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Having a party? Organizing a local F2F? Know something that we all really need to know? Announce it! Want to discuss anything posted here? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
If there are any freelance editors around, with experience, who are also fluent in Spanish, iUniverse is desperately seeking some. iUniverse is an online e-publisher that sells services to author who want to self-publish, including everything from book doctoring to standard copyediting to proofreading.
My profile address is good if you're interested. Email and I'll send you the name of the freelance coordinator there.
New post time at Gothic Charm School! Portland! New Gothic Charm School Merchandise! And When Not To Explain That You’re Not Wearing A Costume.
SF Bay Area peeps: Free bike sharing demonstration project in GG Park this Sunday. Could be fun. [link]
I'm not sure if the votes count for the grand prize, and I don't know if anyone outside Canada can vote, but...I entered this contest at IKEA for a room makeover. If you can, vote for my pink kitchen. I need counter space! I need storage! I need a stove that's on at the opposite end of the room from the sink.
Richard Castle is on Twitter with a nice hiatus mystery. (That looks to be ripped from the headlines.)
If anyone knows of Boston-area peeps looking for a car, send 'em my way! I'm selling my 2003 Mazda Protege5 wagon, with only 18k miles on it, for $8,500 or B.O.
More deets in the Craigslist ad which is here. My profile address is good, or just answer the ad!
My latest on Grist is up. I'm definitely breaking a story here, though not a major one. Attack on industrial wind puffed with false peer review claims Basically the author created her own imprint to self-publish a book, sought out peer reviewers via the imprint she controlled, and then got media attention she would otherwise have been unable to obtain by claiming her work had been reviewed by a valid peer review process.
FYI: If anyone out there is a long-time customer of Comcast cable tv, and there is a competing cable/dish/AT&T company in your market, you might want to contact Comcast to see if they'll offer you a discount. I just got $30 knocked off my cable tv bill for the next six months--it would have been twelve, but I would have had to lock myself in for that year.
The Lucha Libre Hero sourcebook by Hero Games, with some wrestling hold illustrations by yours truly, is now available for purchase. If you love cheesy Mexican wrestler/superhero movies or thrill to the menace of Blonde Martians in gold lamé gladiator armor, it might be worth a look-see.
New post time at Gothic Charm School! [link]