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My New Backyard

Here it is — I still can’t get used to it. Imagine this picture with ten feet of trees above every piece of that back fence, obscuring the view of any other house. No one could see me from my porch. Normally, at 4:00 in the afternoon the entire lawn would be in shadow. This is what I get…

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Trinoc*Con Pics

I finally had the time to get my pics together from LA and Trinoc*Con — I’ll post more of them later (or, more likely, Seamus will). But I had to share this one — I had been at the convention for maybe half an hour. I swear, it’s getting to where you can’t take me anywhere…without having to call…

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Thank you, everyone

I think I’ve had more comments and emails than I’ve ever had for any other post before — thank you all so much for the tremendous support. I can’t say how muh I appreciate all your advice and input and love. It was sorely needed. I had no idea how physically ill the removal of a bunch of scrubby…

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The Electric Company Just Ruined my Life

I got back from LA at 2am. I had told my boss I was going to sleep and come in late this morning. So I was making breakfast, when I looked out my kitchen window…and just about passed out. While I was gone, sometime over the last 5 days, the Electric company cut down all the trees behind my…

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Top Ten Things Heard at Mo*Con

Top Ten things overheard at Mo*Con II: 1.) “Everyone is the hero of their own story.” –Maurice Broaddus 2.) “There are no heroes in my stories.” –Wrath James White 3.) “It doesn’t matter where they get their appetite, as long as they come home for dinner.” –Becca Hay 4.) “I grew up going to hell.” –Brian Keene 5.) “…and…

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I Dare You Not to Laugh

The first time I saw Patrick Rothfuss, he appeared on my desk, cloaked all in black, with one of the largest post-it notes I’ve ever seen plastered to him. The novella-length sticky was handwritten from the publisher rep specifically to me, gushing about how this new guy was the greatest thing since sliced bread and would I pleasepleaseplease read…

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Embrace the Swan

It’s all over the news and in the papers and second only to some wiz kid named Harry. You’ve heard about The Swan, but have you experienced The Swan? Not all of us read the Dallas paper (what I wouldn’t give for a copy of that picture!), but we all have access to YouTube. Here are clips from last…

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