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Word Metrics for 8/14/11

August 15, 2011
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| Word Metrics, writing

I suppose it *does* make more sense to post these the day after, as opposed to the end of the day…since sometimes, I don’t know when that end is, exactly. I didn’t work on Saturday yesterday, because there’s a short story anthology I’d really like to get into, and the deadline’s tomorrow. To answer your question, yes, I think…

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Word Metrics

August 14, 2011
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| Word Metrics, writing

For Saturday Aug 13, 2011: Project: Saturday (sequel to Enchanted) Deadline: Dec 31, 2011 New words written: 1544 Present total word count: 12,844 words I’ve decided, for my own personal writing well-being, to take a page from Cherie Priest’s book and start posting my writing metrics. This will not only keep me accountable for my writing, but it will…

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Nifty Site of the Day

August 13, 2011
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| Books, New Things

Kat Cooks the Books: In which Kat, a Florida librarian, makes food based on her favorite kids books…and posts the recipes. Why, yes, it is as fun as it sounds. And there are pictures! Definitely worth the pit stop.

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The Quotable Princess

August 10, 2011
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The infamous Luc Reid — optimistic motivator, SF writer, award winner, member of the League of Unextraordinary Gentlepersons, and founder of the Codex Writers Group. In Luc’s infinite wisdom, he decided to post pages of memorable quotes by its fantabulous members, lifted from the Codex forums (with permission, of course). In Luc’s own words: I love the group not…

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Happy Baby Oops Day!

August 9, 2011
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| Books, writing

Today is the official release day of the supercute mini edition of AlphaOops: H is for Halloween, affectionately referred around the house as “Baby Oops.” HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY OOPS! If you aren’t familiar with AlphaOops: H is for Halloween, artist Bob Kolar posted a few of the gorgeous gigantic spreads from the book you can go check out. There’s…

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Some Enchanted Morning

August 3, 2011
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| Books, New Things

It’s a small thing, and there’s no cover image, and technically you can’t order it yet, but Enchanted is now listed on Amazon’s website, as well as on Goodreads. There are some very important things up, however, that are good to know: Release Date: May 8, 2012 (it seems so far away!) ISBN: 9780547645704 Description: It isn’t easy being…

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Princess Elsewhere

August 1, 2011
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| audio, mermaids, Podcast, Short Stories

Today’s my day to blog over at Waterworld Mermaids — the topic is dialogue. If you have the time and inclination, please hop on over and share whatever insight you have! * Also, my post-apocalyptic dystopian SF story “The Unicorn Tree” has been podcasted over at Cast of Wonders. The story was originally published in the Zero Gravity anthology…

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