... here, recovering from another bout of cold/flu/whatsit and trying to figure out the best way to format and convert the somewhat complicated Mansfield Park and Mummies with all its Footnotes, Appendices and illustrations to the Kindle e-book format, I ran into this very thought-provoking article: E-Gads, 2009! Publishing E-pocalypse or a New Age? by M. J. Rose. Food for thought.
Actually, this will probably be the last one, and it’s text rather than an audio file. It’s at Write On Online, and it was done by Debra Eckerling .
It’s a writing site, so there’s writing advice on there, for those who are interested in that sort of thing.
God, it’s been a weird day for me. Is it weird for you? I’m doing the preliminary work on Next Project and polishing Man Bites World...
Originally published at Magical Experiments . Please leave any comments there. Immanion Press/Megalithica Books would like to announce its two newest nonfiction releases! We now have both of these books in stock here at the Green Wolf , so here’s the official announcement.
Women’s Voices in Magic edited by Brandy Williams is a phenomenal collection of essays from female occultists ...
Is posting your publications for the year a sign of insecurity? Like, "Look, everyone, I wasn't just sitting around counting my thumbs all year, I was typing with them." 2009 Sales & Publications Novels published: NORSE CODE (Ballantine) Novels Sold: KID VS. SQUID (Bloomsbury Children's USA), scheduled for release May 11, 2010 LAST (Bloomsbury Children's USA), ...
This will be a quick rundown, because it’s late and I want to sleep, but I also want to cover some things:
Yesterday, I got two flu shots, seasonal and H1N1. That evening I was coughing and by bedtime I was feverish and shivering. The fever broke around 4:30, and I went back to sleep. Right now I feel mostly okay, but damn, why didn’t I go to bed earlier.
My son had his eighth birthday ...
For those who missed it: The US Government is currently hosting a " public consultation on Public Access Policy ...seeking public input on access to publicly-funded research results, such as those that appear in academic and scholarly journal articles." It's similar in scope to what's already required for NIH-funded research, but extending it to other agencies and asking for implementation ideas...
HI all, Just got this note from Ken, and I want to share it here for any fans of SF with furry characters: "Down to Cathuria" (an episode of _Adventures of Jill Noir_ set between "Mask of the Ferret" and "Dyads") just came out in the small-press anthology _Different Worlds, Different Skins_ by Anthropomorphic Dreams: http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2009/12/20/different-worlds-different...
The second in my shameless self-promotion of my writing.
Just so you don't think it's sex, sex, sex all the time I present Snippet #2:
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The bear rose on two feet, enraged, and resumed its charge. The men beside Ragnor scattered or reached for arrows or spears stuck in the dead bear. Ragnor pulled at his spear but it was wedged in the carcass. His ...