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I'm excited to warn you that I have a new occasional writing gig over at geekmom.com. My first post went live this morning about Portland's App Camp For Girls: [link]
If you're an Apex Publications blog reader, I'll have a post there tomorrow about the 5 essential things 10 genre folks consider must-pack int their con survival bags. I don't want to spam the list, though.
So I failed to do this at the top of the tour, but I would really love it if any of these stops were near Buffistas and you could come out to my shows. The lead guy we're playing for is a Christian, but although he speaks during the show it's not a particularly preachy deal, and I think you'd enjoy the goofiness anyway (he plays everything from banjo to plastic lawn flamingo).
August
2 Springfield IL
3 Broken Arrow OK
4 Andover KS
5 Denison TX
6 Louisburg KS
7 Nowata OK
8 Dallas TX
9 Lubbock TX
10 Las Cruces NM
11 Show Low AZ
14 Abilene KS
15 South Bend IN
16 Middleburg Hts OH
17 Broadalbin NY
18 Verona NY
19 Powell OH
20 Troy OH
21 Windsor IL
22 Michigan City IN
All,
A journalist for Prospect is interested in getting stories about families who are struggling to refi their mortgages.
You can contact her on twitter (@MonicaBPotts) or email: mpotts@prospect.org
Plus One Press let me put up the excerpt of the day here. [link]
A wee Diana Wynne Jones / Cooking the Books giveaway - [link]
I wrote a tribute to Elmore Leonard as my favorite author a while ago. [link]
It's time to help Ginger kick some cancer ass. And also some mice ass. And get a new dishwasher if she wants it. And also treats for Mr. Peabody. Let's spread it all over the internet and help one of our own who has never asked for help. Even if you can't help right now, could you please share the page on your own Facebook? Thank you!
(I asked and received Ginger's permission to set this up. I have co-conspirators who can out themselves if they wanna.)
After receiving a very sweet email from Shir, it got me thinking...
So I'm volunteering to be the keeper of the email list of "people who want to be notified for fundraising efforts" for individual Buffista causes.
Often we lead the efforts in secret to surprise the recipient, but that means many people are excluded because the lists are ad-hoc and I generally end up writing to the same 40 folks again and again because I've got their email addresses.
This is entirely opt-in. And it will mean that if a fellow Buffista wants to kick off a campaign on behalf of someone, they can ask me for the latest email list and I will provide it. That way you will not be left out of the loop of any efforts, and we can effectively raise money in secret without excluding anyone inadvertently.
I am so grateful for all y'all.
If you think you know who used chemical weapons in Syria you are wrong, no matter who you ascribe responsibility to. My latest on my personal blog