Pic of the Day

New Book!

NW: Homecoming Games

First Draft

48023 of 150000 Words (32%) complete

Next Ebook

NetWalkers

Final Edit

495 of 718 pages (69%) complete

New Book on Hold

BRM II

First Draft

3750 of 120000 words (3%) complete

Blank Acid Free Bookplates (labels)...FOUND!

http://www.vernonlibrarysupplies.com/labels-protectors-post-its/general-purpose-labels.html

Acid free paper and paste! I have some on order. When we get them in, we’ll offer a variety of designs! YAYAYAYAY

For those looking to personalize a library…they’re a great deal.

Hmmm…on that note…would any of you be interested in designs you could download all formatted for these sheets (they’re standard avery sizes as well, tho avery is not acid free)  “from the library of” kind of thing? I could do them as WP, Word, PS, and PSP files….In all my copious spare time….But you could download and print from your program of choice, adding whatever information you wanted … Your name, from the library of…whatever.

If there’s a cover or a theme…or even pix from the garden….

Just curious….

Biochemical Beauty

Tulips

Slideshow

Shu's new Anti-Meatloaf Device

I apologize for the quality. My camera doesn’t do very good video to begin with, and it was running out of juice. But there’s only one first time, so this is as good as we’ve got! Still…pretty cute!

I’m speechless

I was up on mobileread trying to figure how to hack my kindle screensaver when I came across this article.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173809

Books going to public domain 25 years after publication? whether or not the author is dead? What are these people thinking?

This notion that fully developed ideas are no different than the seeds of ideas which authors turn into stories is what is driving the increasingly blatant infringement of  copyright. Open piracy, tacitly endorsed by Amazon’s laxidaisical follow up to a complaint of same is one thing. Then there’s hollywood’s attitude that they can steal plot lines and causalities with impunity from published novels…because no author has the money to take them on…and if you say anything, the fans of the show rise up and defend the copyright infringer!?!

Now this. Why should the profits from a novel be any different, inheritance-wise, than the profits from a corporation? Why is physical property somehow more “owned” than the rights to creative work? (as one poster implies)

I’m…speechless. And I really don’t want to get involved in this discussion…can’t afford the distraction, but I tell you…it makes me not only angry, but sad.

For the Pony Lovers!

Three amazing videos:

Vanye’s Heaven:

Sergei’s Baby:

Serious Hair Alert:

Have fun!

Get 'em while they're hot! More Books at Closed Circle!

Chernevog and my short story Moonlover and the Fountain of Blood went up today! YAYAYAY


Chernevog

CJC: Chernevog

Moonlover cover

My Moonlover and the Fountain of Blood

And while you’re at it, pick up Lynn Abbey’s FABULOUS take on time-bending urban fantasy!

Time Bundle

Lynn's Time Books

Derek strikes again...

That guy can choreograph a passo!!!!! This has been such a good season.

Sorry to have been so boring here, folks, but my life’s been a bit boring. It’s not that I’m not having, like, deep insightful thoughts, but every time I start to put together a meaningful post, it starts getting all long and involved and using way too many neurons. Homecoming Games is temporarily on hiatus, cuz I’m focusing on ‘NetWalkers’ edits and covers, and when I’m not doing that, I’m weeding until I can hardly move. Don’t know why, but I’m having a hard time getting the body in shape this spring. Has me kinda frustrated….especially as I have a big load of basalt micro chips coming in tomorrow AM. I really need to get the last of the bare areas covered before we leave for MisCon, or we’ll come back to a jungle.efu

I so can’t wait until I’m caught up and can settle into something approaching a regular writing schedule with CC caught up and household projects that fit in the cracks. :D

Anyway…I’ve got the first part (Partners) of ‘NetWalkers done and am well into the second half (Of Mimetrons and Mentors). It’s a tricky edit because it’s seen so many incarnations now that I have to make sure all the pieces are there. It’s a different kind of story, and it needs to be …  compelling rather than exciting…if that makes any sense.

I came up with what I think it a pretty good blurb for the first part, tho:

Wesley Smith has come to Vandereaux Academy with two goals: to find the perfect partner . . . and to change the universe. But not just any partner. A Design Programming Partner.
Changing the universe? That’s the easy part.
But there are those who like the universe just as it is . . . and they’ll stop at nothing to keep him from finding that partner. . . .

Hmmm…still needs editing for snap. But … something like.

Meantime…Carolyn has the pond in beautiful shape.

And tomorrow…Chernevog goes up.

That’s all the words I have left for today. Sorry….

Adding a page

I really want to do the pic of the day, thing, but it didn’t really work combining it with my regular blog, so I’ve given it a page of its own. We’ll see now if I can keep it up. The first is pretty fuzzy, but it was just too cute not to put up.

Meantime, I’m really and truly prepping ‘NetWalkers  for publishing! Chernevog is ready and we’ll put it up the first of May. It’s a new publication, so if you belong to a group that has “best releases of the month” or anything like that, it’d be fabulous if you’d read/review and see if we can get it on one of those lists!

Now…back to ‘NetWalkers…

Garden of Cosmic Speculation

This is so incredibly cool. I want to go! It’s a long video, but the singularity/black hole plaza is sooooo cool! I love the idea of coming out in the white hole to eat dinner…I wonder how many gardeners he employs to keep it up….

For more info:
Charles Jencks website

google images

And my new goal in life: to visit the 10 most beautiful gardens in the world!

Actually…I’d really be content with the first five…Please go check out the site! I’ve stolen their pix cuz I’m afraid of losing them and forgetting my goal….