December 2011
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Want a free copy of Bone Fragments?
gabrielgadfly:
My publisher is tacking a giveaway of the Bone Fragments ebook onto their Kindle Fire giveaway.
All you have to do is sign up for the 1889 Labs mailing list, and on January 1st, one lucky subscriber will win the Kindle Fire and EVERYONE on that mailing list will get a coupon code to download a free copy of Bone Fragments from Smashwords.
Don’t have an eReader? You don’t need...
What did you accomplish in 2011? What are you...
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I wonder if I could pull off a fantasy epic.
Not a novel, but “epic” in the original sense, as in a long poem like Beowulf or the Odyssey.
absentubiquity asked: Fingerprints: To my knowledge from all the biology/genetics courses I've taken, it is technically only vastly improbable. That, however, is like saying "it's highly unlikely that an alien race lives on microscopic fibers dangling from our earlobes." The point of that ridiculous notion is, most anything that doesn't directly conflict with our notions of science and its...
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Okay. So. Fingerprints are unique, right?
Does that mean it’s impossible that two strangers would have identical fingerprints? Or just vastly improbable?
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Castor and Pollux and the Siege of Paris by... →
December, 1870
After the beef was gone, after the pork and the lamb, and the fowl and the fish and the dogs, and the cats, and the rats in the gutter, the butchers turned to the zoo.
We ate the wolves. We ate the wolves broiled in sauce of deer, the antelope truffled and terrined. We ate the camels with breadcrumbs and butter, and when they were all gone, we sharpened our knives and...
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writingforsanityssake replied to your post: Want a free copy of Bone Fragments?
done and done. Will I be able to download a Nook-compatible copy? I’ve ordered a Nook, but I’m not quite sure how it all works yet :)
Yep! Smashwords offers the ePub format, which is compatible with the Nook.
“From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is...”
– Edvard Munch (via moonbrains)
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Want a free copy of Bone Fragments?
My publisher is tacking a giveaway of the Bone Fragments ebook onto their Kindle Fire giveaway.
All you have to do is sign up for the 1889 Labs mailing list, and on January 1st, one lucky subscriber will win the Kindle Fire and EVERYONE on that mailing list will get a coupon code to download a free copy of Bone Fragments from Smashwords.
Don’t have an eReader? You don’t need one!...
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AAA is taking non-member drunkards home for NYE?
heyygray:
Is this real life?
Call 1-800-AAA-Help and a tow truck will deliver you and your vehicle home safely, no charge and no questions asked. The free service, a partnership between AAA and Budweiser, is 100 percent confidential
Err. Kinda, but not quite.
From this article:
AAA is NOT offering the Tipsy Tow service in every location across the United States (propos to my other smart...
“Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They’re always sticking their...”
– J.D Salinger (via blua)
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Just finalized the back cover blurb for Ventricle,...
The energy driving OWS movement comes from deep... →
wilwheaton:
“This primal cry for democracy sprang from young people who could no longer ignore the angst in their gut — the premonition that their future does not compute, that their entire lives will be lived in the apocalyptic shadow of climate-change tipping points, species die-offs, a deadening commercialized culture, a political system perverted by money, precarious employment, a struggle...
The older I get, the more convinced I am that...
thisismylife-alecia asked: I've recently found a bunch of your poems and I absolutely love them. I was wondering about any advice you could give to someone who would like to get published?
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Back from Christmas at Grandma's. Held my newborn...
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I need to do more videos, and see if I can get...
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ship-abandoned replied to your video: Since we topped 1,000 likes on my Facebook page, a…
sdiuferiugerg when you read things it makes them even BETTER.
Haha. I’m glad you think so.
I always get so nervous in front of the camera.
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Want a preview of Ventricle, Atrium?
gabrielgadfly:
My Facebook page is just 11 likes away from 1,000.
If we break 1,000 likes on that page by midnight tonight, I’ll post a video reading of one of the never-before-seen poems from my upcoming collection of love poetry, Ventricle, Atrium.
Have you already liked the page on Facebook? Invite your friends!
That didn’t take long. :)
Thanks, everyone. We topped 1,000 likes, so...
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Want a preview of Ventricle, Atrium?
My Facebook page is just 11 likes away from 1,000.
If we break 1,000 likes on that page by midnight tonight, I’ll post a video reading of one of the never-before-seen poems from my upcoming collection of love poetry, Ventricle, Atrium.
Have you already liked the page on Facebook? Invite your friends!
Gingrich’s message to gay Americans: Vote for... →
loverwife:
“I asked him if he’s elected, how does he plan to engage gay Americans. How are we to support him? And he told me to support Obama.”
No problem, bro.
Did you know Newt Gingrich actually has a married lesbian sister? That’s got to make for some awkward family get-togethers. (She’s, unsurprisingly, backing Obama.)
Picked up the new The Weeknd mixtape on a whim.
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Woah.
Tell me what you think being married to me would...
meow-re-mix:
Anonymously, if you have to.
Heh. I don’t usually reblog these things, but this one sounds fun. Anon’s available if you’re shy.
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Gamers, get on this.
The Humble Indie Bundle
Twelve indie games. For around 6 bucks, you get:
Gratuitous Space Battles
Cave Story+
Jamestown
Bit.Trip Runner
Super Meat Boy
Shank
NightSky HD
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Cogs
VVVVVV
Hammerfight
And Yet It Moves
The games are DRM free and come with a Steam key. Every game is guaranteed to work on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
You also get the soundtracks for every...
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Tiring, shitty day, and it's only a little after...
Went to a Christmas party tonight. Meh. People are...
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Anonymous asked: You should post a picture of your face.
Doh. Just hit answer privately on a question I...
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Ugh. So tired. So much to do.
intervital asked: If you can witness one work of art or artist creating something, what would it be and why. And link please if it's not obvious hehe
intervital asked: Do you have any poems you wish you included in your upcoming book but couldn't? Or any regrets about it at all?
rentastic asked: what did you ask Santa for?
hatewizard asked: Would you rather explore the oceans or space? Are you a cat or dog person? What's the most private thing you'd be willing to talk about on the internet? If you were in a crazy survival situation and were trapped with people you knew and someone died and your only chance of survival was to eat them, could/would you?
I haven't received a lot of questions lately.
So.
Ask box is right here.
thdoctor asked: Hey! Quick question, will there be a pre-order going on for Ventricle, Atrium? Congratulations on your second book, by the way. I eagerly await this one along with your third, fourth, and fifth.
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Hm. A review blog wants me to send them two or...
So…which ones should I send?
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10 Ways to Support Your Favorite Indie Author →
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The Trembling Room by Gabriel Gadfly →
The parents are sitting behind a glass wall on a brown leather couch. Not black. Not a black couch. There is nothing black in the room at all.
There is a glass coffee table with shiny chrome legs. There is a ceramic vase holding red flowers. There is a window overlooking the hospital yard, green grass, oak trees.
There is a mother, wringing her hands, there is a father, grinding his...
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Nnedi Okorafor wins a trophy that is a statuette... →
blacksentai:
Just one more thing white people never have to stop and think about. This goes hand in hand with growing up being told Andrew Jackson wasn’t a bad president (or person) and that the founding fathers are people I should look up to. It’s all bullshit and fuck all of ‘em. Oh, and if you are curious, if you are really into Lovecraft I do look at you funny.
How many of you are on Goodreads?