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Aug.18.2008
Hey Seattle-area writers! Come and learn from a master about how to write when you don’t have time to write. With two sets of twins, a gigantic dog, and duel careers as a physician and bestselling novelist, Carol Cassella knows whereof she speaks. Come to a free presentation at the Bainbridge...
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Aug.18.2008
I visited an old friend this weekend, probably for the last time. Now that might sound overblown to somebody who would consider Acres of Books in Long Beach to be just a used bookstore.
But I’m not alone.
Saturday afternoon the place was full of people like me. Readers and book lovers who have...
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Aug.18.2008
What exactly is a "book smuggler"?
Wise question, young grasshopper. We are two completely obsessed, sad, sick addicts when it comes to books. We’re not just talking a meager fix of scifi here or a quick shot of romance there. We’re talking full-blown, unrestrained, junkie-shuffling...
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Aug.15.2008
What a fabulous holiday - we've had a seriously great time. And that in spite of the rain, which didn't dampen our spirits one jot, hurrah. Pause now for Boring Birder Moment (AKA BBM): we've seen 15 new birds in Norfolk, double hurrah! Including the bearded tit (my target bird for the week and...
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Aug.11.2008
The BIG international news of the day is that Kafka looked at porn. This eclipses the news about possible new manuscripts and illustrations from his own hand. Other things he may have done with his hand are deemed more important.
This is fine by me, for the real Kafka and my Kafka in my manuscript...
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Aug.05.2008
Up bright and early this morning for my second ovarian tumour marker blood test, which I’d booked for 9am. Actually I was there early and they just slotted me in, so at least I got that part over soon, hurrah. While I was there, I reminded them that my holiday starts on Saturday and ideally I’d...
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Aug.01.2008
In writing narrative adventure history, one of elements of research that is important to me is what I call "immersion research" (for lack of a formal nomenclature to describe it). Certainly, the hard academic book and library and archive and primary research is crucial, but if a writer...
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Aug.01.2008
I haven't been as diligent about blogging here as I should. However, I've been blogging just about everywhere else (not that I don't love my RedRoom space...I've simply spread myself a little thin).
If you are interested, or need to kill some time, please visit my daily blog, RUAWAKE. If you are...
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Jul.31.2008
I clearly remember those days when myself and my classmates used to have a lot of fun, playing games during the free period, and enjoying ourselves. In class 6th, we were introduced to our school'd Library, through a special weekly Library hour. I hadn't seen so many books at a single place before...
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Jul.29.2008
David Anthony Durham just announced that his Acacia series has been optioned to Relativity Media, a major production company (Hellboy II, Hancock, Wanted, and a bunch of others)--which gets it one step closer to movie material. Now tons of books get optioned without ever actually making it to the...
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