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Spanked by Heinlein
I recently finished reading Robert Heinlein’s 1956 novel Double Star. Unlike many of my writer and fan compatriots, I didn’t grow up reading Heinlein. I’m not sure I’d ever even heard of him until college. My child and young adult … Continue reading
Another lovely New Hampshire weekend
Donald and I went camping in the New Hampshire White Mountains this past weekend. I took Friday off, and we drove up early Friday afternoon to avoid most of the weekend getting-out-of-town traffic. We stayed at the Waterville Campground, just … Continue reading
Which famous writer do YOU sound like?
Someone on one of the mailing lists I’m on sent this around. You enter some text in the box, and it’s supposed to analyze your writing style and tell you which famous author writes like you. I wouldn’t put much … Continue reading
Weather hype
I left work an hour earlier than I’d intended to today, since the news on the radio was broadcasting a “severe thunderstorm alert” for the Boston area until 8 pm, warning of frequent lightning, violent and destructive winds, and hail. … Continue reading
Top Five(-plus) Novels
A few months back, on the mailing list for my Clarion West class, someone started a thread asking people for their Top Five novels. I hesitated to contribute until it became clear that a lot of other people in the … Continue reading
Produce Heaven
Now that my boyfriend lives in the apartment upstairs from me, in the same building, I get to borrow his car. (He even gave me my own set of keys, with a little Swiss army knife attached to the keychain.) … Continue reading
Great story from Realms of Fantasy
I’ve been reading the August issue of Realms of Fantasy, and I really liked Sara Genge’s story, “Seagull Girl’s Butterfly Tongue.” It’s a zombie story with an unusual take on zombies (they’re a little like a fantastical version of the … Continue reading
Shame on you, America’s Test Kitchen!
After all my dissing of Rachael Ray and her so-called 30 Minute Meals, and my holding up of America’s Test Kitchen cookbooks as a sort of star pupil in the school of Giving Realistic Time Estimates For Recipes … the … Continue reading
More online fiction from Clarion West classmates
Two of my Clarion West classmates have stories out online: Rajan Khanna at Basement Stories, and An Owomoyela at Fantasy Magazine. An’s story has already been positively reviewed in Locus Magazine!’ Another classmate, Pamela Rentz, has a story “The Battle … Continue reading
Buy stuff from my Mom!
My mother, Heide Janz, has quilts available for sale at Etsy and ArtFire. She’s just getting started with these online marketplaces for people who make and sell handcrafted items, so right now she only has 4 quilts listed. But she … Continue reading