too very cool. My favorites are the snake and the earthworm—the former mingles with the solid and the latter cuts a path.

I think it's a European squirrel. They have the tufty ears.

WOW. It's a good thing I never aspired to fashion, because Madame Obama would send me fleeing to a cave, never to emerge.

I heard a teeny tiny buzzing noise. What that the sound of the pre-smack don'tgiveafuck insect?

or try any of the movies based on the *real* 47 Ronin (or read the book). There are three crises in the story, whether Kira will drive the young lord to draw his blade, whether the 47 will avenge their master, and whether the Shogun will have them executed per the new law or permit them to commit seppuku.

This wasn't about what's been going on over police brutality, or he wouldn't have selected officers of color. He wouldn't have shot his girlfriend. Killers with a message want to present the message, they don't commit suicide (unless their message is a lot bigger). He's a murderer who wanted to be noticed. Whether…

They've made the page unavailable. SOP.

it would be nice to see books written in the last twenty years. And by women,even. Yes, I saw the LeGuin. It's from the 60s, fer cryin out loud.

I belong to science fiction/fantasy fandom, and except for having to re-allocate some money for expenses like diapers and houses once we reach certain points in our careers, and perhaps dropping out for a while till the kids are a little older, most of us don't leave fandom. Most of us don't even consider leaving…

::evil grin:: I live to ruin fan lives. Seriously, I would have loved to have this out sooner, but life crises (kittens abandoned on my front porch, illness, travel) and my editor's and my sick need to get fans the best and most screech-able books possible intervened. I think . . . I'm not sure, but I think you…

Hullo, misai, and thanks for the good words! I'm a re-reader, too, so I know what a compliment it is when someone says she re-reads my books! (I'm excited for the new duet? duology?, so I'd better get back to work. Much trouble to lower young Arram into...) }8-)

I'm hoping devoutly you will think it's worth the wait!

::gently closing door:: You are going to get it. Right now the watchword is, "Don't let him light any candles!"

Thank you so much for the good words! I was reading an e-mail from my writer friend Jane Lindskold, who mentioned she was reading "the article on i09", which confused me utterly, because I didn't know of such an article. I whipped right over here, and am utterly delighted and flattered. Just so you know, I'm…

There are new Lioness covers, in the stores now, or you can check the bookstore websites for them. They're a major change.

I'm workin' on it, I'm workin' on it! First draft's in—it started as one book, now it's two. I believe—I am nearly certain—you will find it worth the wait!

It has a ring to it, I do confess. Except zombies have pieces of flesh dropping off that go squelch when you step on them. You want Seanan McGuire for that. I liked the sheer "Get me outa here!" weirdness of humongous skeletons like armored tanks marching through the arched marble halls.

so we celebrate (mostly) women taking shots at other women as something to emulate? Because they are rich/famous/look like a celebrity/are too plump/are too skinny/are just there? Because this gets us and them ahead in the world how?

I never got the Old Navy appeal. One, everyone wears it, and 2) their clothes are even more insipid than Banana Republic.

These nice people haven't been around the little darlings that were dumped on my porch over the last ten days.