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Author Archives: Gwaetgar
My ten days of Verizon Hell
The following is a verbatim copy of the letter I mailed to Verizon almost two weeks ago. So far, I have received no response of any kind. February 10, 2014 Anyone Who Actually Gives a Damn Verizon “Customer Service” PO … Continue reading
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Updates: Busy September after Chicago
September seemed very short, very busy and rather disrupted. I had stuff going on nearly every weekend and that’s continuing into October, as well. I’ve long had a routine of getting chores and errands done on Monday and Tuesday, and … Continue reading
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Tagged conventions, freelancing, gardening, life updates
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The Bristol Renaissance Faire, real Chicago pizza, and pictures!
On Labor Day Monday, my sister had the day off, and she’d suggested that we go to the very last day of their local Renaissance Faire, called the Bristol Renaissance Faire. I was a little ambivalent because by then, I’d … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol Renaissance Fair, Chicago, Chicon 7, conventions, Ray Pena, Seelie Players, Sirena
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Invisible at Chicon 7
I had the interesting experience of being almost completely invisible at Chicon 7. This is something that I’ve gotten resigned to at local cons, but I was hoping a Midwestern con might have different dynamics. It didn’t, and in fact … Continue reading
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Tagged author appearance, Chicago, Chicon 7, fandom, Worldcon
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This is becoming a habit…
I wrote the first part of this last night at Dad’s Townsend Military Band concert on Townsend Common–and I’m very grateful about that because last week, the concert was rained out. 🙁 But picking up where I left off… I … Continue reading
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Me and the fairies, what a team!
Here’s the second part of the updates since May 28! Dad’s Townsend Military Band season kicks off with Memorial Day, so I observe Memorial Day rather thoroughly. This year, I got up early and went to the traditional joint service … Continue reading
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Tagged magic, my birthday
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Thoughts about sexual assault laws inspired by a blog post…
Shadesong complains in today’s LJ post about Scott Adams’ (Dilbert) most recent inflammatory analogies about gender and rape. Shadesong writes, “And once again, when people say that men are wired to rape people, not only is that gender essentialist bullshit, … Continue reading
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Computers and Skype and cell phones, oh my!
It has been a very busy and eventful and rather disorienting two and half weeks since my last post. I’m updating in chapters. Technology issues have been taking up a lot of my attention for the last few days–way too … Continue reading
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Tagged cell phones, computers, geek stuff, Skype sucks, technology
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Suddenly, this summer
There sure are a lot of conventions and events over Memorial Day weekend! Balticon, Wiscon, BayCon, MarCon, just for a partial list of cons, EarthSpirit’s Rites of Spring in western Mass…most of the people I know are away at some … Continue reading
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Tagged All Places That Are Not Heaven, Anne Fraser, gardening, publishing, Samsung sucks
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Books in all directions! …oh, has it been raining?
So, I’ve spent the last two weeks recovering from poison ivy and punching books through various stages of production: four of them at the same time. There have been times when I’ve felt like that old joke about the one-armed … Continue reading
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Tagged All Places That Are Not Heaven, Anne Fraser, Applewood, Brendan P. Myers, Cliff Road Chronicles, gardening, Marco, publishing
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