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I’ve always said that the mark of a good book for me is dreaming about it. Well, maybe I should amend that. Not saying that the book I’ve been “reading” on my commute (via audiobook) isn’t an amazing book. Yikes, it’s wonderful and you should read it if you haven’t. But it’s also disturbing.  Life … Read more

While waiting for the latest episode of the Dresden Files to download in Itunes, I thought I’d catch up on a question here, but suddenly I’m torn because I remembered what I bought at the bookstore this evening while waiting for my hairstylist to catch up on her schedule.  It had been a good six … Read more

Jim MacDonald over at Making Light has put together a tour de force of early-1800s-literature-as-Buffy-tie-in that has made me giggle. Or perhaps it’s the insomnia (brought on by a nap much too late in the afternoon, though I’m sure I’ll be able to sleep again in a little while). Thinking of a girl rolling around … Read more

In honor of the lighter side of Easter, I give you the most hilarious thing I’ve found today aside from ‘s waking up as an Easter egg. I think would be proud. (if you haven’t seen her Peep shows–links to more at the bottom of that entry–you should head on over there; my favorite is … Read more

Must Love Books is a new blog by T.S., a colleague of Alvina (of the Blue Rose Girls). He’s an editorial assistant at a children’s book publisher and has made a good start with a post giving advice on getting into publishing. Welcome, T.S.! ETA: Thanks for all the congratulations and well-wishes. And yes, my slush … Read more

I just received some very good news. I’ve been promoted to full editor here at Mirrorstone (from associate editor). It’s a nice feeling, to be promoted, though I can’t imagine my duties will change drastically today–we’ve been working on expanding my duties and the imprint as a whole over the course of the last two … Read more

We’ve got window washers this week. Last week, it was inside, and now I have a guy suction-cupped to the outside of my window, ropes dangling beside him and suds slipping down the side of the building. If you’ve ever seen our building, you’ll know that it’s entirely glass-fronted, so this is a large job. … Read more

But I’m going to answer over the course of a few hours, when I need a breather from a manuscript I’m frantically trying to finish up. Have a deadline to beat and beat it we will, even if bumps keep coming up in the road with this particular project. That’s another part of the life … Read more

But my question, for you out there in the know of Scots dialect (or British English in general), what’s a tailback? British for traffic jam? Drivers see red as farmer dyes flock to beat tailback blues A FARMER has dyed his sheep red in an effort to cheer up drivers sitting in tailbacks on Scotland’s … Read more

Today’s final post is a morality tale. It is a tale of an annoyed editor and a newby writer who should have known better. The setting: Editor is cleaning out her office. There comes a time when “organized disorder” becomes plain old disorder and you have to do something about it. It’s been over a … Read more