Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs is as good as I hoped it would be. It’s a novel about loyalty–complications, conflict, compassion, hope. I don’t want to mention any spoilers, but a couple of books ago the series shook me. With Silver Borne I’m back enjoying the paranormal world Briggs has created–vivid and coherent. The characters…

This article raises the question whether botox treatment (by eliminating the face’s ability to register emotion) decreases a person’s emotional experience. So you frown less and (possibly) want to frown less–but what about smiles and happy moods? [found link via Mind Hacks]

BoingBoing posts a chat with Henry Jenkins. I’m trying to get my head around this way of viewing media. I doubt I have the right terminology, but this active engagement of people with books, tv, movies, games, blogs, tweets, websites, whatever reminds me of Postmodernism’s critique that we are co-creators of the experience we consume.…

But I’ve got it to display The Price of Freedom cover and slightly re-arranged the My Books page. Having another cup of coffee on the strength of this achievement. Now I’ll have to learn how to pop a permanent link on this blog. Truly, a writer’s work is never done 😉

To say I’m happy with The Price of Freedom cover is an understatement. The cover is stunning.