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I’ve been thinking about my book-buying habits lately. Partly because I’ve been reading ebooks on my iPad and partly just because I’m fascinated by the evolving business of publishing. So I decided to be systematic. Here’s a list of the books I’ve read in the last year, and either how I found out about...
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In the last week I’ve read 1165 pages of young-adult oppressive-dystopia reality-television-bashing coming-of-age revolution fiction. The Hunger Games trilogy chronicles the tale of Katniss Everdeen, a teenager whose big heart, indomitable spirit and rage land her on the front lines of a fight to change a reality she never really thought to question. It’s...
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Last Thursday I spent the day doing very ugly arts and crafts with all sorts of interesting people as part of the Exhibition at the CreativeMix conference here in Vancouver. It was the first time in many, many years that I had to prepare a visual display for something, and here’s the story of...
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For a while, I had a line in my professional bio that I dream of quilting. I’ve always had a fair amount of anxiety about sewing. I couldn’t sew in a straight line; my machine, basic as it is, was a mystery to me; I never really grokked how it all works. Then an...
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This week I was invited to talk about last-minute Halloween costume ideas on the BC CBC Radio show North by Northwest. Sheryl, Anna and I had a blast bouncing ideas around; it’ll air on Saturday morning and should be in the show’s podcast after that. To get my brain in gear before we recorded,...
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In case this hasn’t been clear, I am not a media outlet. A lot of bloggers have written about how they’d like to be approached by publicists and a lot of discussion has ensued about how the publicity landscape online is different from the one in traditional media. Enough discussion’s been had on this...
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When I got my iPad over the summer, I also got the case Apple makes for it. It’s a handy design. Kind of like a book, but also like a stand – there’s a slot on the back that you can fold the cover back into so it’s propped up. Handy! The only thing...
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Remember back when I launched a podcast? You know, the podcast that only ever had one episode? Yeah. Would you believe that I’ve wanted to play around with web video for years? I bet you would believe that, yes. And I bet you’d also understand why, given my one-episode podcast, I may have shied...
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When I went to sleep on Friday night I had 535 Facebook friends. Today I have 416. I know each of those 416 people. Some are close friends, some old classmates, some relatives, some acquaintances, many are crafters and colleagues. I do not know the 119 people I unceremoniously unfriended yesterday. I may have...
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As you well know because I won’t shut up about it this summer, pancreatic cancer runs in my family on my dad’s side. Because of this, my father has both participated as a subject in research into familial pancreatic cancer, and for the last several years has received regular screenings of his pancreas. There’s...
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