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Onward at the Speed of Light!

Onward at the Speed of Light!

Or at least of a thundering herd of turtles. Turtleduck Press marches on. Real Life has taken some casualties, as it does, but TDP goes on. The teaser site goes up ASAP, and the real site is to be up November 1st. My Knight Errant, CA’s Life as a Moving Target and Kit’s Hidden Worlds […]

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DUCK!

DUCK!

I think the first video game I ever played was the one that came with our first computer. I don’t recall the name of it. It was a space-flying game, and you were supposed to use warp speed or some such to dart about the galaxy defending your bases from the bad guys. Generally I

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All or Nothing Again

All or Nothing Again

Latest high-fructose corn syrup study generates buzz, debate – CNN.com. (CNN) — Acolytes of “Food Rules” guru Michael Pollan and other well-meaning foodies who’ve made corn a scapegoat for the nation’s health crises have welcomed a new study from Princeton University that suggests high-fructose corn syrup causes more significant weight gain than table sugar. But

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An Elaborate Complaint

I’m a Pisces. I may not practice astrology, but I’m aware of the theory, and I can tell you–I am so a Pisces. A book I was reading recentlyยน started the explanations of the signs with a lightbulb joke to illuminate (hee hee) the personalities of the signs. How many Aries does it take to

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Back to Nature

I’m pretty sure I’ve never blogged about cooking before. I don’t mind cooking if conditions are right, and I make a mean cheesecake if I get the urge, but it’s not something I care to chat about usually. Maybe I’ll do it a bit more often if I talk about it. Lately I’ve been trying

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DSED Day 18: Sanity Rears its Ugly Head

I need to come to a decision. My goal for the Doomy Summer of Editing DOOM is not working out. Mad goals are fun, but when I’m sacrificing quality for crazy, that’s a problem. Especially when it’s making me stressed and miserable. The problem isn’t my procrastinating–that’s a symptom. The fact is that when dealing

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Must Write Faster

James Scott Bell (Plot and Structure, Editing and Revision, and the Art of War for Writers which I must get my hands on soon) just gave me permission to project-hop. I wonder if it’ll work. I’ve always figured that urge to bounce to the next project was my muses being lazy and tossing out distractions.

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