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January 25, 2017
Over the last two months I've written two short stories and 20k words of novel. Seeing as how the six months before that was mostly post-production on Bannerless and Martians Abroad and a couple of side projects, that seems like a huge accomplishment. Feels good to be writing new words again.
Reminder: This Sunday 1 pm I'll be at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe. It's a ticketed event, check the website for more info.
I've got another piece up on Tor.com, this one about Five Books That Make Living and Working in Space Seem Ordinary. Definitely where I get some of my inspiration.
And just a week left in the first month of the year. It already seems like so much has happened. Gotta keep going. Onward and upward.
October 12, 2016
From recent reading, Peter S. Beagle's introduction to his short story collection The Line Between:
"…it is the shadow that terrifies, not the monster it hides. The monster is an actor in a monster suit. The shadow is always real."
the great urban fantasy crash
September 14, 2016
So the word around writing and publishing circles over the last couple of years is: urban fantasy isn't selling anymore. Publishers aren't buying it. What was hugely popular five years ago is now done. That ship has sailed.
I've seen some commentary about this being some big publisher conspiracy to kill the genre — just as I also saw commentary that the popularity of the genre was a publishing conspiracy in the first place. But I'm here to tell you, as an urban fantasy author and someone who worked in a bookstore twenty years ago, publishers are highly reactive and not very good at manufacturing any kind of popularity. They react to sales numbers, and they're usually chasing trends rather than creating them. (One of my favorite statements ever about publishing trends: everyone was looking for the next Harry Potter, which turned out to be Twilight, then everyone was looking for the next Twilight, which turned out to be The Hunger Games. They're still looking for the next Hunger Games…)
However it happened, the results have been increasingly clear: authors are having a harder time selling urban fantasy, and readers have had a harder time finding a good series to follow.
Here's what I think contributed to the crash. Note: this is my perception of the situation, based on my experience as a bookseller and author. A lot of this is subjective experience, so make of it what you will.
–The bar for success in the genre became really high. Sales numbers that would be decent in any other genre didn't meet expectations for urban fantasy, where publishers were looking for the next #1 New York Times bestseller. If an author didn't hit the list pretty quick out of the gate, they were dropped.
–Publishers weren't willing to stick with new authors to let them develop. This led to "series" with only one or two books in them, and if they didn't hit big right away, they got dropped. Readers often wait until a series has several books in them before they start reading, but if the first books don't sell, there will never be a series. This happened to dozens of authors.
–At the same time, for a stretch there publishers were buying anything with a hint of vampire/ shapeshifter/romance in them. They were throwing things against the wall to see what might stick — as above, hoping for the next bestseller. (Six years ago I was telling people: it was pretty easy to get a first contract for an urban fantasy novel — and really difficult to get a second contract.)
–As a result, quality became uneven. Readers started to notice the same kinds of characters, the same kinds of storylines, the same tropes. The genre got kind of predictable and boring and they moved on.
–Readers started getting frustrated, both because quality was uneven, and because they'd discover a favorite new author who would vanish within a year or two when their series never had a chance to get off the ground. (Hint: they might still be writing under another name, or they might be e-publishing.) So once again, many readers moved on.
–Sales of mass market paperbacks in general have tanked over the last couple of years. Since most urban fantasy has been in mass market, it's fallen victim to this trend. (Lots of discussion about why the trend is happening. Are people buying e-books instead? Are nice trade paperbacks simply more economical, since mass markets are almost up to $10 now? I don't know.)
So, basically, the market became oversaturated with urban fantasy, and various market forces caused a noticeable drop in the sales of urban fantasy, and publishers stopped publishing so much urban fantasy, and so on.
I also think a bunch of authors just got worn out with writing the same series for 10+ years, some of us on 2 book a year schedules. I'm fascinated that a bunch of UF authors wrapped up their series in the space of a couple of years — Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong, Charlaine Harris, and so on. This is all part of what let me know that I was making the right decision to wrap up Kitty. Plus, I was at the end of the contract, the storyline was close to the end, and so on. It really was time.
The thing is, and the thing that I'm constantly telling people, especially new authors who are trying to sell urban fantasy novels: urban fantasy isn't dead. It's still out there. New UF and UF-adjacent novels are being published all the time, just maybe not in the numbers they were before. Vampire and supernatural fiction has always been around, from the gothics of two hundred years ago on up. It changes, but it never entirely goes away.
Are you an author shopping an urban fantasy novel? Try calling it supernatural mystery or thriller. Or dark fantasy. Or contemporary fantasy. Or find your own term. The thing is, "urban fantasy" of the last 10 years was only ever a marketing term. It was co-opted to describe a kind of fiction that was already happening, and it was only later that people and publishers started looking for fiction to fill that niche, after the niche was already well established. Marketing terms and categories change all the time, in the endless quest to sell books. Don't let that change how you write or read.
May 20, 2016
I'm in that state where I have a bunch of things I ought to be reading, so of course instead I sat down and re-read Austen's Persuasion. It's my favorite of hers. I just finished that and am now trying out Michael Chabon's Gentlemen of the Road, which appears to be an unabashed pastiche of late Victorian adventure novels, which is totally in my wheelhouse. Although he dedicates the book to Michael Moorcock, which also tells you where it's coming from. There's also a dash of Fritz Leiber in there. I'm intrigued at how Chabon built up a reputation as a wholly literary writer, but then has used that platform to unabashedly mess around with various genres and genre conventions. In the process he's won a Pulitzer and a Hugo. Nice work if you can get it.
I'm absolutely fascinated by the current popular phenomenon of mystery boxes like Loot Crate. Everyone is talking about them. Everyone posts pictures of their goodies on FB or whatever. At Wondercon, there were at least three or four companies, including Loot Crate, selling boxes out of their booths. I totally get the attraction. It's like Christmas and the lottery wrapped up in one. Getting things in the mail is already awesome, but getting a big surprise in the mail is even more awesome.
But I'll tell you my problem: Right now I'm trying to get rid of things, not get more things, and most of these boxes seem to be all about things. Tchotchkies. Cool nerd stuff, but still stuff, that then ends up in boxes or as clutter. I've spent two years sorting out things and carting them off to the thrift store, I don't need more. Prediction: in about 10-15 years every thrift store in the country is going to have walls full of Funko Pop figures that no one has room for anymore and that no one wants to keep.
Well, at the Creative Ink Festival I was introduced to the Novel Tea Club. This is a mystery box club where you get a book (you can pick the genre), and then some things like tea, tea infusers, candles, bath stuff, etc. All designed for a nice relaxing read-in. And — all entirely consumable. No clutter, nothing to find space for. It's all stuff you use. And then get more of. Fantastic idea.
And today, the sun is shining, I'm out in short sleeves, and it's magnificent. That gray weather we had all last week really got me down. But I'm better now.
The Big Year (book and movie)
May 18, 2016
I want to talk about both because this is such an interesting example of how an adaptation can go horribly, horribly wrong.
The Big Year by Mark Obmascik is a great read, an example of what makes the general nonfiction category so interesting: he tells a story that reveals and illuminates a subculture that many people may not know about, and makes the topic and its players fascinating. This is the story of the 1998 Big Year, when three birders competed to ID the most bird species in North America in a year when El Nino and odd weather patterns brought an unusual number of odd migrants to the continent, pushing the possible number of sightings to record highs. The competition is entirely unofficial, and deeply obsessive, requiring tens of thousands of miles of travel. The three players here are interesting and quirky in their own rights, and the story is all about the intersection of their lives and shared obsession.
If you're at all interested in birds and birding it's a must-read. If you just like good stories about weird things that actually happened to interesting people, I recommend this one.
And then in 2011 they turned the book into a movie, starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, and Jack Black. The movie is. . .frustrating.
The first sign we know that something has gone sideways is that even though the three characters in the movie correspond specifically to the real people from the book, the movie has changed their names and some important details about them, enough so that it's no longer anything resembling biography.
This is because it turns out the movie is not really interested in birding at all. Which isn't to say it doesn't have birds — it actually has a handful of sequences that illuminate exactly why birding is so cool, and how endlessly fascinating birds are. Like when they find a pair of bald eagles in the middle of their mating dance. They've all seen plenty of bald eagles, but they'll watch this because it's just cool.
But what the movie really wants to do is shoe-horn these characters and this situation into a really disgustingly bog-standard Hollywood story about "what's really important in life." The Wilson character's wife is going through fertility treatments so they can have a kid but the marriage ends when he picks birding over her. Note: this isn't in the book at all. Not even a little. The Martin character decides he'd rather spend more time with his new grandbaby than with birding. Also a plotline not in the book at all. The Black character finds romance on his Big Year and decides he likes her better than birds. ALSO NOT IN THE BOOK. Are we sensing a pattern here? The end of the movie: Wilson's character "wins" the year, but is left feeling unfulfilled as he stares at a young family with a baby across a pond. Meanwhile, our other characters are the real "winners" because they've learned what's really "important" in life. i.e. Not birding.
Basically, the message of the book is: Birding can get really obsessive but it's also really awesome and attracts all kinds of interesting, driven people.
The message of the movie: Everything else is more important than birding.
What really frustrated me is the original story of The Big Year already has plenty of plot and obstacles that make for great drama without inventing all this "true meaning of life" bullshit. The person the Jack Black character is based on? Gets sick halfway through the year and is eventually diagnosed with cancer. (He lives. I guess Hollywood couldn't figure out how to tell a story about someone with cancer who lives.)
The movie uses birding as a crutch to tell this really boring story. But it never explains why birding in the first place. What turned these people onto birding? How did they all get started and why have they all become so passionate about it? The movie never tells us. It could just as easily have been about golf or stamp collecting or curling. But I really wanted to know why birding, because then it would mean so much more when the characters start questioning their obsessions with birding.
I wish I had liked this movie better because the actors were actually pretty good — especially Black, who gets across the drive and exhaustion of someone financially struggling to make his Year happen (that is in the book) — and I enjoyed watching them interact and play out the story. But the story was just so weak. I wish the movie had trusted its subject and source material more.
congrats to a new reader
February 22, 2016
Kitty Rocks the House was the first book that I had a chance to dedicate to my niece Emmy after she was born. (Kitty Steals the Show came out the year she was born, but had gone all the way through production before Emmy actually arrived and I knew what her name was going to be.) A new family member deserves her own book.
Emmy is now four and is starting to read on her own, which is so cool. She found this copy of Rocks the House and recognized her name in there. "It's my very own book!" she said. She also asked if she could read it. Which I'm thinking maybe she ought to hold off on, but who knows.
But for now, behold! The world has a new reader in it. Huzzah!
awards season recs
February 1, 2016
A couple of weeks ago I posted my award-eligible work from 2015. I like putting my annual publications in one place because it reminds me that, hey, I really have been busy and productive! Cool!
But this is the time of year I also like to think about the cool new stuff I've encountered.
I don't think I've done enough reading — I never do enough reading. Especially short fiction. I used to try to read every anthology my work appeared in, but that got out of hand a few years ago and I've never been able to keep up. So, my reading is awfully scattered.
I did read some good novels, though: Uprooted by Naomi Novik is getting a lot of buzz, and rightfully so. Really excellent stand-alone traditional fantasy, in the same vein as the books I love so much by Robin McKinley and Patricia McKillip, about a young heroine who discovers that she's much stronger than she knows and sets about saving the world because someone has to do it.
Then there are some of my go-to favorites: James S.A. Corey and Paolo Bacigalupi both had new books out last year. Nemesis Games is the fifth Expanse novel and the one that left most of us fans going "Holy crap did they really just do that? OMG, they really just did that." I cannot wait to see where they go from here.
Bacigalupi's The Water Knife is near-future speculation about drought and water rights in the west — issues literally in my own backyard. Paolo really knows his stuff and this book combines thought-provoking SF with a cool thriller plot. Good stuff there.
I also encountered The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith, a rather strange and wonderful YA novel about some difficult subjects, but still with some funny bits and a weird Philip K. Dick worthy subplot holding it all together. The main character is a teen refugee from an unnamed war-torn country, who is sent to summer camp with his new foster brother. So, it's like terrible refugee stuff combined with teen-boy summer camp comedy. And it kind of actually works. I don't think this book is for everyone, but it's one of the things I read last year that stood out for me.
The dramatic categories for the Hugo are going to be super-interesting this year. These short-run TV shows with only 8-10 episodes are almost mini-series covering one storyline — so do we nominate them as short-form by episode or long form for the whole thing? No idea. But some TV episodes that caught my attention are the season finale of The Flash, and Ep. 8 of Daredevil — the Fisk backstory. Agent Carter also gets my attention.
Long form — this is going to be an immensely interesting year, because we have an embarrassment of riches. Marvel movies, Hunger Games, Star Wars — but I have to say, I'd rather avoid the long-running franchise in favor of nominating Fury Road and The Martian — both really solid stand-alone stories that showcase what SF storytelling is capable of. (Marvel and Star Wars in particular have gone past basic storytelling and have become something else — communities, wherein the movies are rituals of celebration. I have an essay about that brewing.)
And now I have really got to catch up on some short fiction before I fill out my ballots…


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Lots of people can make something up to break up a couple out of spite or wanting one person for themselves and you should trust your partner over anyone else unless they have a history or have been giving you legitimate reasons not to (I.e shady text messages, guys calling after her and walking out the room to answer, shady web history)00|00|0


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Cheesy Hot Quiche Squares
Recipe by ratherbeswimmin
This is an old, old recipe that is from a magazine clipping. I don't know which magazine. My mom has made these squares for as long as I can remember. A family favorite that has stood the test of time.
Top Review by hepcat1
These were great! DH, who never gives five star ratings, said he would give this a very high four, which basically means it was close to perfect. The taste was great, and I love the fact that you can prepare it in the time it takes the oven to preheat. The texture is nice and it doesn't taste too "eggy". I used a 4 ounce can of green chiles in place of the jalapeno since my little ones were (hopefully) going to be eating some and I wanted a bit less heat. Everyone had seconds, including my one-year-old and very finicky almost-three-year-old. These will be great to freeze in individual squares to quickly pop in the microwave on busy mornings. I might reduce the cheese next time just to reduce the fat a bit, or possibly use low-fat cheese. I did use a mexican-blend cheese, but I think almost any cheese would be great. This goes in the permanent file...thanks ratherbeswimmin'!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 8 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- 4 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
- 1 1⁄2 cups cottage cheese
- 1⁄4 cup chopped jalapeno pepper
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- Beat the eggs for 3 minutes.
- In another bowl, add the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir to combine.
- Add the dry ingredients to the beaten eggs; mix well.
- Add in the cheeses and chopped peppers; stir to combine.
- Pour mixture into a greased 13x9 inch baking dish.
- Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes.
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Owls still on Kavanagh trail
Brian Laws admits he may try to bring Sunderland midfielder Graham Kavanagh back to Sheff Wed.
Last Updated: 02/11/07 4:13pm
Brian Laws admits he may try to bring Sunderland midfielder Graham Kavanagh back to Sheffield Wednesday.
Kavanagh has recently completed a month-long stint at Hillsborough to build up his match fitness, but has since returned to Sunderland.
Black Cats boss Roy Keane expects Kavanagh to feature in his plans in the coming weeks, but his Owls counterpart Laws is maintaining a watching brief.
"I understand where Roy is coming from because he needs to think about his team first and foremost," Laws told the club's official website.
"I will continue to assess the situation next week to see if there is another opportunity to bring Graham back.
"But while we are losing one experienced midfielder in Graham Kavanagh for the trip to Plymouth we are gaining another one because we have Steve Watson coming back from injury."
Meanwhile, Wednesday have posted an annual financial profit for the first time in over a decade.
The Championship club have recorded a profit of £1.5million in accounts which go up to 31st May, 2007.
The sale of Madjid Bougherra to Charlton Athletic was the key factor, with The Owls having made a loss of £457,000 the previous year.


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'The Walking Dead' Recap: Mid-Season 7 Finale
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Love seems to be in full bloom for Gretchen Rossi. The star of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Orange County decided to throw caution to the wind and pop the question to her longtime love Slade Smiley. Last week, Gretchen recorded a love song, which also doubled as her proposal to Slade. After all the… More »
It's reality check time for Bravo's The Real Housewives of Orange County stars Gretchen Rossi and Vicki Gunvalson. Last week, Vicki received some unsettling news from frenemy/former employee Lauri Waring Peterson about her estranged boo, Brooks Ayers, seeing other women. Vicki had to get to the bottom of things considering the source, and met Brooks… More »
Those gals on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Orange County sure know how to leave their mark! Last week, Vicki Gunvalson was finally clued in on the allegations being spread around town former employee and friend Lauri Waring Peterson caught her in a quasi-threesome.
To say Vicki had a nuclear meltdown was an… More »
On last night's episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy, the city is hit with the super storm and the power goes out as things get more and more out of control and frightening with every passing minute.
Warning: Spoilers ahead if you haven't seen Thursday's season 9 finale, "Perfect Storm."
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This week, the doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital batten down the hatches in preparation for a megastorm. Meanwhile, the storms happening inside the walls might be more damaging than those on the outside.
*Warning: Spoilers ahead if you haven't seen Thursday's episode, "Readiness Is All."*
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Referred to as "the embodiment of [The Voice]" by Rolling Stone, Katrina Parker was a Semi-Finalist on Team Adam during Season 2 of the hit show. Katrina's currently recording her debut album and stopping in weekly to discuss her favorite moments from Season 4 with us.
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Van Gaal: This is a new Man Utd now
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has claimed his side have been transformed since their derby day defeat against Manchester City last November.
As United prepare to meet Manuel Pellegrini's stuttering champions at Old Trafford next Sunday, they are doing so with their sights set on finishing ahead of a team that appeared to be several steps ahead of them when they first met five months ago.
How the landscape in Manchester has changed since then, with Van Gaal's United moving ahead of City in the Premier League standings after their 3-1 win against Aston Villa on Saturday.
While the fallen Premier League kings will leap above their neighbour once more if they beat Crystal Palace on Monday night, the chasm between the two sides has clearly shrunk, with Van Gaal suggesting the United of today are unrecognisable from the team he inherited last summer.
"It was another Manchester United (against Man City last November), I believe," stated Van Gaal.
"That was more in the start of the process and now we are in the end of the process.
"Now we have developed the team. I think also the confidence of our players is very high at the moment but also our performances show that, so it's not the same Manchester United."
Van Gaal stressed that the confidence flowing through his team has contributed to their five straight Premier League wins and he is hoping they continue their momentum as they push for a top two finish.
"City still have one match in hand at the moment and only when they lose points or if it's a draw, then we will be even," he added. "They also have a better goal difference so they have to lose, then we are better than City.
"This next game is the decisive game. It's like the game against Liverpool and the game against Chelsea. You have to win these kinds of matches."


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Congressman Bill Cassidy, M.D., today in the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing, expressed his opposition to the Independent Payment Advisory Board, aka the Denial of Care Board. This panel, enclosed in President Obama's health care law, is tasked with making cuts to Medicare.
"The IPAB, or more accurately, the "Denial of Care Board,' is a threat to America's seniors. This board of 15 unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats will be able to make decisions about what care seniors can receive by fiat. Worse, the decisions are appealable only by lawsuit, and maybe not even by that.
"Today's hearing highlighted the importance of repealing the "Denial of Care Board.' America has an obligation to seniors. I am working to make Medicare solvent without rationing, so current and future senior citizens get the care they deserve."
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Hey Loves,
I'm back with a review on this beautiful Lorac palette, you guys know I love me a good Lorac palette I find that this one has some pretty different colors than your regular run of the mill palette, and lots of unique looks can be created with it especially with spring coming up really fast, I'm personally not excited about that but I know most of you are lol.
Ok so lets let started with what I'm thinking about this little pretty, the shades are great and it swatches ok, I say that because not all of them swatch great but you all know that's not the true test of the quality of a shadow.
You will see swatches in the pictures below, I will say the first row does not swatch good at all but it does apply on the lids just fine I do recommend using a flat shader brush and packing the shadow on the lids, some great brushes are the MAC 242, 247,248 & 252 also for cheaper alternatives try the Colourpop flat shader brush it's fantastic and I'm sure you can find a Morphe or Crowne version as well. The other rows swatched perfectly fine with the exception of 1 other shadow which was a bit stiff but nothing to write home about, rest were soft, smooth, pigmented and applied really well on the eyes also blended nicely. All in all I like the palette as I do most Lorac products it's one of my favorite brands and underrated in my opinion, I definitely recommend you go check it out and swatch it for yourself at Kohls or Ulta, I will have links for you below of course, just in case you want to just purchase it online.
Hope you enjoyed this review if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them below I will be happy to answer if I missed anything.
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Oblong Sheep 16" x 6"
Suitable for most long narrow chimney flues between 3" - 6" (7 - 15cm) deep and 10" - 15" (25 - 38cm) wide. It comes with a 150mm / 6" extension rod (total handle length is 300mm / 12"). Fireplaces with this type of throat tend to have them just above the fireplace so an extension rod isn't always necessary. However, if yours is more than 6" (150mm) above the top of the fireplace then you'd better get an extension pole too
Don't forget that the Chimney Sheep™ size should be slightly bigger than the chimney flue. If you are unsure of how to measure your flue and choose the correct size take a look at the How to Use page and the Sizing Chart.
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For the last 4 months or so, I've been working almost solidly on new project. This is a project that I feel as though I have been slowly working towards over a long period of time.
So what is it? Eventzin is a location based, event sharing and discovery tool designed to help you get more people to your events and also to help you find out the best of what's going on around you. That may sound a little cliched, but bare with me.
The idea was born from often being unsure of what was going on, when on a night out in my own city and also when travelling to other cities, and even if I did know of events happening, not knowing which was the best to spend my limited time and money on. I also wanted to know which events my friends were interested in going to, without all the effort of a whole lot of texting.
I also wanted to harness the power of the new social wave currently engulfing the web.
I mean, sure you can go to regular events website's that lists a wild assortment of what is going on, but how do you know which is the best local band to go and listen to or which event is getting the attention of the people in the know ~ ie The Locals? Or maybe there is a great event happening that hasn't made it onto your site of choice. It comes down to this: the people who know are the people that are involved, and in touch with the different scenes within a city or town.
I wanted to be able to walk into town (any city or town) for that matter, on a night out and find out quickly and easily what and where I should go to have a great night. I wanted to know what people were excited about on a Friday night and so where in turn I should be pointing not only my feet, but also the feet of my friends.
Ontop of this, to embrace the social elements, I really wanted to be able to set up my own events, which, in turn could revolve around other events that were happening, send my friends invites and have them send on invites to others. I wanted and want to try and allow people to plan a night out, but also be able to be on a night out and pick up on an event in the area that was creating alot of excitement or "buzz" if you will.
So it was out of these core ideas that eventzin was born. And I along with my brother, Phil have been working hard ever since to try and get a decent prototype together that can encapsulate these ideas.
Just last week we released a private alpha. It's a bit rough and ready, but it illustrates what we are trying to do. We are now working hard to get to Beta. I will keep you posted over the coming months of how I'm getting on, the lessons learned and the developments made.
Craig (Co Founder Eventzin) @maleck13 | @eventzin
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A reminder that the 2014 Maynah Lewis Competition is now in play.
Open to members only, the challenge is to write a short story in less than 1500 words, incorporating each of the nine images from the story cubes as shown above.
This year our illustrious adjudicator is Barbara Trevor, to whom we are most grateful. Barbara is a multiple past winner of the trophy herself, so she knows all about the struggle, the passion and the clashing of pens in the quest for literary supremacy.
Deadline for entry is 16th May.
Who will prise the silverware from Mike's grasping hands this year? He already has his tin of brasso at the ready, and promises that by awards night the trophy will be gleaming.
So, let battle commence!
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Don't They Know It's Friday? Cross-Cultural Considerations for Business and Life in the Gulf
|A Must Read by Every Businessman or Western Visitor to any of the
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The Best Selling and most indispensable Business Book which points out cross-cultural understanding musts which will prove to be door openers for doing business or living in the Gulf.
This business book addresses in useful detail the cross-cultural aspects of Westerners' experiences with Gulf Arabs in the Gulf countries of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE and Oman. Moreover, it deals with the realities of business practice, and the mental stresses and strains of operating in the Gulf as a Western visitor or expatriate. It encourages a bond of understanding between managers at home and their staff in the Gulf. It describes, in a straightforward manner, the
effects of Islam upon the daily life of the expatriate, and is a useful reference book even for people who might think they already know how to behave in the Gulf.
The book offers invaluable advice on the realities of Gulf life and business, thereby saving months - even years - of wasted time, effort and money.
"In conversations with British expatriates in the Middle East one piece of advice recurs: read Don't they know it's Friday? by former British soldier and diplomat Jeremy Williams." Dina Medland, Financial Times
"Don't they know it's Friday?' by Jeremy Williams represents a welcome addition to the abundance of literature available on living and working in the Arabian Gulf. The book is written in a clear and, at times, humorous style and will prove to be a mine of information not only for new expatriates to the Gulf but also for frequent business travelers to the area. All major cross-cultural issues are addressed and perceptive insight is applied into the Arab psyche. This should assist all who are dealing with Gulf Arabs in gaining a greater understanding of the cultural issues waiting to challenge the unprepared or ill-informed…"
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"… so take this book as a guide, the best I know …. Trust it without fear … be very cautious about departing from its advice … it is full of information, common-sense and good manners, all reliable. What I particularly like … is that it gets the tone right." Sir James Craig GCMG, President of the Middle East Association, London
"... admirable book. It struck me as concise, accurate and relevant."
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When issues arise in any profession, those tasked with solving the problems draw upon their unique skills to come up with a solution. In IT, sometimes you use your troubleshooting knowledge, sometimes you use leadership, and sometimes you lean on entirely unexpected assets.
Years ago I was hired by a small but growing company that finally realized it needed IT help. I was tasked with creating a proper technology infrastructure to connect the handful of small offices. It was a great challenge to take on relatively early in my IT career, as I had to wear every possible hat in the one-member IT department.
Being the only individual responsible for all technology in a company comes with great rewards, but it can have its challenges -- as anybody familiar with the situation can attest. Don't have a backup system in place, and money is tight? Build one and become the expert! Need to interconnect offices, but have never actually done so? Learn networking! The business bought new software and automatically assumes you're an expert? Read the manual!
But there is an unexpected drawback: In the process of learning lots of things the hard way, there can be a tendency to become self-reliant to a fault. If you were able to solve the last 10 problems through hard work, research, and maybe blind luck, then it's easy to assume the 11th problem will end up the same.
Easy fix -- or not
This was the assumption I made when confronted with an unusual issue from one office location. I got a call that the internet was down. After I verified the office couldn't get outside to the internet and performed some other basic troubleshooting, I couldn't quite pinpoint what was happening. I decided to try the old method of rebooting, and I asked an employee to unplug the gateway device and plug it back in.
It worked! Case closed -- for exactly 15 minutes.
I got the call again and performed the same "fix," which also worked for exactly 15 minutes. After another round or so of this same pattern, I determined that a pre-emptive strike would ward off having an on-site employee have to physically reset the device: I could reset the WAN interface remotely after 14 minutes, which would effectively reset the clock and result in only a few seconds of downtime. The location in question was customer-facing and needed to process credit card transactions, so downtime was a very big deal.
So went my day, every 14 minutes resetting the office's internet connection. In between resets I worked hard on the task of figuring out the root cause and solving the problem for real. I'd field support calls and attend to other pressing matters, all the while running back to my computer every 14 minutes to prevent catastrophe. All day long I read logs, tested settings changes, pored over every semipertinent search result -- and pressed that damn button every 14 minutes.
At the time I was following a TV show that featured a similar "push the button at exactly the right time or the world will end" scenario, so there was a certain humor to the situation.
I continued trying to solve the problem well after my workday had ended, even stopping on my commute home to press the button remotely. After a while, I started to feel the first signs of my mental well-being unraveling and had to admit to myself that this situation may not best be solved by the usual reliance on outsmarting the problem. I needed help.
Know the right connections
I was able to persuade (read: bribe with beer) a good friend who was also a really smart network engineer to have a look that evening. After a couple of brews, some Wireshark, and lots of actual networking know-how combined with my earlier findings, we eventually got a view into what was going on.
I'd figured out earlier that some replication jobs were retrying every 15 minutes, but hadn't been able to determine why that would cause such a huge issue.
The problem had to do with a redundant WAN interface I had set up as a failsafe in case the main line went down. It appeared that when traffic spiked, the gateway device would ignore the correct active/passive configuration and attempt to distribute traffic to the secondary interface; then the whole OS would crash.
We were able to work around the issue temporarily by disabling the second WAN connection. The following day when I showed the issue to the vendor, it turned out to be a yet-unknown bug in the OS, and I spent the next months working with them to test a solution.
The valuable lesson I learned from the ordeal (besides not buying the cheapest possible hardware) was the importance of knowing your limits. Sometimes, even if you're not the expert, you can figure it out and make it work given enough patience. However, not every situation is conducive to that approach. In larger organizations you can often escalate or at least get a second opinion from a colleague, but it can be harder in other environments.
Even in a situation where you think you're the only one who can solve a problem, there is almost always somewhere to turn, whether it's vendor support or a six-pack among friends. The trick is figuring out when and where to look for help.


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VIDEO: Man rescued seconds before burning apartments collapse
Extraordinary footage has emerged of the rescue of a construction worker from a burning apartment building in the US on Tuesday.
The inferno ripped through an under-construction apartment block in Houston, Texas and left a worker stranded on a ledge.
The man was forced to stand on the ledge to avoid the raging flames before dropping to the ledge below.
A firefighter on a fire engine's ladder finally comes to his aid as the structure collapses.
The footage was taken by shocked witnesses from a building across the street.
The Houston Fire Department said the blaze, to which more than 200 emergency personnel and 80 fire engines responded, took about two-and-a-half hours to bring under control.
Houston Fire Department Capt. Ruy Lozano said the construction worker in the clip was rescued "pretty much seconds before the fire would have overtaken him".
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Addy Townsend hadn't strolled with Conrad or had a vision in five years. Now Conrad has returned to challenge her to be a blessing to those around her. The Holy Spirit begins to nudge her into service in new ways and she follows.
But when she is blindsided with personal problems, can Addy learn to be a willing vessel even in times of struggle and suffering?
"We all wonder why bad things happen to good people. Can God use even the worst events in our lives to help us feed the world around us? Be the Blessing skillfully provides both food for thought and food for discussion."
Lisa Wingate, national best-selling author of The Sea Glass Sisters and The Prayer Box
Paula Mowery is a pastor's wife and former homeschool mom. She has always been an avid reader of Christian fiction. She began writing in the area of nonfiction creating three Bible studies which were self-published. However, she crafted fiction stories which she shared with friends and family.
When one of her readers encouraged her to pursue publication, she joined American Christian Fiction Writers, learning more about the world of fiction. Her debut work of fiction is a novella published by Harbourlight, a division of Pelican Book Group – THE BLESSING SEER. She is also an acquiring editor for Prism Book Group.
Learn more about Paula at her blog – www.paulamowery.blogspot.com
Read more of her writing in her monthly columns on www.christianonlinemagazine.com.
Ten Questions for Paula Mowery
What should readers know about your latest release? Does it differ from your past books, offer a new perspective on a familiar topic, or shed light on a unique situation?
My latest release is a book called Be The Blessing. That is the very topic that is covered in this Christian women's fiction. A pastor's wife named Addy struggles to be a blessing to others around her when she is experiencing suffering herself. Christians must understand that no matter what circumstances we are going through, God will use us to touch another for Him. Sometimes, our suffering is the platform used to give us an open door.
What was the main inspiration for the new book? Had the idea been on your mind for a while or just popped into it one day?
My first book, The Blessing Seer, came out in July of 2012. After its release, my editor asked if there would be a sequel to the story. I hadn't thought about it, but her question prompted me to mull over the possibility. It didn't take long for God to inspire the premise for Be The Blessing.
Why do you feel compelled to write—in your genre or at all?
A couple of years ago I realized I had over fifteen manuscripts in a file under my desk. As my daughter would work on her homeschool assignments, I would write. After sharing a story with a friend, she encouraged me to pursue publication. I felt this to be a lofty goal that I could never succeed in doing. But, God continued to give me stories.
One day I decided to pray and lay out a fleece. I asked God to give me a sign as to whether I should pursue publication, making my writing a ministry. The next morning I received an email from a national magazine accepting my article. This was my yes. Not long after that, my first manuscript was accepted. To me, my writing is a ministry to readers who might be in need of just that particular encouragement.
How has travel been involved in your writing and/or research? What's been your most memorable research experience?
Be The Blessing didn't involve going very far since it is set in my town.
My soon to be released story, Forgiven, involved some research that was quite memorable. This story is included in an anthology called Brave New Century with three other stories. The premise of the book is that each story is a romance set in a city in 1900.
For my story I traveled an hour away to Knoxville, Tennessee, to a special museum/library in downtown. I was able to look up actual streets and building names and addresses to include in my story. It was fascinating to look up all of the information and use actual stores and boarding houses.
Who has inspired you the most on your writing journey—a loved one, fellow author, favorite teacher?
It is very difficult to pinpoint just one person who has inspired me in this writing journey. I have always been an avid reader of Christian fiction, so there are many authors who have been inspirational. My mother certainly encouraged me early on by bringing home Christian books for me to read as well as journals for me to write in.
What surprised you the most about the writer's journey—publication, representation, platform building, the writing itself?
What has surprised me most is everything that goes into having a book published. First, a writer must find the right publisher at the right time. If that aligns and a contracted is offered, then the editing begins.
After that, an author must work on promoting her work. Amid promoting the book, the writer must continue to write and hone her skills. There's so much more than just writing a book.
If you could rewind time to when you began your pursuit of publication, what would you tell yourself?
I should hope I would tell myself to keep the main thing, meaning keep God central. I promised Him that it would be enough if a book was only meant to touch one person for Christ, because one is enough.
Now to have some fun with travel…
What's your favorite place you have visited?
One of my favorite places I have visited has been Knysna, South Africa. I went with a mission team to conduct a vacation Bible school for missionary kids while their parents had a conference. This place was a resort-type on the Indian Ocean. We stayed in fancy huts.
We ate in the dining room of the resort. We were there during their winter time. One day it flurried snow and the next it warmed enough for us to get into the Indian Ocean. The staff was so accommodating. We were there for July 4th, and the resort staff actually displayed a huge American flag, lit sparklers, and made us a South African style BBQ.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Or would you return to somewhere you've already been?
I have always wanted to return to South Africa, but I would like to also go to Australia and Alaska.
And now a fun tidbit—if there was one special travel destination just for writers and you were the founder of it, what would the name be and would it be?
I believe I would call it Writers Refreshed. I would have to have it in my beloved Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. There would be cabins for each writer with a screened-in porch that viewed the mountains. I would limit the retreat to ten writers only, keeping the hustle bustle to a minimum. We would have times to meet as a group and decide what we could do to help or encourage one another.


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Stance: Villain
Archetypes: Killer Robot, Kill All Humans, Crush. Kill. Destroy!, Spock Speak, AI is a Crapshoot, Humongous Mecha, Turned Against Their Masters, Mechanical Monster, Robotic Psychopath, Second Law My Ass
Theme Song: Pokemon B2W2 - vs. Ghetsis
Motto: "Hunt. Sense. Eliminate."
"Weapon X, at your service. What must I eliminate, Lieutenant?"
"Tool? Machine? Eliminate creator. Must destroy Lieutenant."
"I've found you, human. Prepare to meet your demise."
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Likes: Destruction, Revenge, Elimination
Dislikes: Being Labeled, Self-Corrosion and Armor Damages, Those Higher than It
Hobbies: Destroying, Hunting, Persuading, Getting Upgrades, Test Runs, Creating Craters
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- Eclipse Bringer - Due to secret projects and equipment, (such as converted solar flares and energy from moon craters) Kajah can control the moon and the sun, along with plants and water (because of solar and lunar energy). It can bring an Eclipse, putting Kajah at its true potential, boosting its mechanisms past their previous limits. The energy level the Dragonoid can withstand and manipulate is so high, actually, that it can use cosmic energy to fly.
- Hallucinator - The Destructoid can take the form of an illusion, temporarily erasing its existence whenever is needed, and being intangible and immune to orthodox occurences. As a consequence, its senses are disabled, keeping Kajah from finding humans that are unseen to it. This power is often a final gambit in order to escape from being destroyed.
- Mecha Minions - Being created mostly from Electromagnetism, the Dragonoid can form creatures out of Electromagnetism, and only creatures. They are immune to most feelings of pain, and possess no emotions other than hostility towards Kajah's target. They see Kajah as a master, and follow its commands through telepathic orders.
- Life Locator - As a result of all the people Kajah has murdered, it has absorbed plenty of life force as fuel, being more efficient than the usual Nitrogen. That being said, Dragonoid v2 knows the ins and outs of Ki/Life Force, and is able to sense it, tracking life forms with ease.
- Fuel Control - Being fueled by Nitrogen, as with Ki, Kajah knows the fuel as well as it does Life-Force. However, unlike the life-force, Nitrogen can be controlled by the mechanism. This allows it to control the nitrogen in the air, as well, making it possible to deprive natural life forms of breatheable, healthy air.


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In the western part of Morocco, Marrakech offers a good quality living to expatriates wishing to settle here to live and work. Renowned for its souks, it is at the crossroads of diverse cultural influences, hosting several international events.
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Marrakesh is a playground for the rich? An American woman raised in Morocco chips away at the veneer.
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A new approach to solve old problems
Arrangements (agreements, contracts, regulations, bargains, etc.) are widespread economic events and are the fundamental concept of the economic theory. Infringements (breaches, modifications, deviations, changes, etc.) of arrangements are common and have a significant importance for the economic theory. For many years now the arrangement infringements have lacked appropriate attention in the economic theory. This fact caused a number of theoretical and practical problems. In order to solve them a new approach is proposed, which considers the possibility of arrangement infringements. This article gives a simple example and a new result of the approach application.
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This intensive antioxidant-rich treatment helps to perfect and renew vibrancy to brittle, lackluster hair. When used weekly in our 10-IN-1 RENEWAL SYSTEM, it treats damaged hair while providing anti-aging benefits, color protection, hydration, nourishment, rejuvenation, strength, anti-stress, deep conditioning, softness and shine. Counteract signs of aging by nourishing the scalp with our SuperFruit Complex and infusing hair with ultra-moisturizing Marula Oil and Biotin. Ten Benefits Specific to our HAIR MASQUE : Age-Defy Nourish Anti-Stress Revive Body Color Protect Shine Deep Condition Strengthen Hydrate Soften
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|Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Glycerin (Vegetable), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter*, Stearyl Alcohol, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil, Behentrimonium Chloride, Panthenol, Biotin, Cetrimonium Chloride, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter*, Fragrance (Essential Oil Blend), Tocopherol, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Psidium Guajava Fruit Extract, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Ipomoea Batatas Extract, Cinnamidopropyltrimonium Chloride
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Date published: 2017-07-29
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Date published: 2017-06-23
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Date published: 2017-04-07
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Date published: 2017-02-20
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Date published: 2017-02-17
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Date published: 2016-12-21
Rated 5 out of 5 by shawn from Switched up! I used the transitioning line for years up until last week when I used the million ways to shea app and was suggested to used this line instead. All I can is WOW! Loved this masque. It did wonders for my hair. Along with the shampoo and conditioner. I use the masque as a deep conditioner. Perfect!
Date published: 2016-10-17
Rated 5 out of 5 by ronkesans from A friend recommend this product for my daughter's My daughter's hair was unmanagable,After trying the product it works perfectly for her...Great product!!!
Date published: 2016-08-29
I got this yesterday. I tried it today but its irritating my skin like crazy. I dont know what am allergic to in the ingredients cause the only think am allergic to is sulfur. Is there sulfur in this?
Hi Cici Our SheaMoisture products do not contain sulfates. Sorry to hear, we recommend seeing a dermatologist to get a professional review and analysis.
Date published: 2017-06-20
I have high porosity relaxed hair and it breaks SO MUCH. Will this help with the breakage? My hair is super dry and that's why it keeps breaking off and I have no idea how to stop it.
Hi Alyvia, We recommend using the Manuka Honey & Mafura Oil Hair Serum for daily hydration to your hair. This potent treatment absorbs quickly to encourage a healthy scalp and lustrous, beautiful hair. Leaves hair soft, manageable and resilient. Improves hair's elasticity and promotes healthy growth. You should also use the Bamboo Extract & Maca Root Hair Collection made to Soften, detangle and moisturize without weighing hair down. Unbreakable Bamboo, stimulating Ba Root and certified organic Shea Butter combine in this nutritive formula that restores manageability, flexibility, and shine to hair so it resists breakage before it starts. Help create an optimal environment for healthy hair growth.
Date published: 2017-03-24
Can this make my hair thicker and stronger? I have the Manuka honey deep conditioner. Would it be smart to alternate between those two or just use one if I want thicker hair?
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Date published: 2016-11-22
Hi- I have extra low porosity hair and am hesitating between the regular shea butter deep treatment masque and the superfruit complex mask. Can you offer any guidance on which of these 2 would be better for low po hair? Thanks
Hi Horty, For your Low Porosity hair we recommend using products that are protein free. The Raw Shea cupuacu collection is protein free aswell as the the Low Porosity hair collection. The Raw Shea Cupuacu hair masque is a protein free deep conditioning treatment made to smooth and improve hair's elasticity while controlling frizz. This reparative treatment blends Amazonian Cupuacu Butter with certified organic Raw Shea Butter, Passiflora and Pistachio Oils to help strengthen, smooth and shield humidity-prone hair against weather conditions and pollution that can cause frizzy flyaways and poofing.
Date published: 2017-02-22
Can i just buy it once to try it out? I don't seem to see an option for that
Hi Mmegsw, You are able to purchase the SuperFruit Hair Masque by itself on sheamoisture.com.
Date published: 2016-10-14
What's the difference between a hair masque and a conditioner and should I use both?
Hi Adanze, A masque is a deep conditioning treatment. You would leave this in for 20-30 minutes (depending on your hair needs). You can use the conditioner and the masque is your wash regimen.
Date published: 2016-10-14
Do you offer free samples of the SUPERFRUIT COMPLEX 10-IN-1 RENEWAL SYSTEM HAIR MASQUE?
Hi Jessica1229, Please email [email protected] for free samples.
Date published: 2016-11-14
Can i use this product as a leave in conditioner?
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Buffalo Chicken Dip
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½ c. Monterrey jack cheese
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