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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'quarter' #BookQWDan's discovered something ominous. He and his allies will have to put their...

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'quarter' #BookQW

Dan's discovered something ominous. He and his allies will have to put their heads together if they're going to have half a chance of beating this threat.

The Green Man's War ebook is on offer with Amazon UK and Kobo through March 2025

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For those within striking distance of Brigg, North Lincolnshire, I will be one of the authors reading at the Lincolnshire Folk Tales Project...

For those within striking distance of Brigg, North Lincolnshire, I will be one of the authors reading at the Lincolnshire Folk Tales Project evening, this Thursday 13th March, courtesy of The Rabbit Hole bookshop.

https://www.therabbitholebrigg.com/lincolnshire-folktales

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Social media is currently a maelstrom of misinformation and ragebait interspersed with serious people detailing major, legitimate concerns....

Social media is currently a maelstrom of misinformation and ragebait interspersed with serious people detailing major, legitimate concerns. I'm not going to amplify the former, and I have no solutions for the latter. So I will carry on writing my books. That much I can do.

Him: 'That's not true' Me: 'If you're going to call me a liar, we're done.' (Closing door).I have better things...

Him: 'That's not true'

Me: 'If you're going to call me a liar, we're done.' (Closing door).

I have better things to do with my time that cite the copious evidence in the public domain including two public planning enquiries where the Inspector instructed the Tory-led county council to get this work done asap. They didn't.

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I politely declined the gentleman's leaflet on the grounds that I was not interested, after living in West Oxfordshire for forty years...

I politely declined the gentleman's leaflet on the grounds that I was not interested, after living in West Oxfordshire for forty years and having seen Tory councillors at county and district level oppose and delay work on a vital bit of local infrastructure all that time. This is finally going ahead now county and district councils are Labour/Lib Dem/Greens working together.
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A would-be Conservative councillor flatly contradicting a potential voter about a provable matter of fact on her own doorstep is an...

A would-be Conservative councillor flatly contradicting a potential voter about a provable matter of fact on her own doorstep is an interesting choice. One might call it 'brave*' in the Yes Minister sense, possibly even 'courageous*'.
*will lose you votes
*will lose you the election
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'wish' #BookQWDan Mackmain would rather be anywhere else right now, but he doesn't have a...

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'wish' #BookQW

Dan Mackmain would rather be anywhere else right now, but he doesn't have a choice.

If your book budget means you've been hoping for an ebook offer on this title, you're in luck!

Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-War-Juliet-McKenna-ebook/dp/B0DKFT293X/

Kobo
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-green-man-s-war

First task of the day has been finding my spare/previous prescription glasses in order to find the current glasses a cat knocked off the...

First task of the day has been finding my spare/previous prescription glasses in order to find the current glasses a cat knocked off the bedside table during the night, seemingly into an interdimensional rift.

Current glasses have been retrieved from the very narrow gap between the bedside table and the chest of drawers. I am now wondering how long the cat spent calculating the very precise angle needed to get the specs to fall down there...

The Green Man's War is an Amazon UK offer for 99p for the whole of March. For those trying to move away from shopping with US...

The Green Man's War is an Amazon UK offer for 99p for the whole of March. For those trying to move away from shopping with US billionaires, Wizard's Tower Press has made the same deal available from Kobo (based in Canada, Japanese owners)

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-green-man-s-war

"Jim Covello, Head of Global Equity Research at Goldman Sachs, argues that although AI looks like it’ll attract US$1 trillion in...

"Jim Covello, Head of Global Equity Research at Goldman Sachs, argues that although AI looks like it’ll attract US$1 trillion in investment in the coming years, there really isn’t a US$1 trillion problem for it to solve. Someone’s going to lose a lot of money. "

https://thefutureeconomy.ca/op-eds/what-if-generative-ai-signals-decline-and-stagnation-not-a-productivity-boost/

So how about governments don't rip up copyright law to help out the chancers chasing this mirage, but pivot to defending and supporting the creative industries which make money for their economies.

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Glancing at the calendar, I see Mothering Sunday in the UK this year is the day the clocks change and we lose an hour of sleep. That seems...

Glancing at the calendar, I see Mothering Sunday in the UK this year is the day the clocks change and we lose an hour of sleep. That seems par for the course at the moment.

I am thoroughly out of patience with the Internet today for a variety of reasons, so it is good to come across some positive news in my...

I am thoroughly out of patience with the Internet today for a variety of reasons, so it is good to come across some positive news in my final check before logging off.

Breaking the Glass Slipper is back!

"We took a hiatus during the second half of 2024 due to our lives becoming that much busier. But loving what we have built with the show over the almost 10 years we’ve been running (!) we wanted to find a way to continue with BtGS. "

For more, lots more, see
https://www.breakingtheglassslipper.com/2025/02/27/women-on-trial-with-grady-hendrix/

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'vice' #BookQWDan Mackmain's a decent bloke, trying to do what's right. Here's a...

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'vice' #BookQW

Dan Mackmain's a decent bloke, trying to do what's right. Here's a call-back to the first time his life took an abrupt left-turn.

For a full roster of purchase links, visit the Wizard's Tower Press website.

https://wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/books-by-juliet-e-mckenna/the-green-mans-heir/

Browse their other titles while you're there 😊

#books #writing #SFF #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy

... or other treatments who had lost their hair by casting them here, money that could also help pay for medical bills.And beauty was the...

... or other treatments who had lost their hair by casting them here, money that could also help pay for medical bills.

And beauty was the benefit. In the outside world, they might feel awkward or different, but on set, with 10-15 other bald Centauri women in beautiful gowns and dresses, their characters were much admired and desired, and they weren't different any more.

and when he was congratulated:
No, I just approved it, it was the folks in casting and hair and makeup who had the idea.
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Something more positive for your Monday. Elsewhere online, a viewer commented to J Michael Straczynski thus: "Rewatching B5 and as...

Something more positive for your Monday.

Elsewhere online, a viewer commented to J Michael Straczynski thus:
"Rewatching B5 and as always appreciate the moles and fine hair fuzziness of the Centauri skull caps, especially on the fully bald female characters. The moles in particular lend such an air of realness."

His responses:
In terms of the female bald Centauri, some of those were skull caps, and others weren't; we let it be known that we wanted to support women going through chemo
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Elsewhere online in AI idiocy this morning. Someone posts a Latin text, asking politely for an expert translation. First response is...

Elsewhere online in AI idiocy this morning. Someone posts a Latin text, asking politely for an expert translation.

First response is 'Here, I ran it through ChatGPT for you. No idea if this is accurate'.

Would we call that more or less than useless? Either way, headdesk.

But presumably that person genuinely thought doing this would be helpful. I find that very worrying.

Right, back to my own work which is and will remain uncontaminated by any so-called AI

Currently opting out of current affairs for a while and playing The Wellermen cds at significant volume. Definitely lifting my mood.

Currently opting out of current affairs for a while and playing The Wellermen cds at significant volume. Definitely lifting my mood.

A positive news story, a tribute to persistence, and an example of the importance of taking the long view. "‘The last plant left’:...

A positive news story, a tribute to persistence, and an example of the importance of taking the long view.

"‘The last plant left’: can Rapa Nui’s extinct tree be resurrected?
Seeds from the last toromiro, unique to remote Easter Island, were taken away in the 1960s. Now, after a crucial discovery gave hope for its survival, it is making a return."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/19/rapa-nui-easter-island-science-extinct-endemic-tree-sophora-toromiro

Today's change of focus/respite from the ongoing everything."Sikh History on the Streets of Oxford is a four-hour walking tour...

Today's change of focus/respite from the ongoing everything.

"Sikh History on the Streets of Oxford is a four-hour walking tour focusing on Sikh and related Indian stories that link to colleges and historic sites around the city's centre."

"We go to various colleges and museums and ... tell short stories of individuals from Sikh history or from the Punjab in India and their connections to Oxford in the spaces that these little histories took place," Mr Singh said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6yqd4p0qo

If we let it drop from memory, only imagination can restore the least glimmer of it. If we lie about the past, forcing it to tell a story we...

If we let it drop from memory, only imagination can restore the least glimmer of it. If we lie about the past, forcing it to tell a story we want it to tell, to mean what we want it to mean, it loses its reality, becomes a fake. To bring the past along with us through time in the hold-alls of myth and history is a heavy undertaking but as Lao Tzu says, wise people march along with the baggage wagons."

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