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Lost in the Clouds

A friend of mine recently complained about the show Lost: “It just seems like they don’t know what they’re doing.  Nothing relates.” Well, this might be true, but I’d suggest that for a television show with a shooting schedule, stars…

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Dry and Getting Drier . . .

Spend some time here; forget the naysayers (and some of them, friends of mine, think that because the water’s always been there, it always will be); buzz over to Delano’s gallery; think about how rapidly the climate is changing–and then…

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Dexter Season 4 Finale — Growth through Loss

I have never commented on a show–or even this one–before, but I will now because the finale raises so many interesting questions in terms of what a writer might choose to do at this point. And, yeah, I love the…

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What’s a Good Jewish Girl to Do . . .

As some of you know, I live in a small village in rural Wisconsin, and ours is the only mezuzah in town.  Now, there is a pretty good-sized town just four miles away, and that was once a pretty vibrant…

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VECTOR now out

My short story, “Vector,” is now out in Battletech Classic : 25 Years of Art and Fiction.  A very classy book, indeed–my local librarian is tickled pink. Great cover art, too:

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Drawing in the Dark

So it’s been quite awhile since I wrote anything that wasn’t my WIP. That book–SWEET–is done now and, following one of Heinlein’s rules, out the door. The book was extraordinarily difficult for me to write, not just because of the…

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Food is Love

So, my no-good, very bad day: I’ve been hip-deep in the new book and I’m in the dreaded middle third, where things do not come easily and I routinely tell my husband that the new book stinks, my writing stinks,…

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Dolphin Petition

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“The Cove”: A Horrifying Tale About Japan’s Dolphins

I’d read about this movie in the New York Times last week.  The movie’s out now and I’m hopeful you’ll be as appalled about this story as I am.  I urge everyone to read about this issue and take the…

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