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Taken around the area where I was staying in my daughter’s house. Above: her street Above: her street again Above: the very arthritic, ageing dog that had to be taken for two walks a day. I love all the trees … Continue reading
Glenda Larke
Via Cheryl’s Mewsings, I found this from Guy Gavriel Kay, one of my favourite writers: Are novelists entitled to use real-life characters? He makes the distinction between peopling fiction with real people as background, and using them as point of … Continue reading
I have taken this post down.Apparently I have more faith in the good sense of authority than others do. However, I have to say that there is nothing I despise more than not just holding women to higher standards, then … Continue reading
The internet has been driving me crazy for more than 24 hrs.“Cannot find the server” at least 50% of the time.I post comments on blogs and they disappear without a trace as soon as I press “post”.Try to put up … Continue reading
Here he is, looking very colourful and rather magnificent. The three men of the family: Noramly, his younger brother and their very proud uncle, in loco parentis, who is 85 today. Above:With brother & wife, two sisters, two nieces After … Continue reading
Yep, I am happy… The pressure is beginning to ease. A second reviewer likes the book! The review is from AurealisXpress, which I assume means it is in the Aurealis Magazine for August, and it is written by Chrisetta MacLeod. … Continue reading
. As an addendum to the post on my Australian and UK covers: Over on the Orbit US blog from Tim Holman, they have a graph of the items that have been on 2008 US fantasy book covers, graded according … Continue reading
My flight was Charlottesville to Dulles Airport (Washington DC), then Newark (NY – well New Jersey actually), then Stockholm and home. The first flight was fine. Arrived in Dulles early. Found gate, plugged in and did some writing. Then comes … Continue reading
.Bad weather at Newark, NY, has delayed my flight from Dulles…not sure I will make my MAS connection. Stressed! … Continue reading
.I leave the house in Charlottesville tomorrow. Four flights, three planes, two days (actually 31 hours in real time) later, I shall arrive at home in Kuala Lumpur. Do not expect sweetness and light along the way…see you on the … Continue reading