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Misrembered Quasi Italian Peruvian Salsa
A million years ago, I enjoyed a 'Peruvian Salsa' as made by an Italian. Long story. I loved the stuff! I've held it in my memory for many years, and never wrote it…
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Book Review: The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love eBooks and buy a lot of them. HOWEVER, I followed the advice of friends and…
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I’m A Contender!
45 of 267 books officially cut in the first round so far in The Great Self-published Fantasy Blog-off – And The Flight To Brassbright is still in the running. Even if the book…
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Gears, Beards, and Beers
(Image belongs to the Facebook Capitol Steam group) Good times do not get better than this. I had such a wonderful time last night! Here’s a highlight moment: As I was pausing in a…
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Book Review: The Robot Scientist’s Daughter
The Robot Scientist’s Daughter by Jeannine Hall Gailey Mayapple Press Paperback, 9781936419425, 82pp. Publication Date: March 1, 2015 It’s hard to resist a book with the title The Robot Scientist’s Daughter. Those four…
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Countdown: One Day To Brassbright
In 1 day you’ll meet someone who doesn’t just mangle the spoken word—but twists them till they squeak, turns them inside out, and forces them into meanings that make Etymologists hurl themselves off cliffs. “The…
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Countdown: Two Days To Brassbright
In 2 days you can hunt for the fluffiest cat in all of Industralia! Will you find her? (Feel free to shout her name when you do!) “The Flight To Brassbright” publishes January 31,…
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Countdown: Three Days To Brassbright
In 3 days you’ll be able to meet the most Beautiful Bonnet in all of Meridian! “The Flight To Brassbright” publishes January 31, 2015 and is available for pre-order in electronic form for the Kindle for $4.99.
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Countdown: Four Days To Brassbright
In 4 days you’ll learn exactly what is so darned special about the Ladies Parlor at the Air Azimuth Aether Docks. This luxury skyport serves as a principal transfer hub to and from points all…
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Countdown: Five Days To Brassbright
In 5 days you’ll be able to purchase flight insurance, even though that airship you are about to board is perfectly safe. Nothing can go wrong. “The Flight To Brassbright” publishes January 31,…
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Countdown: Six Days To Brassbright
In 6 days that tweeting and trilling sound you hear will be coming from a genuine clockwork bird, a marvel of the modern age built by the Songbird Twitter Works in collaboration with the Featherstone…
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Countdown: Seven Days To Brassbright
In 7 days we will race the clock to be on time when that venerable airship, The Jasmine, shrugs off its mooring ropes and sails the skies of Industralia. You don’t want to be…
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Countdown: Eight Days To Brassbright
In 8 days, you can spend a day at the circus! Gasp as Princess Penelope performs a plethora of playful pirouettes while precariously perched on a pinto pony! Roll Up! Roll Up! “The…
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Countdown: Nine Days To Brassbright
In 9 days, you can shop at Nattersack’s for everything from mechanical pens to Sir Rubalot’s Brass Brightener By The Tub. “The Flight To Brassbright” publishes January 31, 2015 and is available for…
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Countdown: Ten Days To Brassbright
In 10 days you can visit ‘The Inkwell’, simply by reading The Flight To Brassbright. How Extraordinary! “The Flight To Brassbright” publishes January 31, 2015 and is available for pre-order in electronic form…
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Happy New Year?
Try googling ‘alone on new years eve’ and you’ll be inundated with article titles that include the words ‘cope’, ‘freaking out’, ‘hate’, ‘depressed’ and ‘survive’. Really? Really? I love New Years eve. And…
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Book Review: Updraft
It didn't take long for me to be swept up above the clouds into the world of Updraft. Young Kirit gives us our point of view, as she struggles to learn not only…
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Book Review: Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat, The Graphic Novel
Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat: The Graphic Novel was created by Andrez Bergen (words and images) and his daughter Cocoa Bergen (artwork). I keep saying I’m not a graphic novel sort of person, and Andrez Bergen keeps…
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Book Review: Who Is Killing The Great Capes Of Heropa
When author Andrez Bergen undertook the Herculean task of describing to me the premise of his upcoming book, I was, quite frankly, amazed when he didn’t pass out from sheer exhaustion.
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Sweet and Spicy Pickled Beets
This recipe brings beets to a stage of singing and dancing Rockette-style across your kitchen counter, so brace for a dose of vegetable attitude.
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Celery Bean Salad (Which Needs A Better Name)
There's a million recipes for celery salad on the internet and I don't like the looks of any of them! As often happens, I had a bunch of celery languishing in the fridge.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Virtual Galaxy
Seeing as how I’m on vacation this week, I thought I’d let Ceejay take a bit of a virtual jaunt in Second Life. So, she got out her Sub-Etha Sens-O-Matic device and hitched a…
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In Which I Finally Find a Jacket that REALLY Suits Me
Apparently my little review of Depth Charging Ice Planet Goth got noticed! After you’ve enjoyed the fantastic cover art by Kmye Chan, take a look at the reviewers quoted on the back cover.…
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Start the Presses!
I am so excited! I’ve turned over my novel manuscript to an independent publishing house for printing and distribution! I’m a firm believer in supporting indie publishing, so this felt like a really…
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Dawn’s Early Light: The Blog Tour! Q&A Time with Tee and Pip
Photo by J.R. Blackwell Pip Ballantine: Prolific award-winning author, podcaster, cat-herder, New Zealander on special assignment in the States, wife and mother, blogger. Tee Morris: Writer of Fantasy, Non-Fiction, Podcast Pioneer, partaker of good cigars and…
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A Portable Writer’s Retreat
Assemble your own individual "Portable Writer's Retreat" bag to set up a writer's retreat whenever the opportunity arises.
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Chives Discusses the Health Benefits of Catnip
Good Day, Humans! My name is Chives and I’m a special guest blogger today. Don’t tell Ceejay, she’s already jealous enough of my quick wit and classically handsome looks. Anyway. I’m here to…
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Book Review: Ice Planet Goth
Ice Planet Goth (Originally Depth Charging Ice Planet Goth, which I must mention as I personally loved the original title) by Andrez Bergen is optimistically due for release early in 2014. The year…
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It’s a Jeaney Halloweeney With Her Porch Pals
Halloween, 2005 was a special holiday, and I’ll tell you why. Back then, my online life was just starting to blossom in the rather trendy livejournal community, but my longstanding relationship with rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc…
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Book Review: Your Next Ministry Assignment: Follow the Protocol!
This week I’ve been having a happy wallow in new stories of adventure and mystery, as I follow our intrepid agents from the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences while they conduct their investigations. But…
