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Apple 13 Inch Retina Laptop: A Review (Contains References to Fire, Alcohol and Bananas)
November 16, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
Yesterday my new pony (er, laptop) arrived. And because it is so shiny (wonderful, brilliant, distracting) I did not write anything (brilliant, scintillating, or lunatic) to share with you this morning. Claire: Does the baby have a name yet? Me: I think I’m going to go with Rick’s idea and call him Bar Drake. Claire: […]
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Sometimes You Just Have to Cackle Evilly and Say, “My Bear Will Defeat You All!”
November 15, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
I don’t know about you but I certainly wouldn’t laugh at someone who made a robot teddy bear. I’d be sidling up to them saying, “Hey, wanna be my friend?”
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Acquainted With the Night
November 14, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain – and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and […]
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World War Z
November 13, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
World War Z is book by Max Brooks about the zombie apocalypse, framed as a series of interviews after the fact. Its structure is this brilliant, interlocking thing where each story/interview is complete in itself but the larger story proceeds step by step taking you from the first outbreak to where they are now. It […]
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Why is the Weekend Over? I Wasn’t Done With It.
November 12, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
Me: Could we please add an extra day to the week? We could call it Rocketday. Or Napday. Rick: Why not both? Part of the weekend right? Me: Second weekend! Like, after Tuesday: Rocketday and Napday. Then Wednesday. So my new phone arrived on Friday. His name is Marco (say hi everyone). I am still […]
A Certain Predilection For Getting Dragons Drunk
November 9, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
Okay, so recently I’ve noticed that there are certain… similarities between the two series’ I’m writing. Not in story or character but some of the underlying ideas are the same. Fundamentally, this is not surprising. An author’s obsessions tend find their way onto the page somehow. And my doctorate — if it achieved nothing else […]
Seven Bar Jokes Involving Grammar and Punctuation
November 8, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
1. A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves. 2. A dangling modifier walks into a bar. After finishing a drink, the bartender asks it to leave. 3. A question mark walks into a bar? 4. Two quotation marks “walk into” a bar. 5. A gerund and an infinitive […]
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Should You Be Writing Right Now?
November 7, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
This is a terrible, terrible flowchart because it opens with four questions instead of one. And then, whichever direction you go you end up in the same place. Which… okay, fine. That’s true. The answer to, Should you be writing right now? is always going to be, Yes.
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Archer’s Goon
November 6, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
I just found out that once upon a time they made a TV series of Diana Wynne Jones’ Archer’s Goon. Brilliant book. So I was… excited and wary. We watched the first episode last night and I’m still trying to figure out if I want to watch the rest. It was terrible but in that […]
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Paul McLaughlan
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November 19, 2012
by Kandace Mavrick
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