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WEASELable doubt! I think I know the name of the next Dilber Collection. Also, I never, ever do this for meetings, EVER.

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I'd take this some days.

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Pretty accurate depiction.

Weight-loss before-and-after, transformation photos taken only an hour apart

I tried this, but always look like "before."

Over at the Huffington Post, personal trainer Andrew Dixon has a post warning that many trendy diets and exercise programs are just tricky marketing gimmicks. To prove his point, he showed how he could take the kind of picture that would be considered a "...

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The Best iPhone 5 Battery Cases Compared

I've been recommending Mophie Juice pack battery/case to any iPhone user who'll listen. Read this to find out about four other good options as well.

The iPhone has always had reasonable battery life, but as the power of the chip inside as increased, Apple has struggled to keep endurance from falling behind. The small, thin iPhone 5 only has so much room, and a small battery almost always leads to modest talk time. Buying a battery case is the ea...

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It's funny because it's douchey and true.

Status Update:

There is only one proper name for the baby who will be the future king, and we all know what it is: Ralph.

Kids Who Grow Up Using iPads Have Restricted Vocabularies

This may be the dumbest damn tech-fear-mongering story I've ever read. "Our brains are hardwired to learn new words when we hear others use them in conversation. But as children increasingly learn through devices instead of listening to others they do not get the opportunity to hear a wide range of words." Imagine the hullabaloo when the printing press came out: "Why, our children will be READING! How will they learn to speak??" An iPad can TALK BACK. Idiots.

Not that they'll be reading this, of course.

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This is how I'll phrase it from now on.

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I like to tell people they need to fix their PC's Thurman Unit. No matter what's really wrong.

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Hate living close to Sithrak Witnesses. 

Status Update:

Watching Orphan Black. Guy says "Rio de Janerio." Ear-clogged Lindsay says "What? Reorientation hemorrhoid?"

Sad Statistics!

Wow, is this depressing. Someone take a kid aside today and tell them: they can say (and report and worship and petition and assemble) the way they want.

--The Newseum Institute released the results of their annual survey about the First Amendment this week, revealing a disturbing statistic ...


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Queen Victoria reads

Queen Victoria reads GRRM. via Comics about Stuff

I feel the same way

I feel the same way about desert heat. via Comics about Stuff

I resemble that rema

I resemble that remark. via Comics about Stuff

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It's 6pm and I'm still writing. Not sure if that's a win. -- July 16, 2013 at 06:01PM

Don't let Red Robots

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Thanks for the Help

I'm giving away hundreds--hopefully thousands--of copies of the KALI ebook yesterday and today and have to thank some people and sites for helping spread the word:

Jen Meyers! https://mobile.twitter.com/jmeyersbooks/status/264728790335365122

Free ebooks Daily! https://twitter.com/FreeEbooksDaily/

Free Kindle Books and Tips: http://www.fkbooksandtips.com/2012/11/02/4-free-kindle-book-offers-3/

Kindle nation Daily! http://kindlenationdaily.com/

The eReader Cafe! http://www.theereadercafe.com/2012/11/fridays-extra-batch-4-kindle-freebies-1.html

I'll list more as I catch 'em. Thanks for the help.

A Trip to the World of Fantasy (Con), and a Free KALI!

I know, I know, worst blogger ever. I used to be good at this stuff, I swear. But now there's something to tell:

ITEM! Tomorrow I leave for Toronto Canada and at 4:30pm I'll be reading from my books at WORLD FANTASY CON! If you want to hear my voice read my words, then you should come. Of course, it helps to have paid $200 to be a "member" of WFC, but hey. 

ITEM! Tomorrow and through Saturday, KALI: THE GHOSTING OF SEPULCHER BAY is free. That's right, just like I did a couple months ago to coincide with the WorldCon show in Chicago, I'm giving KALI away during WFC. Mostly though, it won't be con-goers grabbing it, but people on the Internets who see the link and like YA ghost stories. So, if you're so inclined, spread the word. I'll be your biggest fan. 

ITEM! My other book, BETA TEST, is still only 99 cents on Amazon Kindle. But for how long?? I dunno. Seriously, no idea. 

ITEM! I need to go to sleep. I gotta drive to Canada tomorrow. Glad I was able to get the safe open and get my passport out. 

Last Day of Worldcon, Last Day of Free KALI

I've been at Chicon 7, this year's Worldcon sci-fi/fantasy show, for a couple of days and it's been a whirlwind. Which is no surprise, it always is. Today is my last day here and it's a biggie -- this afternoon at 4pm I've got a reading! So if you are here in Chicago attending the show, please stop by.

It's also the last day I'm GIVING AWAY KALI.  That's right, the books' been free for a couple days and will continue to be a free Kindle download until Midnight (Pacific Time) tonight. So if you want to give the book a download, now's the time to do it.

Guest Blog Post Means You Could Win a Free BOOK!

I got to guest post on Chuck Sambuchino's Guide To Literary Agents Blog (part of WritersDigest.com) today, even though I don't have an agent. I wrote 7 Things I've Learned So Far, all my knowledge of writing to date. ALL OF IT. And if you comment on that blog post in the next two weeks, you could win a free print copy of BETA TEST. (Yes, I still happily pimp my first novel, not just KALI.) (You can only win if you're from the U.S. or Canada.)

Speaking of KALI--hopefully big doings for that book in a couple of days as I swoop into Chicago to attend WorldCon.

Try a Sample Chapter of KALI

Sure, you can visit the Amazon page for KALI: The Ghosting of Sepulcher Bay and view a sample page or more.

But if you're prefer, here's a link to a PDF file that includes the entire first chapter! Take look at what Kali would look like if it were a print book.

KALI is OUT!

Here's some big news... My new book is out.


It's called Kali: The Ghosting of Sepulcher Bay, my first foray into the world of YA (that "young adult" in case you missed the crappy movie with Charlize Theron). It's the tale of a 15-year-old girl named Kaliope "Kali" Stergakos who has a severe ghost problem. In that they happen to possess her body when she sleeps. And that's not even the worst thing she's got to deal with.

This book is exclusively available at Amazon for the Kindle. At some point I'll go into why I decided to essentially become my own publisher with this book (part of the reason: I love this book, and I think other people will too). And why I went with Kindle Direct Publishing as the platform to start with. Eventually, I will likely expand the book to other ebook platforms, but that's a few months away.

So, please, if you own a Kindle ebook reader, or any devices that supports the Kindle reader software – an iPhone, iPad, Android phone, even a full-fledged computer running Mac or Windows, they all have Kindle software available—I hope you'll give KALI a try. At only $2.99 I think it's priced right and if you like some rollicking good teen adventure with some ghostly chills, it should be just your ticket.

Listen to me Live (with Tamaria)

I recorded an interview about BETA TEST -- and my upcoming new launch, coming soon! -- on Live with Tamaria!  We had some technical difficulties,but you know... that's just what life is. Technical difficulties, with occasionally getting things done.  Listen to it here.