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graspingforthewind.com - 12 hours ago
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Just wanted to give everyone and update on
how my mini-dachshund Darra is doing. She is excessively
perky actually, back to her normal self – licking every exposed patch of skin till it is nearly raw. Her stitches have come out, she had a bath for the first time in six weeks and ...
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Darra Update
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graspingforthewind.com - 20 hours ago
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For some time now, I have had a
profile on LinkedIn . However, some of you may
not know that, so I wanted to say so here, and ask for a favor. Since April, I have been unemployed. One of the tools I use for finding work is LinkedIn. I have included Grasping for the Wind and my ...
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Blog Stuff: LinkedIn
graspingforthewind.com - 20 hours ago
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GUD Magazine is having a pay what you
want sale on pdf copies of their magazine. We’ve
given you deals before, but nothing quite like this. Now’s the best time to get a PDF of any issue of GUD–for whatever price you like (minimum one US cent; though we don’t see a ...
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Cheap Fiction: GUD’s Pay What You Want
graspingforthewind.com - 21 hours ago
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From Mercury Retrograde Press: The first three installments
of Death, Inc. by Edward Morris, Book Zero of
his There Was a Crooked Man Series, are now available FREE at http://www.mercuryretrogradepress.com/Worlds/TWACM/DeathInc/index.asp We’re publishing this volume as a free ...
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Free Fiction: Death Inc. by Edward Morris
graspingforthewind.com - 45 hours ago
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J. C. Hutchins is the author of the
7th Son ( my review ) series of podcast
novels, the first of which is now in available in print. Visit him at jchutchins.net for lots more episodes, Hutchins’ podcasts on writing and podcasting and lots of other fun promotional stuff, including ...
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Interview: J. C. Hutchins
graspingforthewind.com - 2 days ago
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# Genre: Thriller, Science Fiction # Paperback: 368
pages # Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin # Publication Date:
October 27, 2009 # ISBN-10: 0312384378 # ISBN-13: 978-0312384371 # Author Website: J. C. Hutchins When a podcast novel gets over 100,000 downloads a month, you can ...
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Book Review: 7th Son: Descent by J. C. Hutchins
graspingforthewind.com - 3 days ago
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My wife and I like to dance (east
coast swing is our favorite) so we like to
watch Dancing with the Stars . Rarely is there anything that crosses over into my other interest scifi/fantasy. But Week 8 of this season brought a really cool “futuristic” paso doble by Joanna Krupa and ...
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Dancing into the Future
graspingforthewind.com - 3 days ago
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I just wanted to do a quick note
to say that all of the content here is
also being crossposted to Livejournal, so if you prefer to get your GFTW fix that way, you can do that. My username is johnottinger . You have to comment here, but you can get the content at Livejournal if you prefer. ...
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Blog Stuff: I’m Crossposting to Livejournal
graspingforthewind.com - 3 days ago
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Holly Lisle is e-mailing the first draft of
her new novel TalysMana to readers. For free. One
scene at a time, as she writes it. And she’s collaborating with her daughter Rebecca Galardo, who’s creating both limited-edition and open TalysMana jewelry and artifacts that exist in ...
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Free Fiction: TalysMana by Holly Lisle
graspingforthewind.com - 3 days ago
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Occasionally, I ask some of the best book
bloggers in sf/f/h a question about their reading choices,
favorites, desires, or any old thing about the genre. I then collect the answers and post them here. This time I asked our participant bloggers: What are the worst or most disappointing ...
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Inside the Blogosphere: Worst Endings in SF/F/H
graspingforthewind.com - 4 days ago
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I’m pulling the old bait and switch again.
This time to let you know that my review
of Finch by Jeff Vandermeer which I call “a Salvadore Dali painting in prose” is up at SF Signal . Related posts: Fast Ships, Black Sails edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer"> Fast ...
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Book Review: Finch by Jeff Vandermeer
graspingforthewind.com - 4 days ago
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First off, I want to thank John for
the opportunity to write a guest post, and —
if you kind readers are cool with it — ask you to send a some positive vibes to his puppy Darra, who’s been under the weather lately. My elderly cat has had some health issues recently, so I ...
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Guest Post: Where Have all the SF Movie Maestros Gone? ...
graspingforthewind.com - 6 days ago
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My buddy from college, Matthias Shapiro has become
a CNN contributor. (This is big deal, since we
went to a small private college with under 1,000 students TOTAL. He was on live at 5:30 today and did an awesome job in his interview, including showing this well-done video which explains the ...
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The Unemployment Rate in Terms of a Zombie Apocalypse
graspingforthewind.com - 6 days ago
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In which I list good reasons why authors
shouldn’t, two reasons why I wish they would, and
I admit to an excess of selfishness. There is a prevailing opinion among authors and others in the literary community that asserts that authors should not respond to reviews. This is ...
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On the Opinion that Authors Should Not Respond to Reviews
graspingforthewind.com - 6 days ago
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One of the best things about being a
reviewer is when you get blurbed. First off is
Plague Zone by Jeff Carlson. The blurb comes from my review of Plague Year (an awesome book). Plague Zone will hit stores November 24, 2009. Characters never stand still, political intrigue abounds, ...
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TWO Blurbs for GFTW!
graspingforthewind.com - 6 days ago
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@ TheSciFiChick its a good feeling in reply
to TheSciFiChick # RT @hulu: Miss the premiere of
'V'? The full episode's now available online @ Hulu http://www.hulu.com/watch/106763 # RT @GrammarGirl: You can still win a copy of "The Grammar Devotional" by tweeting. Details ...
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The Week in Tweets 2009-11-14
graspingforthewind.com - 7 days ago
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Jim C. Hines is collecting the titles and
authors of works of speculative humor published in 2009
at his website. I see two purposes for this list. The first is for award nominations. Humor tends not to be taken seriously**, and rarely makes the award ballots. It’s a shame, because humor ...
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SF/F Humor Roundup
graspingforthewind.com - 8 days ago
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You know, some people may be annoyed at
this remake, but honestly, the 1981 film could do
with some good CGI. I don’t recognize any of the stars (except that British guy who played the monk from the Romeo and Juliet movie with Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes – itself a pretty ...
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Movie Trailer: Clash of the Titans
graspingforthewind.com - 8 days ago
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The prequel anthology to J. C. Hutchins’ thriller
novel, 7th Son: Descent , the entire anthology can
be downloaded in audio format at the author’s website or through iTunes . Related posts: Giveaway: 3 copies of 7th Son: Descent by J. C. Hutchins Free Fiction to Come: ...
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Free Fiction: 7th Son: 7 Days by J. C. Hutchins
graspingforthewind.com - 8 days ago
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# Genre: Historical Fantasy, Myth, Paranormal Fantasy #
Paperback: 400 pages # Publisher: Spectra # Publication Date:
August 25, 2009 # ISBN-10: 0553807382 # ISBN-13: 978-0553807387 # Author Website: S. A. Swann Don’t let the cover mislead you, Wolfbreed by S. A. Swann is not your ...
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Book Review: Wolfbreed by S. A. Swann
