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Blood sugar issues and The Door into Fire
So there we were in Nürnberg, aka Nuremberg, home of the polymath who drew hares and hands (does he make anybody else think of Alan Rickman in that first image, or is it just me?) and of my favorite shoemaker-poet-philosopher-opera star, and I was cussing out my handy. Excuse me: my mobile/cellphone/smartphone, for you English-speakers. [...]
Young Wizards in Canada, Part 2: Thank you, Kobo!
After the posting that went up yesterday on the unavailability of digital versions of the Young Wizards books in Canada, we had a really interesting response in the comments… Hi there, When we saw this blog post we contacted HMH directly to inquire about where Canadian rights for the Young Wizards series stand. They confirmed [...]
An ode to a certain Irish airline
The one that failed to get us home from the volcano last year. Yeah, that one. …Do not be drinking anything while you’re watching this.
In the “There is nothing new under the sun” dep’t
Like you didn’t already suspect this: In an Anglo-Saxon book of poetry kept at Exeter Cathedral, researchers from Britain’s Wolverhampton University have unearthed a joke that suggests the clichéd ribaldry of a millennium ago is awfully similar to what passes for humor today. The translation, as cited by the Telegraph, reads: “What hangs at a [...]
About the blogger
30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
That said, sometimes I want to talk about anything but writing. This is one place where that happens.
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