In Common with Humans

• 12:01 Anita Blake books to be made-for-cable move: www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i19ba8a8fc75ea904d8a7ff65c062f4f0 #
• 13:48 VampireFreaks, controversial networking site, sold to owner of Fox Ntwk & MySpace: vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=307 #
• 16:16 "Guiding Light" to end after 72 years on radio & TV: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102616201&ft=1&f=1001 #

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• 12:35 Heading out to Conbust in about 90 minutes! I hope I’ve thought of places to put the cat food where the bunny can’t get to it but cats can #

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• 13:03 “I’ve always said politics is like the circus: the worst job is cleaning up after the elephants.” — James Carville #
• 13:28 Those pesky publishing terms explained at last! tinyurl.com/6e2xus #
• 13:42 I’ve spiffed up my Twitter profile page, if anyone would like to take a look. #
• 21:01 RT @CharityV The question isn’t “who will be in the 3 Stooges movie?” It is “why will there be a 3 Stooges movie?” #
• 21:24 Boston Latin H.S. says “no vampires here.” Are they *sure*? 🙂 tinyurl.com/d8k9qa #
• 22:27 Why does I-190 have an “I” for Interstate when it never leaves MA? It only runs from Rte 2 to I-290 by Worcester! #

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• 12:45 “You are not your brain” – Alva Noe interview on consciousness in Salon: tinyurl.com/dygofh #
• 14:17 The page for Windycon 36 is finally up! www.windycon.org/windy36/ #
• 14:55 8% of health insurance premiums added to cover costs of uninsured: tinyurl.com/cnqmv4 #
• 16:11 NPR: will e-book DRM technology hurt readers? tinyurl.com/ccbr4k #
• 20:17 I’ll be doing 2 solo talks at ConBust this weekend: tinyurl.com/cg4fta #
• 22:21 *GRUMP* MSIE 8 hates Twitter. Or Twitter hates MSIE 8. Or maybe it’s mutual. I’m typing this in Firefox. Browsers follow me home. #

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My schedule at ConBust this weekend:

Saturday 3:00 p.m.:”Lady and the Vamp–how women writers shape the vampire genre”
When women started writing vampire stories, they influenced the entire field to shift in lasting ways. Few people would argue that vampires in general are more popular with female readers than males. What are some of the themes that women writers emphasize in vampire fiction, and why do these appeal so strongly to female readers?

Saturday 5:00 p.m.: “Money, Market, Sequels–what makes a book look good to a publisher, and why”
One of the biggest problems for writers is the “perception gap” between them and the editors and publishers who buy or reject their work. What are publishers really looking for when they evaluate a manuscript, and why do their decisions often seem incomprehensible to authors? Should writers adjust their work to meet the expectations of the market, or should they write what they want and hope to find the “right publisher?” Is writing for commercial appeal selling out–or successful selling?

Sunday 9:00 a.m.: Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
I’ll be joined by sister Broads Phoebe Wray, Trisha Wooldridge, Morven Westfield and Lynn Flewelling, as we each do a short reading from our work.

ConBust is held on the campus of Smith College in Northampton, MA. The parking is free and they accept registration at the door for any day of the convention or the whole weekend.

I’m reading old short stories as I prep for a presentation this weekend, and I ran across this quote:

“…a novelist lays the scene of his drama and expects his characters to slide about in the grooves like puppets. It is only when mine surprise me that I feel they are alive.”

from “A Mystery of the Campagna” by Anne Crawford, 1887

• 12:58 E.W. lists *Moonlight* as one of 26 shows that were cancelled too soon: tinyurl.com/d7dt8g #
• 13:03 Baker & Taylor at lowest financial ranking, high risk of “default”: www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2009/03/23/story6.html #
• 13:29 New Moon casts all Native Americans as the wolf pack. Itinyurl.com/cgzsnl #

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Happy Birthday, psychoticjedi!

• 15:19 Just added myself to the wefollow.com twitter directory under: #author #publisher #vampires #
• 19:46 Follow @amabaie to get a free SEO book (regular price $40) [From Vyrdolak: Lots of useful information on a topic most people don’t “get”.] #
• 19:55 Quote blast! Every time I put together a church service I end up with a ton of great quotes (not all of which relate to the service theme). #
• 19:56 “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford #
• 19:57 “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson #
• 19:58 “The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.” – E. Hubbard #
• 19:59 “When I am dead, I hope it may be said: ‘His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.’” – Hilaire Belloc #

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• 21:58 Did all that corporate wealth go away, or just on vacation? tinyurl.com/cojet4 #
• 09:54 Furnace is fixed & running again. #

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