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August 2012 - fpw - 09-02-2012
7/28-8/4 - reading in Nantucket:
HUNTRESS MOON by Alexandra Sokoloff - excellent thriller. Highly recommended [URL="http://tinyurl.com/brlo4h9;"]http://tinyurl.com/brlo4h9;
[/URL] CLOVENHOOF - a very funny novel by Heide Goody and Iain Grant: Satan trying to adjust to suburbia. Hilarious. http://tinyurl.com/c2h639w
7/28-8/4 - eating in Nantucket: lobster tails, grilled shrimp, crab legs, salad, and local corn in nantucket http://twitpic.com/aer69e; and where's the beef? twitpic.com/adybp2
8/4 - received payment for my contribution to BOOKS TO DIE FOR http://twitpic.com/afrn6u - haven't opened it yet. Will probably wait till Half St. Patrick's Day in mid-Sept.
8/5 - had an unwanted epiphany that showed me a whole new way to start DARK CITY. Gonna cause all sorts of ripples but I can't ignore it.
8/7 - this ‘Best Olympic Commentary Ever’ is pretty foony - http://tinyurl.com/9shkfg8
8/8 - a super overview of my 3rd collection (no I didn't write it): http://tinyurl.com/8c8tu5l
8/8 - triffid alert: http://tinyurl.com/8arbp3t ...but I have special glasses to protect me: http://www.retroplanet.com/PROD/25348
8/9 - this Mars panorama is very trippy - get it started and leave it going http://panoramas.dk/mars/greeley-haven.html
8/10 - finished DARE ME by Megan Abbott. Beth is one of the most complex, fascinating, and scary characters I've encountered in a long time.
8/11 - you need to see this pic.twitter.com/7bFh82Yv
8/12 - yay! Coffee drinkers live longer: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1112010
8/15 - RIP Harry Harrison. Very sorry to hear this. We met only a few times in person, but I read him extensively and there’s a bit of Slippery Jim DiGriz in Repairman Jack.
8/17 - Sharks edit "Jaws" (they cut the last 3 minutes) http://tinyurl.com/9te5pov
8/19 - Hey, folks, take a sec to contribute to the Tesla Museum. I did. You're in for as little as $3 http://www.indiegogo.com/teslamuseum
8/20 - um, does this spider remind you of something? http://tinyurl.com/9xtcohu
8/22 - BOOKS TO DIE FOR - This could get crowded fast, so you might want to RSVP early: http://tinyurl.com/8he6twv
8/23 - if you think ebooks have shaken things up, wait till you see e-guns http://tinyurl.com/9ja58mw
8/24 Great news! "Monsters Inc." prequel! Teaser trailer here: http://tinyurl.com/8fsmdjx
8/25 - very annoying because my story "The Barrens" is in development, now this junk thing comes along. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2050633/ Now we need a new title.
8/27 - early review of COLD CITY - http://www.countgore.com/Tomb.htm
8/29 - has China found the future of publishing? http://gu.com/p/3365b/tw
8/30 - heading for Hawaii to speak at the Spellbinders Conference http://www.spellbindersconference.com/
8/30 - amazing what you can accomplish writing-wise during 11 hours on a plane with no phone or Internet
8/31 - from my hotel room’s lanai: you can juuuust see Diamond Head peeking over at that building http://twitpic.com/apkpqo