2/1 - in Chicago for Love is Murder. Tasted many scotches and bourbons at Joe Konrath's last night. For me the stars were 18-yr-old Yamazaki and 23-yr-old Pappy VanWinkle
2/2 - received in email - excellent advice for men
2/2 - is it a sin that I love Dave Barry?
2/3 - If anyone is curious about the Borderlands Boot Camp for Writers experience, check out this blog.
2/4 - back from Chicago. I need a truckload of Brioschi, if you catch my meaning.
2/5 - So cool. Just like the toys I bought the kids for Christmas (I assume these have better controls)
2/6 - my Pellucidar novelette "The Dead World" will appear in THE WORLDS OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS this Oct. Here's the ToC. I found a cool site called Pulp-O-Mizer that I used to design a cover for it.
2/7 - Words of the year - 2012: http://tinyurl.com/ad3zl8z
2/8 - just accepted an offer from Audible to license audio adaptations of REBORN, REPRISAL, THE FIFTH HARMONIC, and SIMS
2/9 - Someone should write a tell-all book about Mos, the lost Isley brother banned from the group for refusing to drop the E from his surname.
2/9 - Decided to give Netflix's "House of Cards" a try last night - wound up watching 5 hours straight. Going back or more tonight.
2/10 - for all you audio lovers: Brilliance just sent me new CDs and mp3s of THE TOMB, LEGACIES, CONSPIRACIES, ALL THE RAGE, and COLD CITY.
2/11 - sketching out FEAR CITY, last of The Early Years Trilogy. I feared DARK CITY would run short; now I fear this will run too long.
2/12 - I'm not a big candy/chocolate fan, but this stuff...this stuff...
2/13 - Top 10 Best Pro-Science Celebrities:
2/13 - contract signed for a novella, "Renascence" by Rhodi Hawk & yrs trly) in Chris Golden's anthology DARK DUETS from Harper (prolly 2014)
2/16 - "Choosing my Religion" - wasn't that an REM song? http://tinyurl.com/ajuc6ex
2/18 - "Downton Abbey" - Every time I see Brit royalty hunting I think of Wilde: "The unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible."
2/19 - "This is my Rape Whistle" - I can't help loving this
2/20 - The hexagonal cloud structure at Saturn's north pole is already creepy. But what if it had SEVEN sides? AIYEEEEEE!
2/21- Fanucci to publish THE TOMB in Italy next year. Jack's been in every other European language, but this'll be his first time in Italian
2/24 - spending the day with the copyedited ms of DARK CITY. My last chance to fine tune it. My copyeditor (I'd name her but not sure she wants to be identified) did her usual excellent job (including fact checks). It helps that she lives in NYC.
2/25 - I got the same letter...
2/26 - REALLY bad weather in the Midwest today...
2/28 - made my annual hadj to the accountant today. Result: I owe more than I did last year.
2/2 - received in email - excellent advice for men
2/2 - is it a sin that I love Dave Barry?
2/3 - If anyone is curious about the Borderlands Boot Camp for Writers experience, check out this blog.
2/4 - back from Chicago. I need a truckload of Brioschi, if you catch my meaning.
2/5 - So cool. Just like the toys I bought the kids for Christmas (I assume these have better controls)
2/6 - my Pellucidar novelette "The Dead World" will appear in THE WORLDS OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS this Oct. Here's the ToC. I found a cool site called Pulp-O-Mizer that I used to design a cover for it.
2/7 - Words of the year - 2012: http://tinyurl.com/ad3zl8z
2/8 - just accepted an offer from Audible to license audio adaptations of REBORN, REPRISAL, THE FIFTH HARMONIC, and SIMS
2/9 - Someone should write a tell-all book about Mos, the lost Isley brother banned from the group for refusing to drop the E from his surname.
2/9 - Decided to give Netflix's "House of Cards" a try last night - wound up watching 5 hours straight. Going back or more tonight.
2/10 - for all you audio lovers: Brilliance just sent me new CDs and mp3s of THE TOMB, LEGACIES, CONSPIRACIES, ALL THE RAGE, and COLD CITY.
2/11 - sketching out FEAR CITY, last of The Early Years Trilogy. I feared DARK CITY would run short; now I fear this will run too long.
2/12 - I'm not a big candy/chocolate fan, but this stuff...this stuff...
2/13 - Top 10 Best Pro-Science Celebrities:
2/13 - contract signed for a novella, "Renascence" by Rhodi Hawk & yrs trly) in Chris Golden's anthology DARK DUETS from Harper (prolly 2014)
2/16 - "Choosing my Religion" - wasn't that an REM song? http://tinyurl.com/ajuc6ex
2/18 - "Downton Abbey" - Every time I see Brit royalty hunting I think of Wilde: "The unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible."
2/19 - "This is my Rape Whistle" - I can't help loving this
2/20 - The hexagonal cloud structure at Saturn's north pole is already creepy. But what if it had SEVEN sides? AIYEEEEEE!
2/21- Fanucci to publish THE TOMB in Italy next year. Jack's been in every other European language, but this'll be his first time in Italian
2/24 - spending the day with the copyedited ms of DARK CITY. My last chance to fine tune it. My copyeditor (I'd name her but not sure she wants to be identified) did her usual excellent job (including fact checks). It helps that she lives in NYC.
2/25 - I got the same letter...
2/26 - REALLY bad weather in the Midwest today...
2/28 - made my annual hadj to the accountant today. Result: I owe more than I did last year.
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