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  • Hush now

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    This blog has been quiet for a while–because I’m busy writing. And somehow that leaves me with nothing much else to say. Meanwhile, I’ll be doing some functionality updates in the background. Results may be unpredictable. You can still mostly find me on Twitter.

  • In which I provide a random general update

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    So I took a few months off to do some writing. I’ve done this before, but I don’t think I’ve ever *needed* to do this as much as I needed to do it right now, this year. I’d spent a lot of time in recent years feeling inauthentic, shall we say. It’s good for my…

  • Blog: In my absence, much happened

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    I’m back! WFC was great, Peter Beagle was absolutely charming, & the Mexican food was exceptional – especially at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, where I was lucky enough to spend an evening with editor Danel Olson & some of the writers from TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY GOTHIC. AND bunch of stuff happened back home in my absence. F’instance:…

  • Blog: “Your problem is, you’re too honest”

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    Ayup, it’s been a year of people “helping” me to be a better me. Which is nice, innit? Some kind of hilarious stars-out-of-alignment, anti-self-improvement, drone-filled ‘one of us’ years with the untested assumption on the part of those around me, ‘don’t you want to be more like me?’ Having hit forty, gentle reader, there’s a…

  • Blog aggregators

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    Does anyone have a recommendation on a blog aggregator? Trying out both Google Reader & Bloglines at the moment. Google Reader appears to be winning, on account of being easier to manage.

  • Could someone buy me this steampunk apartment in Chelsea…

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    … pleeeeeease!    

  • Scattered thoughts II

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    Apartment Therapy recently had an article on ‘The Perfect Travel Bag‘. I thought, “Jezuz, who has time for *perfect* anymore??” OMG, John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe! Why didn’t I think of this sooner?? For my next trick, let me wish up Idris Elba as James Bond! *fannish swoon* Everything costs money. EVERYTHING costs money.…

  • Scattered thoughts

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    They’re remaking Total Recall? That terrifies me: just how long ago WAS Total Recall, & is it ironic I can’t actually remember? There’s a kind of sweet, bitter relief in reaching an age where your first response to unjust criticism is a kind of ‘who gives a fuck’, even if the person outranks you by…

  • Where I’m at today

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    Today I’m at Angela Slatter’s fab blog, The bones remember everything, answering a drive-by round of questions. Also, Twelfth Planet Press has announced my short story suite, BAD POWER, as #4 in the Twelve Planets series. Sez the Press via Twitter, “Biancotti explores use & abuse of power. Hers are supernatural but highlight how ordinary people…

  • July, oh my

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    Hello! I know it’s not traditional to start a blog post with ‘hello’ & looking at it now, it looks just like spam. But it seemed such a long time since I’d posted that a greeting wouldn’t hurt, maybe even a re-introduction. (Though introductions are hard: the more I write, I swear the less interesting…