I think that Valentine’s Day is pretty useless. However, yesterday was a fabulous Seeing-my-husband-for-the-first-time-in-three-weeks Day!
Gustav Klimt: The Kiss, 1907-1908
The Kiss
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Monthly Archives: February 2015
Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling Has Been Released!
It’s official: Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling is now available for your reading pleasure!
Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling
You can buy a gorgeous paperback at Amazon or an e-book via Smashwords. The anthology is full of wonderful stories by great writers; the introduction is by Brian Keene. Please spread the word!
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“The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.”-George Orwell
[Book Nerd Links] At the Museum of London, the City That Sherlock Holmes Knew
At the Museum of London, the City That Sherlock Holmes Knew [The New York Times]
Looks interesting!
Daily Diversion #252: I’m with the Band
Why not?
I’m with the Band
Ten Years Gone: Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller died on 10 February 2005.
“The very impulse to write springs from an inner chaos crying for order–for meaning.”-Arthur Miller
Daily Diversion #251: Ohio Sunset
Ohio Sunset. 7 February.
I snapped this photo with my phone camera, out of the window of a fast-moving car. The colours–turquoise, orange, pink– were incredibly vivid in person.
This Portrait of Colette is the Loveliest Thing You’ll See All Day
Colette by Jacques Humbert, circa 1896
Check Out a Q&A I Did Over at Fossil Lake!
Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling comes out later this month. In the meantime, you can check out a Q&A I did over on the anthology’s official blog. It was fun!
If you’d like to know some world-shattering tidbits about yours truly, such as my favourite aquatic-themed entertainment*, then head on over to Fossil Lake. While you’re there, be sure to read the entertaining profiles of my fellow Refossileers.
Refossileer Spotlight, Day 11-Alicia Austen
*Do you think it is…?
A. Cavorting at the beach
Gloria Swanson and Phyllis Haver
B. Whatever this is
Marine animals, fish and otters on the beach overlooking a bay with sailing boat and mountain in the distance by Jan van Kessel the Elder
C. Gaudy Esther Williams musicals
Esther Williams
Just Because I Like This Photo of Rex Beach, Writer and Olympic Medalist
Rex Beach
Rex Beach wrote many popular novels and plays, including the spectacularly successful The Spoilers (1906). This work alone has been adapted for film five times. He also won a silver medal at the 1904 Olympics. Event: Men’s (Team Competition) Water Polo. He committed suicide in 1949.
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