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Sherlock, Grease 2 and Birthday Cake - Welcome!
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, stars of the new BBC Drama Sherlock Today is my birthday and the mail carrier just delivered issue #158 of Enlightenment where my column (the title of which I...
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We Hardly Knew Ya....
The first casualty of the 2010 television season has been announced. After two episodes Fox has cancelled the intriguing Lone Star. I'm saying "intriguing" because that's what I heard from critics...
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Whedonistas!
I've been holding off on announcing this because I wanted to be able to list all of our contributors, for lo, they are mighty. But this is the project that has been eating my brain, consuming my life...
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Whedonistas vs. The New York Times
It’s been exactly a month since the official launch of Whedonistas and nearly two months since it’s unofficial launch at the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles. Since the calendar and,...
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Books, Libraries and CNET
I was recently at a fundraising event and the topic of eBooks came up. As it is does when the fundraising event is for a library. I found myself in the position of passionately defending eBooks,...
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The Power of Story
In February of this year I had “A Perfect Moment”. I was at the The Getty Villa in Los Angeles, eating a plate of figs and cheese while drinking a glass of chardonnay. The breeze was soft, the...
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1. I was interviewed with Lynne M. Thomas at Doctor Her on projects current and past. This is one of my favorite new websites and if you're interested in pop culture and feminism I can't recommend it...
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On the Shelf
We are entering the Season of Driving and Sitting, also known as "little league" and "swim team". The upside is my reading time gets a huge boost and all that time in the car means I can catch up on...
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Where I've been...
It's been a mad, mad, mad few weeks trying to tie up loose ends on an upcoming project (announcement soon!) but even though I haven't been here I have been a few places around the web:The lovely Chip...
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Chicks Unravel Time
I am so very, very pleased to finally, OFFICIALLY, announce that the amazing anthology for Mad Norwegian Press that has consumed me for the past year is available for pre-order:Chicks Unravel Time:...
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Autumn
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a birdI would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.George EliotAutumn is finally here and good riddance to summer. Although...
View ArticleChicks Unravel Time - Table of Contents!
I love when an anthology's full Table of Contents is published. Not only do you get to see, for the first time, the framing structure of a book, but also the veil is finally pulled back and you get to...
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Geek Girl Artist
Mad Norwegian Press is offering a special pre-order deal on their "Geek Girl Chronicles". This four volume set, schedule to be released in November, includes Chicks Dig Time Lords, Whedonistas,...
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Countdown!
We are only days away from the publication of Chicks Unravel Timeand all sorts of fantastic things are happening - including a give-away!But first, there are several events scheduled which, if you are...
View ArticleChicks Unravel Time Prize Package Winner
Congratulations to David K44, the winner of the Chicks Unravel Time Prize Package. David - email me at dstanish@gmail.com and I'll get this out to you on Monday.A big THANK YOU to everyone who...
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Verity!
While there are tons of things I still want to say about Chicks Unravel Time I have to break the holiday-induced blog silence by introducing a brand new project: Verity! A Doctor Who Podcast where a...
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Gally!
In just a few days I'll be on a plane at and ungodly hour in the morning to fly across the country to spend time with some of my favorite people in the world. It's Gally time! Or, for those not in...
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Books, Writers and Girls on Who
This has been a very Who-centric week. It started off with a Doctor Who Book event at the infamous The Way Station in Brooklyn (preceded by a delightfully bellini-soaked brunch) where I got to spend...
View ArticleCurrency, Words and the Power of a Collective: Why I Observed #twittersilence
Yesterday an awful lot of people chose to go silent on Twitter. An awful lot of people chose not to. I chose to be silent. #Twittersilence itself was complicated. There was no real organization and...
View ArticleComings and Goings
Just got back from a relaxing week on Hatteras Island which, other than Ocracoke Island, is my favorite spot on the Outer Banks. It was a fantastic relaxing vacation with lots of family time and more...
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I was doing some housekeeping at the Verity! blog when I decided to pop in here for a dust and tidy as well...which is when I realized I hadn't updated since last summer. Crikey, how did THAT happen?!...
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Hugos, Puppies and Glee. Oh My....
Just getting back from a weekend of family Easter-y things and bonus college visit so it's time to catch my breath and take in this weekend's announcement. I'm finding it a little difficult to express...
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