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No Clothes

Posted in Politics, Publishing, Rants, wtf on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Those of you who follow the publishing gossip will by now have heard about Harlequin Horizons. For those of you who haven’t been following, here’s the long and short: Harlequin has decided to expand into pay-to-play publishing.
Needless to say, this hasn’t gone over well at all. Apparently the folks over at Harlequin are “very surprised [...]

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The News (II: The News’s Revenge)

Posted in Links, News, wtf on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Obviously I should have read my news feed before I posted the news. Ahem. Here’s round two:
All hell is breaking loose in the GBLT community. I, um, was busy looking at my interior decorating blogs. Fortunately, Hayden Thorne pays attention to these things.It looks like people are freaking out because the Lambda award is now [...]

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Planning Ahead

Posted in wtf on August 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I think I’ll make this year’s Thanksgiving Viking themed. I haven’t done this before and live in an apartment, so tips and suggestions welcomed.
That is all.

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Gah!

Posted in wtf on July 23, 2009 | Comments Off

Hayden Thorne on Galley Cat’s article about cover art, racism, sexism, and general stupidity.
A nice little illustration of the racism that’s still endemic in the English speaking world*. I wonder why no one is talking about the fact that there are clearly some problems with the way covers are produced. Sending the manuscript to the [...]

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GenreFail

Posted in Handbook, Tenth Man, books, wtf on July 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Good lord. I’ve seen my books in YA (which makes sense), SF (also, makes sense), and, randomly, sports. Now Fictionwise has Tenth Man and Handbook in erotica. Do not my my book for erotica. Or sports. You will be disappointed.

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*Spazz*

Posted in Handbook, omg, spazzery, wtf on June 17, 2009 | Comments Off

I went for a coffee and then had a look at Amazon.
NOW I THINK I HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO GO TO KARATE.

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Posted in wtf on June 15, 2009 | Comments Off

Christian group sues for right to burn gay teen novel.
Their suit says that “the plaintiffs, all of whom are elderly, claim their mental and emotional well-being was damaged by this book at the library,” and that it contains derogatory language that could “put one’s life in possible jeopardy, adults and children alike.”
Hat tip to [...]

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Posted in Writing, wtf on May 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »

And this is what happens when I try to make myself write a story.

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Um

Posted in Tenth Man, wtf on March 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »

So the used copies of Tenth Man are more expensive than the new copies of Tenth Man. Ummm, okaaay…

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WTF

Posted in News, science, wtf on March 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Canada’s science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won’t say if he believes in evolution.
“I’m not going to answer that question. I am a Christian, and I don’t think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate,” Gary Goodyear, the federal Minister of State for [...]

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