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  • Protected: Aw, this one is nice

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    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

  • Fragile City

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    Yesterday I saw the homeless guy (the one who lives in front of the church & used to own a spiderman blanket) in the supermarket in the new shopping centre (the one with the white floor). He was buying a loaf of white sliced bread, lining up with everyone else & checking the change in…

  • Code 46: I’m not sure whether I’m recommending this film or not…

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    Code 46 grabbed me from the beginning, with its dark future, it’s brown open spaces and grey, constricted interior world. “Do you think the sun is as dangerous as they say it is?” “I hope not.”

  • An old meme (from oh, as far back as last week, I think)

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    “Describe the first story you ever sold to any publication. What was the title of the story? The name of the publication? The plot? The public reception to your work?” It’s kinda like ‘what I did on my school break’, but nonetheless, let me trip down memory lane to recall the sunny times. ;) The…

  • Still here

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    I am not at WorldCon in Glasgow. I am here. At home. Doing nothing much of interest. I am here, waiting for benpayne to start blogging AS IF he is at WorldCon in Glasgow, even though I know he isn’t. I am waiting to hear more adventures of his made-up heroes, Brad & Angelina. They…

  • Uh-oh

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    I guess it’s official. From the Speculative Literature Foundation newsletter: * New Membership Coordinator: Deborah Biancotti, who has been an active member of our Management and Web Content committees for some time, has volunteered to take on the additional duties of SLF Membership Coordinator. Queries and changes in your membership information may be sent to…

  • Good news, and a reminder to watch my mouth

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    Anna Tambour is one of those people with verve & smarts. I spent quality time at Conflux sitting on the floor with Anna & Rjurik Davidson, swapping yarns & ideas & having one of those discussions that makes absolute amounts of *perfect sense* at the time, but which later is only remembered as energetic &…

  • Meta-texts, thanks

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    Tonight Keifer Sutherland spoke to me. He told me that terrorism was serious, that muslims ‘stood beside us’ in opposition to terrorism. That they, too, were good people who loved their families. Unlike in the following episode of 24, he said. Or similar. I paraphrase. A few things struck me. 1. Muslims are like ‘us’,…

  • Note to self

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    From http://www.quoteworld.org/ “The greatest power is often simple patience.” — E(li) Joseph Cossman (b. 1918), American writer, author

  • Shadowed Realms

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    Shadowed Realms, which is a classy & stylish dark flash fiction e-zine, is doing an issue for the grrls, & they’ve invited me to take part. I am chuffed. I went looking for something to link to on their site (to prove I wasn’t making it up) but found only this over on Shane Jiraiya…