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Entries from October 2006

Nora and I Finished Our Fried Whale and Plum Sandwiches…

October 30th, 2006 · 3 Comments

…and thus begins a book I just started reading by some guy nobody has informed The Bodhisattva about named Jon Armstrong. I have been a bit under the radar lately but how does this happen? I mean the cover has a blurbage from Michael Chabon and he uses the word Umlaut. Umlaut!
*runs to [...]

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Tags: Night Shade · Umlaut · books

$20 Amazon Gift Certificate

October 24th, 2006 · No Comments

Nobody tells me anything. I just saw that we are offering a $20 Gift Certificate at Fantasybookspot.com. I wonder if they know $20 isn’t even worth the trouble of picking up off the street in the UK. All you have to do to qualify is list your favorite animal/fantasy pet.
Personally, after being [...]

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Tags: Fantasybookspot.com · Matthew the Raven · Neil Gaiman · Sandman · contest

Disinterest Isn’t Antagonistic

October 24th, 2006 · 5 Comments

There has been recent discussion about the pros and cons of Vanity publishing, and I’m going to apologize for how short this thought is, but it’s related to how much I care about the subject itself. I don’t think anybody is vehemently against vanity publishing. Quite frankly there are enough authors out there [...]

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Tags: Vanity Press · books

Okay I can talk now…RAIDERS SUCK!

October 16th, 2006 · 13 Comments

Indeed nation of Barry Worshippers we can now speak in public and acknowledge we are the Lions fans! The Roar is Restored!

To celebrate I will now list the five players that comprise our top 10 greatest players of all time (you read that write - we are the Lions and we conform to [...]

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Tags: NFL · Restore the Roar

Been Doing this Crazy Thing…

October 9th, 2006 · No Comments

Reading!
Posts have been slim as of late because I am in rededicating myself (had to recharge), and been on a reading/writing splurge. I just finished Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn, and I have to say I rather enjoyed it (review being typed now) which was quality because I thought Ruckley’s Winterbirth was going to bore [...]

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Tags: Brandon Sanderson · Brian Ruckley · Comics · G.I. Joe · Harbinger · Mistborn · Web Comics · Winterbirth · books · valiant comics