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Charles Coleman Finlay: Civil War and Witches

I already told you guys about Charlie Finlay.   Very cool dude.  Nominated for 2009 Sturgeon Award.  Finalist for John W. Campbell Award, Hugo, Sidewise, Nebula.  Very shiny. He was kind of a mentor to a lot of writers on OWW,  

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Kate 4, Tentative Title Magic Bleeds

The publication of Kate 4, tentative title MAGIC BLEEDS, will be delayed until June. Both Gordon and I and our publisher are deeply sorry for the delay.  We know it will make some of you unhappy and we regret this  

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On Gender, Confusion of

Seen on one of the livejournals (paraphrased): Why does the gender of the protagonist needs to be immediately defined?  Why do people complain that they don’t know my character is female until page 3? It doesn’t have anything to do  

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We won

Team Curran takes it! Thank you everybody!

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On Parental Pride, Sudden Glow Of

Me, writing:  Gordon, you know that scary music?  Tam-tam-tam tam-tam-tam!  What is that? Him: You mean the actual musical piece? Me: Yeah. Him: I don’t remember. :staring at each other at complete loss: Kid 1:  It’s Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.  :pulls  

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The entries that accurately predicted the outcome

knight says: May 13, 2009 at 3:11 pm (Edit) curran canceles the dinner,and kate gets pissed off. Mashiara says: May 13, 2009 at 11:28 pm (Edit) basically, I don’t think we’re going to get the dinner we all want. I’m  

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Promises, promises

As it is, we’re in the lead at Bitten by Books poll with 634 votes.  Whether we win or not, I’m humbled by the voter turn out.  Thank you so much. Here is the promised prologue. No matter how carefully  

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On Smarts, Unintentional Manifestation Of

Kid 1: Please, please type this for me, mom, you type much faster. Me: When is the thing due? Kid 1: Tomorrow. Me:  Okay, give me the thing, go to bed. Typing.  First line: “Rain pounded on church roof as  

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OMG

Some of the comments (these are coming out from the website blog) By Circejane: Kate decides that there’s nothing for it but to make good on the bet.  She cooks dinner, sets the table, and is pacing the floor in  

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Contest

RKB writes: How about having a contest where we all try to predict  how the prologue will go?  We used to do that with Robert Jordan books back in ye olde Usenet days.  Most people were way off base as  

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