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Good news–I’ve sold the sequel to Booklife, Bookdeath, to Tachyon Publications. Jacob Weisman at Tachyon wanted to make sure we had pretty much every group covered, so this volume will focus on advice that’s more or less the opposite of what’s covered in Booklife. Also, instead of having an optimistic outlook, Bookdeath will have a pessimistic outlook more in keeping with the reality of our current situation.

“I just felt like for every person out there who wa

I’m not a huge fan of great voices in music–I’m much more about the lyrics, and if the musician croaks that’s just fine. But Neko Case is one of those performers whose voice hooks me in. I would probably be quite happy hearing her sing the phone book. But she also has killer lyrics, and a shifting country/pop/rock sensibility that means her CDs share certain commonalities but also have enough differences to make her consistently interesting. Also, some albums are performed with her Boyfriends ba

Anyone who has followed this blog knows of our continuing interest in and concern about the penguin war situation. To get yourself up to speed if you’re unaware of this international crisis, .

Here’re a couple more images from said entry to show you the importance of this issue:

Not to mention these developments:

Penguin bombs dropping:

Penguins trying to elicit our deepest sympathy befo

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(copyright Heidi Estey)

First off, the awesome artist Heidi Estey is having an art show called “Old Growth: Heidi Estey’s Collected Works�� at Cafe Racer in Seattle (5858 Roosevelt Way NE; 206-525-JAVA). Check out . (I also know she’s open to cover art assignments. Hint hint.)

Other interesting stuff��

On Omnivoracious, the following ran last week:
- about Steel Remains, guest-blogged by that magnificent bastard .
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Begin Transmission…[all words approximations translated by the {untranslatable word}:]

1. Immigrants still cross over in one-to-one ratio with bioneered neuro-controllers. Walking ghosts. Zombies. Blinded by the flow of silver. Processed at a blinding pace, but still they come from door after door, drawn by signals we cannot really hear. Do they know what awaits them?

2. Maybe it was microscopic. Maybe it was right in front of them. Millions of these sensors monitoring the golden strands have been

I’m off the intertubes until Monday, but talk amongst yourselves in the meantime. Here are books I’ve received recently.

Read or heard anything about them?

If not, what’ve you been reading?

I may check in from the road during the weekend.

Just posting a couple of things from the old blog here, in edited form, to get them under writer tips on the new blog��

Over the past 20 years, I’ve had the opportunity to teach fiction writing in one-on-one and group situations, through email critiques, various literary festivals, writer workshops like Clarion, and teen summer camps like Shared Worlds.

I really enjoy teaching because I like to be of use and I genuinely enjoy the interaction with beginning writers. However, teaching also re-teaches

Thrilled to hear Kirsten . A new story from her is always a major event.

Evil Monkey:

Idjut.

Jeff:

Moron.

Evil Monkey:

Cretin.

Jeff:

Martian.

Evil Monkey:

Martian?

Jeff:

It rhymes with cretin.

Evil Monkey:

No it doesn’t.

Jeff:

Cretian.

Evil Monkey:

I’ve decided I don’t like peoples much any more.

Jeff:

Me neither.

Evil Monkey:

Ya wanna ban some?

Jeff:

What’ll that do?

Evil Monkey:

Ya know, ya say, “I won’t read so-and-so.�� Or “I won’t listen to so-and-so.��

Jeff:

Like, “I won’t read Britney Spears��?

Evil Monkey:

Er, kinda.

Jeff:
I won’t listen to Matt Staggs�� polka band anymore. He h

Why do I buy from ? Because they’re awesome people and they always pack their books with special care.

I never get a damaged book.

I never get a book that even remotely looks like it ever even touched the sides of the box it was in. Always nicely wrapped.

Even inside the wrapping, they understand that, for example, not having the books all facing the same way helps protect them.

They also always find what I need. (Under the Raymond’s are two books I bought at Davis-Kidd in Memphis and then tw