Hellboy, Hulk–it’s certainly a splendid summer of superheroes at the cinema! Are your young adult readers hungry for more? Check out Chance Fortune and the Outlaws (The Adventures of Chance Fortune) –a superhero cut from a slightly different cloth. Join me as I infiltrate the lair of creator Shane Berryhill to find out more about what makes…

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