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Winning at November
So I finished Nanowrimo and ‘won’ in that I completed 50,000 words of novel this month (though I think it doesn’t technically count as a win because I wrote them on two different novels, too bad, I’m...
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Tumblr ate my Friday Links
Well, Tumblr and Nanowrimo are joint culprits, I think. I’m about 500 posts behind on my blog reading for the week, so no Friday links today! Instead, I give you FESTIVE FRIDAY LINKS IN PICTURES! And...
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My Christmas Culture
I always think of Connie Willis at Christmas time. One of my favourite of her books is a collection of short fiction, Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, many of which were written for Asimov’s...
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Friday Links removed a Womble’s Head
OK this is my favourite news article of the week – a Womble performer traumatised a nation (well, the six year old portion of the nation) when he accidentally removed his head during a live webfeed....
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Christmas at our House… is basically all about Doctor Who
A home-made Adipose from Glammer to Raeli And home-made cybermats! I could say that we didn’t give Jemima the pirate hat because of Amy Pond… but it would be a lie. Shortbread daleks! All now eaten....
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Christmas Cute
Jem has *got* Christmas this year. She knows it’s coming, she’s singing the songs, and she refuses to put up with any guff about how many decorations on the tree are handmade by her big sister, thus is...
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Our Christmas in Books
I got a Kindle Paperwhite for Christmas! I can’t stop grinning at it, especially as my honey managed to make me think it was an impossible dream – they’re only letting them into Australia two at a time...
View ArticleChristmas Links (and Vids) for 2012
No, I still haven’t managed to watch the Doctor Who Christmas Special! We’re waiting for the ABC screening tonight. Oh, iView, where are you when we need you? In the mean time, to keep the Christmas...
View ArticleChristmas Vids: Happy Holidays Too by the Doubleclicks
The Doubleclicks have multiple Christmas songs out this year but the one about how elder siblings get ignored in favour of their baby sisters is a bit too uncomfortable for me! I do however love this...
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Gingerbread Dalek Season
Gingerbread daleks are not just biscuits (or cookies if you are American). “Gingerbread daleks” has become a shorthand for me that conveys a) how ridiculously domestic I get in December, with the...
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Watching New Who: A Christmas Carol
DAVID: A very interesting Christmas special, as Doctor Who riffs on Dickens. I actually think this is one of the best Christmas specials so far, and certainly the one that takes itself the most...
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Post-Christmas Links
The turkey has been dinnered, the Doctor Who Christmas Special and the Call the Midwife Special have competed for the title of Most Depressing Christmas Special that Isn’t Set in Albert Square, and the...
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Seven Days of Joyeux: a Musketeer Space novella
It’s festival time on Paris Satellite: that means a seven day whirl of drunken bets, poor decision-making, religious contemplation and tinsel. But mostly, poor decision-making. Porthos and Athos...
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Seven Days of Joyeux Part 7
“Seven Days of Joyeux” is a Musketeer Space prequel novella by Tansy Rayner Roberts. For more Musketeer hijinks, check out the Musketeer Space Table of Contents. This festive novella is brought to you...
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ROBOTECH REWATCH 31: Christmas is Sadness and Snow
The Robotech Holiday Special will be rewatched after these messages. If you’re at that slightly exhausted, sleepy & mildly nauseous period that hits after Christmas festivities – or just at this...
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Merry Happy Valkyrie!
It’s December and that means my new Christmas fantasy novella, Merry Happy Valkyrie, has been released into the wild! I’ve been home sick with a cold & a sniffling child since December began,...
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