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I just posted this to a writer’s group and then thought, what the heck, maybe other people would appreciate this too. And here we are.

I saw a writer on Twitter feeling not great about his work, of the “everything’s terrible, no one wants this stupid book, what’s the point, why am I even bothering?” variety. Been there, of course, who hasn’t, and I had some thoughts. Sharing in case someone else needs to hear it too:

Think of the last book you read that brought you joy, or showed you that there is light at the end of darkness.

Your book is you, repaying the favor.

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For my valentine.

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You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

— Paulo Coelho

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Wanted: recipes for cookies that go well with afternoon tea. Because how am I supposed to work when all I can think of are cookies?

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Natural Allies

This is absolutely the sort of article I like to have with lunch:

Study finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations | Ars Technica

The results suggest that there’s a strong correlation between sightings and the local black bear population—for every 1,000 bears, the frequency of Bigfoot sightings goes up by about 4 percent.

So another way of interpreting this study is that (and correct me if I’m wrong here but really, it just makes sense) black bears and Bigfoot have formed an alliance.

Pretty sure they meet every third Thursday and swap tips on the best berry patches and how to avoid detection by overly-enthusiastic humans. 

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Image by Alexey Hulsov from Pixabay

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Happy Year of the Dragon!

2024 is China’s Year of the Dragon

The first day of the Chinese New Year falls on February 10 this year. Also known as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, the festival marking the advent of spring is widely celebrated in China and several East Asian countries…

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D is for Dragon. Original photo by Christopher Ritter on Unsplash

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I decided to make a list of science fiction and fantasy authors based on my reading history, organized by the starting letter of their last name. (That’s normal, right?) 

This is off the top of my head and while I read a lot my memory isn’t the best. I have certainly forgotten many authors, and of course there are many more that I have not yet read. And I haven’t put everyone in here, but focused on the ones engraved into my longer-term memory banks. (As such, it tends toward the classics.) Even so, I was surprised to find that most letters have at least some entries.

Most, but not for Q, U, and X. 

Here’s my list in progress. Who am I missing?

A is for Asimov, Atwood, Adams, Abercrombie, Andrews, Addison, Anders, Anthony

B is for Butler, Bradbury, Bujold, Banks, Bacigalupi, Bester, Butcher, Burroughs, Baum, Bull, Beukes, Bradley

C is for Crowley, Chiang, Card, Crichton, Arthur C. Clarke, Cronin, Chambers, Corey, Susanna Clarke, Carroll, Cooper, Cherryh

D is for Delany, Dick

E is for El-Mohtar

F is for Farmer, Farland, Feist, Fforde, Flint, Foster

G is for Grant, Gibson, Gladstone, Gaiman, Gabaldon, Green, Goldman

H is for Harrison, Herbert, Huxley, Heinlein, Haldeman, Hamilton, Hobb, Hopkinson

I is for Ishiguro

J is for Jemisin, Jordan, Diana Wynne Jones

K is for King, Kowal, Kingfisher, Kay, Kurtz

L is for Leckie, Lem, Ken Liu, Le Guin, Lewis, Lem, Lunch, Cixin Liu, L’Engle, Lowry, Lord, Leiber

M is for McCarthy, Miller Jr, Muir, Martine, Miéville, Martine, McGuire, McCaffrey, Matheson, Moorcock, Milne, Macdonald, McKinley

N is for Niven, Novik, Norton

O is for Okorafor, Orwell

P is for Pournelle, Pratchett, Pullman

Q is for …

R is for Robinson, Rothfuss, Rowling

S is for Scalzi, Shelley, Stephenson, Simmons, Sagan, Stross, Samatar, Sanderson, Sawyer

T is for Tolkien, Tchaikovsky, Tiptree Jr., Tepper

U is for …

V is for Vonnegut, Verne, VanderMeer, Vinge

W is for Weir, HG Wells, Martha Wells, Willis, Whitehead, Walton, Williams, TH White, Wilhelm

X is for …

Y is for Yolen, Yu

Z is for Zelazny

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Let Me Dream

I know it’s only Thursday but I am so ready for the weekend. Just let me dream for a minute, ok?

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Thanks:)

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Little Busy Today…

… but that’s ok.

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.

— Edward Everett Hale

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I Remember

I tried to resist posting the Tracy Chapman / Luke Combs duet of Chapman’s “Fast Car” because it is everywhere. Why did I break down and change my mind? Because music, like writing and other forms of art, is a transformative time machine.

Tracy Chapman Duets “Fast Car” with Luke Combs

Listening to the performance, I remember who I was when I first heard the original song. I remember the road I’ve travelled to get to where I am. And I remember running down the steps at the Harvard Square T station and realizing that Chapman had been there before me, playing to distracted commuters as she built her own road to the future.

It’s also just a really good song. 

And I love that a new generation is getting to hear it in a way that emphasizes the shared humanity, challenges and goals of its singers, and listeners.

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