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12 Times SFF Characters Trained Their Own Duplicates
My award-winning SF novella Adam’s Stepsons featured clones, which as some reviewers noted came a little after the peak of clones (although I wonder if we have yet to hit the “peak,” given scientific progress). So as I was scouring the net for summer reads, I came across a lot of books about clones and […]
No, the “golden asteroid” will NOT make you rich
I wrote about this a couple of days ago (based on an article from two weeks prior), but it’s interesting to see random websites suddenly jumping on the “we’ll all get rich!” asteroid mining band wagon. Hey, everybody, let’s copy-paste stuff and not use our brains! A new article by rt.com even includes two click-bait links […]
Indie writers, Amazon is not your friend
As if writers hadn’t already figured this out, Amazon really couldn’t care less about the books of yours they sell. Notice I didn’t write “the books they sell for you.” Because they’re obviously not interested in you making any money. Not when they can allow random “companies” to download your manuscript, slap on their own […]
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Kaiten Zushi Magic
Last week, my youngest daughter turned 5. Because three of us (both daughters and myself) were recovering from the mumps, we cancelled her birthday party and rescheduled it for the 14th. As a reward to both girls for their hard … Continue reading
Posted in eating, family outings, food, Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, parenting, party
Tagged birthday, creativity, customs, magic, sushi
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The barriers go down…with the past…
The smiling bear stickers that adorned the walls of the barricade are long gone, sacrificial victims to an eager child’s exploring hands. But my kids loved these things. Continue reading
Posted in baby toys, child safety, gate, play
Tagged baby toys, child care, child safety, child-raising, children, creativity, Japan, Japanese kids, play
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