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My Dragon*Con Schedule

August 5, 2011
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| appearances, Friends, New Things

Because it’s never too early to start thinking about Dragon*Con! Here’s my schedule. Make a note. Write it down. Punch it into your phone. Most importantly, do not miss the reading on Friday, otherwise known as PRINCESS ALETHEA’S TRAVELING SIDESHOW! As before, the first 48 people will get free bags filled with amazing awesomeness. (And by awesomeness, I don’t…

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Inconceivable

August 2, 2011
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Some things in this life are just incredibly hard for even me to imagine. Leslie Banks not being in this world is one of them. Yes, I knew she was sick. I knew it was bad. Even that was hard enough to get my head around. In the grand scheme of things, this morning’s news was to be expected…

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The Greatest Teacher You Never Had

August 2, 2011
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I forgot to mention this a couple of weeks ago — I did a guest blog for the Disquieting Visions blog! The topic was about odd jobs, like the strangest one you’ve had and how it affected your writing career. I haven’t had *that* many different jobs in my lifetime (I just keep them for a really long time),…

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2011 Eisner Awards

July 22, 2011
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The 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards will be announced tonight. I have to work all day long, and I will be chomping at the bit and checking my phone every five minutes until I hear the results. For those of you who don’t know why, here it is: “Topping the 2011 nominees with 5 nominations is Return of…

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Redneck Ninjas

July 21, 2011
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| Friends, south carolina

I’ve always been proud of my friends, long before we were US. I knew we were all destined for greatness, not just me, like the psychics had said. We were going to be doctors and lawyers and surgeons and politicians and artists, and we were going to rule the world. Our ovens just hadn’t preheated yet. Drew Bates and…

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TODAY ONLY – 50% of DDS Jewelry

July 18, 2011
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| Soteria, south carolina

TODAY ONLY — which means click on this link now — Living Social is featuring Dixie Dunbar Studio as their Deal of the Day. I still have yet to learn about how Living Social works, but I think if you get the deal, and then share the deal, and then three of your friends get the deal you’ve shared,…

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Blood Oath is NOW AVAILABLE

July 12, 2011
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| Friends, movies

You probably think I’m kidding, but I’m not. Yes, Blood Oath is actually available. The movie that I wrote about in Beauty and Dynamite has finally — after almost ten years — been released from Troma Films. You can order it via Amazon (from which I get a very small kickback) if you click on the DVD cover here….

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