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megwrites1. The Top 10 Geeky Things You Don't Know About Romance Writers.
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fashionista_35 gets a mention for her Gambit love (which I share). I want to be her when I grow up.
2. I love The Book Barn. Despite the humidity this go, I found some real winners! My finds for this trip:
Snake Agent - Liz Williams
The Demon and the City - Liz Williams
The Becoming - Jeanne C. Stein
Heart of Stone - C.E. Murphy
Happy Hour at Casa Dracula - Marta Acosta
*The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market - John Gittings
*Colors of the Mountain - Da Chen
*The Woman Warrior - Maxine Hong Kingston
*The Rise of Modern China, Fifth Ed - Immanuel C.Y. Hsu
The starred books are those that I got for basic research on the UF!2Girls novel. The Book Barn had a surprisingly large section on Chinese history, though their selection was more skewed towards pre-1800's history. And while I find the Warring States Period fascinating, it's not as relevant to the material I'm writing as more modern, post-Revolution books are.
I didn't find any books on learning Mandarin, but I may have looked in the wrong area. I'm trying my best to learn as much about the language and get it in my headspace while I'm writing.
Right now, I can't competently say "hello" - but man it makes me miss school. I forgot how fun learning things is, especially when it's something you knew nothing about previously.
3. I have gone over to the dark side. Sorry, guys, they had cookies. And by dark side, I mean Twitter. Yes, I have a Twitter account, @wordroot. I've actually had it for a couple of weeks, but I haven't been using it as a blog or a social networking tool or anything. I've been using it more for a quick way to make small research notes and keep track of my progress on this novel as I go along. I don't expect it to be interesting to anyone, but I thought I'd let you know in case I friend you on there and you're all, "WTF? Who is this crazy person?"
Fear not, though. I will NOT EVER be shipping my Tweets to LJ. Nor will I be using Twitter as my main blogging venue. So if you hate Twitter, don't worry. I'll be keeping my peas and potatoes on separate sides of the plate.
Like I said, mostly just a tool for making quick notes which are easily put together in one source. Feel free to ignore it.
4. Yes, I have been keeping up with the epic race failings of Harlan Ellison and all the ways thatktempest is made out of pure awesome, and I'll make a post about it later when I won't be derailing or taking anything away. However, if you haven't heard about the situation, get the story straight from her. Also nojojojo has a really great post about the first letter he wrote and an even better breakdown of exactly what made Harlan Ellison's "apology" for the EPIC FAILURE.
Honestly, I hate to say it, but I'm not surprised. I'm sorry that Ms. Bradford had put up with this, that she had to deal with such rank, rancid unprofessionalism from someone who should know better. More than that, I'm sorry that this is not an isolated incident. This is not just Harlan-Being-Cranky. The thing I'm sorriest about is that this is part and parcel of the racism and sexism that embedded in SF/F as it stands, because it shouldn't be like that.
Like I said, a coherent post later. Go read those links, because they are written by far smarter ladies than I.
fashionista_35 gets a mention for her Gambit love (which I share). I want to be her when I grow up. 2. I love The Book Barn. Despite the humidity this go, I found some real winners! My finds for this trip:
Snake Agent - Liz Williams
The Demon and the City - Liz Williams
The Becoming - Jeanne C. Stein
Heart of Stone - C.E. Murphy
Happy Hour at Casa Dracula - Marta Acosta
*The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market - John Gittings
*Colors of the Mountain - Da Chen
*The Woman Warrior - Maxine Hong Kingston
*The Rise of Modern China, Fifth Ed - Immanuel C.Y. Hsu
The starred books are those that I got for basic research on the UF!2Girls novel. The Book Barn had a surprisingly large section on Chinese history, though their selection was more skewed towards pre-1800's history. And while I find the Warring States Period fascinating, it's not as relevant to the material I'm writing as more modern, post-Revolution books are.
I didn't find any books on learning Mandarin, but I may have looked in the wrong area. I'm trying my best to learn as much about the language and get it in my headspace while I'm writing.
Right now, I can't competently say "hello" - but man it makes me miss school. I forgot how fun learning things is, especially when it's something you knew nothing about previously.
3. I have gone over to the dark side. Sorry, guys, they had cookies. And by dark side, I mean Twitter. Yes, I have a Twitter account, @wordroot. I've actually had it for a couple of weeks, but I haven't been using it as a blog or a social networking tool or anything. I've been using it more for a quick way to make small research notes and keep track of my progress on this novel as I go along. I don't expect it to be interesting to anyone, but I thought I'd let you know in case I friend you on there and you're all, "WTF? Who is this crazy person?"
Fear not, though. I will NOT EVER be shipping my Tweets to LJ. Nor will I be using Twitter as my main blogging venue. So if you hate Twitter, don't worry. I'll be keeping my peas and potatoes on separate sides of the plate.
Like I said, mostly just a tool for making quick notes which are easily put together in one source. Feel free to ignore it.
4. Yes, I have been keeping up with the epic race failings of Harlan Ellison and all the ways that
ktempest is made out of pure awesome, and I'll make a post about it later when I won't be derailing or taking anything away. However, if you haven't heard about the situation, get the story straight from her. Also nojojojo has a really great post about the first letter he wrote and an even better breakdown of exactly what made Harlan Ellison's "apology" for the EPIC FAILURE.Honestly, I hate to say it, but I'm not surprised. I'm sorry that Ms. Bradford had put up with this, that she had to deal with such rank, rancid unprofessionalism from someone who should know better. More than that, I'm sorry that this is not an isolated incident. This is not just Harlan-Being-Cranky. The thing I'm sorriest about is that this is part and parcel of the racism and sexism that embedded in SF/F as it stands, because it shouldn't be like that.
Like I said, a coherent post later. Go read those links, because they are written by far smarter ladies than I.
