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Jul.18.2010
shrine n. A place of religious devotion or commemoration, such as: a place where devotion is paid to a deity or deities, the tomb of a saint or other venerated person, a location where an important event in the life of a holy person is thought to have occurred. 2. A container or receptacle for...
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Jul.16.2010
I just read that the average woman is a size 14! That’s good news for those of us who view ourselves as oversized. It's a mindset we've cultivated after years of looking at models in magazines and on television. Being told my dress size is average is particularly empowering if I take it to mean...
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Jul.16.2010
My Girls are a glutton for punishment and are taking part in Race for Life again this year. Race for Life is a 5K charitable race that raises money for Cancer Research.
Please check out their online sponsor pages and consider making a donation to this very worthy cause.
http://www....
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Jul.11.2010
People ask how much research I had to do to write Shimmer. For better or worse, I did virtually none.
My flippant response is always that I hate research. Which is true. The thought of doing any amount of research for something I write makes me panic, as if I’m back in a college English class,...
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Jun.25.2010
I wonder how many of these are already true?
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-ten-predictions-for-the-e-book-market-in-2010/
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Jun.18.2010
This round of historical detection is ending. This is the house that Abigail and John Adams lived in after they returned from Europe. They called it Peacefield.
I found much material to make me ponder and start planning a different research trip to some obscure archives. I adore primary...
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Jun.16.2010
The chickens continue their nuclear growth. Now they have tail feathers that look like a Victorian lady's bustle. Here's a quick clip filmed by Queen Louise of me in the temporary play yard with them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqoogPfdI9o
I'm off on a research trip for my Abigail...
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Jun.05.2010
I just came back from London. Mostly talking to game and comics people in connection with a book I wrote a while ago (Killing Monsters) and a book I'm contemplating starting (a sort of sequel to Men of Tomorrow), but also squeezing in some research on The Undressing of America, because London is...
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Jun.02.2010
The Crannog at Loch Tay, Scotland
A recent trip to Scotland, mostly for pleasure and fun, which it provided in large amounts, was also partly for research. Gotta get those write-offs when you are a scrabbling freelancer.
Hopefully a travel story or two will come out of the trip during the next few...
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May.10.2010
epsilon-research.com
Good Grief!
Research stopped me cold for a couple of hours the other day. "Hello," it said. Tapped me on the shoulder. "Are you positive you're right about this? Shouldn't you make sure? Take a little search? Dot those Is. Cross those Ts. It's what your...
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