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My books on LT- The Weapon Makers by A. E. Van Vogt
- The Weapon Shops of Isher by A.e.van vogt
- Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 36, No. 7 (July 2012) by Sheila Williams
- New Avengers Vol. 2: Sentry by Brian Michael Bendis
- Huntress by Malinda Lo
- Enna Burning (Books of Bayern) by Shannon Hale
- The House on Durrow Street (The Magicians and Mrs. Quent) by Galen Beckett
- New Avengers, Vol. 1: Breakout (v. 1) by Brian Michael Bendis
- The Real Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Andrew Marr
- The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Category Archives: writing
Updatey thing
It seems like lately all I do is apologise for not posting. Must get better. Mum has been enjoying her visit so far. I think she’s feeling slightly at a loose end because she’s so far re-organised several cupboards and … Continue reading
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Stuff and stuff
In knitting news, the hat that was going to be my knit night project was far quicker to knit that anticipated. So quick that I finished it (and seamed it) last night. Oops. It’s beautiful, though, and only took one … Continue reading
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Stuff. And more stuff
The challenge thing is done barring the edits which I am just about to do. Yay me. The cats have discovered the joys of my bathroom and, thankfully, worked out how to get out of the bath as well as … Continue reading
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Musings
So I’m nearly done with writing for a challenge that I entered (I should make it just under the deadline). Hitting the word count has not been the problem. *Stopping*, that is proving to be the problem. What is it … Continue reading
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Interesting link on hypermobile hands
This blog article popped into my Google Alerts today: They should do all assistive technology this way. It’s interesting because the photos of the girl’s hands are remarkably familiar, particularly the way she holds a pen without her ring splints. … Continue reading
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Interesting article on the business side of writing
msagara writes a lot of interesting articles about writing, the writing business and the bookselling industry but she’s written a particularly interesting one today about the business of writing and choosing your writing area. Read it here because it’s the … Continue reading
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Weekend doings
Sometimes you have weekends where you get to the end not knowing what you’ve done with the time and not feeling like you’ve actually accomplished anything. Then there are other weekends where, even though you didn’t acheive anything particularly practical, … Continue reading
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What I have done this weekend, by ArcheryGirl
This weekend I have been remarkably productive: – Put in a huge update for the Quakers website. – Finished another two blanket patches, bringing my total tally up to 4 of 63. – Wrote a big chunk of Sensible Man … Continue reading
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I’m packed (I think)
Tomorrow I catch my flight to Canada, which means getting up at silly o’clock because we must be at Heathrow by 8am Or Else. This means that we’re giving ourselves lots and lots of time (90 minutes) to get there … Continue reading
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What have I been up to?
The last two weeks seem to have flown by and yet I’m not quite sure what I’ve actually achieved during them. I had a lovely weekend up in London, visiting my sister and buying pretty baubles in Liberty. Last weekend … Continue reading
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