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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!

Good writing day today at Side Street & downtown @kaladibrothers Also saw some of the Iditarod teams staging on G St outside Side Street #fb # @Metafrantic I vote give some time to your own writing. Maybe b/c that’s what I’m doing too (except my writing, not yours) # @Inked_Tigress What channel is that on? in [...]
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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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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-18: Senatorial soul-searching

Per U.S. Census Bureau, percent of people who speak English less than “very well” in Alaska: 4.8%…. Sarah…? http://bit.ly/9dbArD # RT: @jamielang: Yay for breakup! // Just our annual “fake breakup.” But I like it anyway. # Sexting & “what it means to be a girl.” Here’s Christianism for you – do I hear “Handmaid’s [...]
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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 of my fave books! #fb #
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-12: Annual birthday present

My annual birthday present: getting off work in February to find some light still in the sky. And a whole bunch of other tweets.
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Building Consensus

How editing Wikipedia & a fictional Martian constitutional convention influenced the Consensus government in my novel(s)-to-be. Yep, & consensus would be a better way to run our own world too, yep.
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Good for my worldbuilding, bad for my world

One tool for inventing an imaginary story universe in science fiction is extrapolating from the present into the future. Granting corporations lots of extra power as the Supreme Court did recently is very good for my worldbuilding. But is very bad for the world I actually live in.
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Crossed Genres anthology released — complete w/ my story “Cold”

My story "Cold," from my novel-in-progress of the same title, is appearing again — this time in Crossed Genres' Year One anthology, which collects stories from each of the magazine's first twelve issues.
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