Let’s get this Friday started!
#thiswritinglife
This is why I belong to the Authors Guild in a nutshell: They go to D.C. so I don’t have to. From the AG newsletter: Authors Go to Washington: The Authors Guild Takes the AI Copyright Fight to Capitol Hill June 2, 2026 Excerpts: On May 20 and 21, Authors Guild legal staff and board members went…
#inmygarden
My garden is late but persevering this year.
A cure has been discovered for elf-shot
The tenth and so far best of McGuire’s October Daye series about a fully realized Fae world living next to the real world of present-day San Francisco, which allows Toby to make Ewok jokes even if her squire Quentin, aka the heir to Faerie’s High King and Queen, doesn’t get them. In this installment a…
Lagniappe Sunday
Sign in front of the Poisoned Pen Bookstore a few years back, rediscovered while cleaning out my photo file. Every fossil fuel company in Alaska, not to mention the current occupant of the Alaska governor’s mansion, clutched their pearls when this story published. (Alaska Beacon) Dana sez, Terrific story, well deserving of the Pulitzer it…
Random Saturday
“There is no such thing as them. There is only us.” So I watched this and there at the end when he says he sees “a blossoming unity spreading across this planet, a blossoming awareness of our interdependent nature,” I had a thought. Nothing new or revolutionary, just a thought. We’ve been looking for leaders…
Such a deal for Commonwealth readers!
Always love to pass on news like this to the Danamaniacs–Kobo is running a special on The Harvey Girl from now until June 21st — ten days from now and the Summer Solstice, which ought to be easy enough to remember — for 99p! Such a steal, so hop on that, all you ‘maniacs from…
#thiswritinglife
Who needs AI when we have Tom Gauld? Do carry on in the comments below. More at Tom Gauld’s website, all of it great.
#inmygarden
Yeah. It’s been a spring. Which got here just in time for summer. Vide: The whole yard is hunched down against the ground, whimpering. I can hear all the flowers saying, “Really? It’s not going to drop below freezing again? You’re sure? You’re really, really sure?”
“And once I do have eyes on me, I might get a loot box with toilet paper in it.”
So Barbara Peters of the Poisoned Pen told everyone in a recent newsletter that we should all read at least one book a year out of our comfort zone. This one is mine, as recommended by Pat King, also of the Poisoned Pen. Short version of the plot: Aliens squish flat every structure on the…
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