jez’ a reminder

My monthly two week writing challenge starts today and goes through the end of March. Participants can keep track of what they’re working on and how far they’ve gotten in their goals over at ! thinks to do today: – fold the laundry – exercise, which is not the same as – go for a walk – see how far I can get with HoCH …and not that this has anything to do with anything, but I want the ability to create more ‘current moods’ and assign new pictures to…

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Good grief.

The ARC thing generated a lot more commentary than I expected. o.O For the record, it’s really not that I care about losing a sale–I think most people who buy ARCs probably also buy the final version of the book. I’m genuinely pleased that people are interested enough in the books to buy ARCs, and as I said to someone in comments, it’s not at all that I object to people buying them. I object to people *selling* them. I realize that this is a double-edged sword, but there you…

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Coyote ARC on ebay

An ARC of COYOTE DREAMS is up for sale on eBay. I inevitably find myself torn on what to do about this. Really what I want to do is contact the seller and explain in small words that what they’re doing is illegal, as should be obvious by the words NOT FOR SALE emblazoned across the book’s cover, but that I’m willing to overlook it so long as they provide me with a reciept stating they’ve donated the amount of money they sell the book for, including shipping and handling,…

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

At PCon last weekend, , by way of a pamphlet she had from , recommended THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA, by Scott Lynch, to me. Ted had conveniently purchased it recently, so I read it over the last couple days, and it is in fact very good. I should’ve kept one of the pamphlets, to see what else they recommended! Ted and I went to the St. Paddy’s Day parade in Cork again today. Now I feel properly like I’ve been in Ireland a year. :) We saw Military Kit…

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publication schedule

requests a list of forthcoming books. I think I did this recently, but I’ll do it again ’cause she asked. :) Real quick-like, by series rather than publication date (I have confidence people can figure it out from there): The Walker Papers: COYOTE DREAMS, May 2007 CAULDRON BORNE, ~May 2009 WENDEGO HUNTS, ~a long time away RATTLESNAKE DANCES, ~even further out The Negotiator Trilogy: HEART OF STONE, Nov 2007 HOUSE OF CARDS, Mar 2008 HANDS OF CHANGE, Sept 2008 Untitled series from Del Rey: THE QUEEN’S BASTARD, May 2008 THE…

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