I thought I hit post! I guess not! Anyway, annathepiper got a huge write-up over at the Outer Alliance website . Writeup and interview and generally it's all shiny. Go lookie!

I'm in no danger of writing a romance novel, and you may not be, either, but everyone who cares about books has a stake stopping the nasty stunt Harlequin hopes to get away with. annathepiper offers this very helpful overview and collection of links .

You can find my post in praise of my splendid spouse at Angela Korra'ti's website , or, if you prefer to check it out on lj, you can see it here , where my kind host blogs as annathepiper . (For those keeping score at home, Anna's touring guest-post for this month is over here , at norafleischer 's blog.) (Why do I feel like I'm in an Abbott and Costello routine ?)

Drollerie Press is having a big sale , with all books $1.99 or less. You can try a lot of new authors, fill up the new electronic device in your life, and save a big chunk of change. If you like my books , you'll probably enjoy Faerie Blood by Angela Korra'ti ( annathepiper ), and Shadow of the Antlered Bird by David Sklar ( thunderpigeon ). Rush forth in a buying frenzy!

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul solarbird goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Shego. agrimony gives you 9 mauve passionfruit-flavoured pieces of bubblegum. amethyst_dancer gives you 1 purple watermelon-flavoured wafers. annathepiper tricks you! You lose 4 pieces of candy! archanglrobriel tricks you! You lose 3 pieces of candy! arjache tricks you! You get a rock...

If you are on the fence wondering whether or not you should get Rock Band: Beatles, let me ask you a few questions. 1. Do you have friends? 2. Do you enjoy things that are AWESOME?! If you answered "yes" to the above questions, then OH MY GOD YOU SHOULD GET ROCK BAND BEATLES. I went over to spazzkat and annathepiper and solarbird 's house last night to play Rock Band along...

I may never get to see the treasures from the gold hoard myself, but I've been enjoying my favorite finds from the meta-hoard. First off, there's the story of the metal detector hobbyist who was wandering his friend's farm, wondering if he'd find an old coin or two. Hooray for people with oddball hobbies who accidentally upend centuries of history! Then, there are the stunning photos of a few of...

annathepiper and spazzkat and I just returned from seeing Public Enemies , and the single most important thing I can say about that film is that cinematographer Dante Spinotti needs never, ever to be put in charge of digital equipment again. Either Mr. Spinotti is a genius at making good equipment look like complete horseshit 8mm digital, or he has no idea what in the name of...

Go help annathepiper repro this annoying bug . Details at the link.

This month's Drollerie Press blog tour topic is fathers, for Father's Day. My post, about my Dad's many peculiar ways of supporting my writing over the years, can be found here , at Angela Korra'ti's website. (You may know Angela as annathepiper .) Considering that we've been doing this blog tour thing for several months now, it's surprising that this is the first time we've had mass confusion...