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Monthly Archives: July 2007

The women that women don’t see

Monday, July 30, 2007

For the past month, every day at lunch I’ve gone down to the company cafeteria with a copy of “James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon” tucked under my arm. Today I finally finished the book. Is it embarrassing or stupid to say that I got a little teary-eyed at the end? [...]

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Blindsided by a story

Friday, July 20, 2007

Diorama Heaven 004 Originally uploaded by Livia Llewellyn. Yep, that’s pretty much what happened. Two days ago I was riding home on the Hudson Light Rail, and while I was staring out over at the river and the skyline of Manhattan, an entire story dropped into my head. This rarely happens – in fact, this [...]

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Two birds, one stone

Friday, July 13, 2007

The Morning Walk to Work 8 Originally uploaded by Livia Llewellyn. Last night I had a “Drink ‘n’ Bitch” session in Manhattan with Robert Levy (if you can’t figure out what we did, then you’re beyond all hope ). Among other things, we talked about my upcoming novel – and in the throws of a [...]

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What’s up next

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

About a month ago, I received a very complimentary rejection from Maxim Jakubowski, who regretted not being able to include “At the Edge of Ellensburg” in The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica – it was just too long for the anthology. He did mention that he’d read it prior to my sending it to [...]

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Half-year check-in

Thursday, July 5, 2007

One of my goals for this year was to have at least as many sales as last year – three. About a half an hour ago, I found out that my third story of the year has been accepted for publication (I can’t reveal it yet, sorry). If I count the reprint sale of “Brimstone [...]

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Ego, you’ve been served

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

So, the secret project is completed and has been submitted. And I’ve been thinking about what to start next, and realized I wanted to start working on a new novel. Two days ago I posted this on Livejournal, along with a short description of what it’d be about. Let me share with you the one [...]

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