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Archive for August, 2007

The writer is the last to know

Monday, August 6th, 2007

As you know, our pal Barry Lyga’s debut novel, The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, came out last year. His second novel, Boy Toy (more on that in a minute) was scheduled to come out late September. Then he heard it was mid-September. Okay, so that’s nice. We can [...]

The (approx.) Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Hi. I smelled really, really bad until a short bit ago. I just thought I should be upfront about that.
So we just emerged from our first of two backpacking trips, and all the way up the long trail this morning I was thinking, “I wonder how many e-mails are waiting for me?” [...]

Into the wild, part I

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Gonna be off-line for a few days while we backpack up to one of our favorite high-alpine lakes for some fishing, swimming, and reading (one per each member of the group–you decide who’s doing what).
I’ll be back Saturday night, ready for a shower, some non-rehydrated food, and the internet. Hope to catch up with [...]

Because some of us can’t get enough

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

My HUGE thanks to Katie Alender for linking to this important post-HP interview with J.K. Rowling. WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILERS. But if you’ve finished the book and you want to know what happens to certain characters in the future, then read on.
More thanks to Meg Cabot for linking to this Pro-Smart-Girls interview with [...]