BatB (most of) s1

This is a Beauty and the Beast post of no consequence at all. When Ted put the first DVD in for me (I had an armful of baby) I said, “Once upon a time, in the city of New York…” and a moment or three later the first episode came up with that title. Ted looked at me with an expression of bemused horror, pity and affection, and said, “Those are brain cells you’re never going to get back.” In my defense, I said, I had looked at the DVD…

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two things

two of the things I meant to post yesterday: 1. Shaun, if you’re reading this, I’m not using the mizkit.com email address anymore. Could you make sure cemurphyauthor@gmail.com is in your address book so I can get through the spam filter? And then email me to let me know it’s done? :) 2. All the DTRPG Haiti drive copies of DEMON HUNTS went in the mail yesterday. Hopefully they’ll arrive at their destinations by the end of next week! Thank you all again for participating in that, and, er, sorry…

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four weeks and counting

Yesterday was Young Indiana’s fourth week-iversary. He celebrated by peeing in his own ear. (I still can’t think or type that without breaking down into giggles. :)) Afterward, he got a bath, and then modeled his new bathrobe:

anniversary

Today is our 13th wedding anniversary. To celebrate, we’re going to see Iron Man 2 while Mom babysits. I have such good parents. :) Also, I have achieved my pre-pregnancy weight (down a pound from it, in fact), and am wearing my pre-pregnancy jeans. Go me. :) Also also, people are indicating that Amazon is shipping DEMON HUNTS already, so haunt your mailbox if you pre-ordered.

Anthologies ho!

Two new anthologies are now available! DRAGON’S LURE, featuring “Perchance to Dream”, a post-Negotiator Janx story: The mask was nearly as beautiful as the woman bearing it. They were both dark: it of ironwood so old its chocolate hues had aged to black; she with lustrous skin that said no white men had bred into her aboriginal stock. She was small but strong; had to be to lift the mask’s weight so gracefully, when it was more than half her size. It was never meant to be worn: its fist-sized…

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