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Alien Questions
So I was thinking … say a spaceship landed in the street and an alien wandered into the yard intent on conversation (and possessing a xenotranslating gadget or some such nonsense), what questions would it ask and what questions would I ask it? ‘Cour…
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Writing Update
Do you remember I mentioned the possibility of a demon and djinni story? Well, I just can’t make the myth-altering work. My demon will have to sink back into my subconscious until I can find a twist to the myth to enable her to love (and for readers to…
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Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews
Last week I read Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews (twice. What can I say? It’s good).What interests me is that it’s book 5 in a series, yet fresh. Strong voice and fast pacing are part of the reason. But I think the stand out factor is the character develo…
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Not Hobbit Homes…
By Roland zh (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons Amazing underground houses. Weirdomatic has a photo collection of underground and weird houses that are totally awesome. People who can imagine the fantastic and then build it have my sin…
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Kestrel, a car made of hemp
Totally bizarre. A car made of hemp. Meet the Kestrel.The article mentions Henry Ford’s interest in hemp in cars, which reminds me of a Phoebe Atwood Taylor novel from WWII in which one of her characters says they’ll know the world is back to normal wh…