why am i blogging on a saturday afternoon (bits)

let's start with some good news from jeannine hall gailey: Kitsune Books, a wonderful publisher down in Florida of all kinds of speculative lit, has decided to accept my Japanese-folk-tale-and-anime-themed manuscript, She Returns to the Floating World, for publication...
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i have to work today. outside in the garden department. under the hot sun. oh lord.
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those curtains of bones swaying on stilts
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i'm hosting an open mic reading next week at the cantomundo retreat. should i be a funny host or a lets-go-team host? or a mix of the both? should i wear a bow tie?
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james allen hall: premonition
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jeannine hall gailey (again!) reviews: karyna mcglynn
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oh the sun!