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The Mountain

Spine of the land thrust up / by the grinding of continents, you signify / the might of the planet. You glow like a lamp in the arctic summer. / Even in winter night do you shine. / You are never dark.’ In celebration of National Poetry Month. Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-28: Prizewinner

I guess I won a fiction prize worth $300, though I haven’t been officially informed yet. #fb # Finally did my Alaska PFD application: my very favoritest of socialist programs also enjoyed by Alaska Tea Partiers all over the state. … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-26: Two writers meet. One says, “I’m writing a novel” and the other says, “neither am I.”

Questions about changes to DADT answered : tweets from yesterday’s conference call by SistersTalk http://bit.ly/cnnf0k # I’m so proud of myself. I just said no to someone on a political activism matter b/c I’m putting my writing FIRST. #fb # … Continue reading

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A review of my story “Cold” brings up the question: What is LGBTQ literature?

A great review of the Crossed Genres Year One anthology. But for some reason the reviewer can’t figure out why my story ‘Cold’ with its two lesbian characters is labeled as LGBTQ fiction. Hello?

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Writing life: Politics short-term & long-term

There are several cool things I could do tonight of a (contemporary) political nature, but instead I’m going to work on my story involves a different kind of politics, in a society that governs itself by consent.

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Iditarod dogs (& a few humans too)

A photo slideshow of some of the Iditarod sled dog action on G Street, which was a staging ground for yesterday’s ceremonial start of the race. (Why G Street? Because I go writing at Side Street Espresso every Saturday.)

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-06: Iditarod!

A good writing day today at Side Street & downtown @kaladibrothers Also saw some of the Iditarod teams staging on G St outside Side Street.

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Storyminded

Two things bring on storymind tonight: a cool new blog called Science in My Fiction by my pals at Crossed Genres; & the story of murder, an interstellar spaceship, & Lord Shiva that I’m about to start working on.

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Writing life

A writer’s progress report: reading up for the design of Consensus in Cold & Long Dark; work on “Trading Shirts”; revision of “Itch” from Finer.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-15: One of my favorite books!

RT: @BJMuntain: RT @Buffyandrews “I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork.” –Peter De Vries # Yay, I have a Solitaire by @kelleyeskridge again, yay! My previous copy got misplaced, good to have it again. One … Continue reading

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