three things make a post if one of them's really important...

First, the Important News!

Members of Book View Cafe [of which I am one] have been invited to speak at the Library of Congress!

For those who don't know, The Library of Congress is the repository of the United State's literary heritage, and are extremely interested in new methods of publication and distribution of literature. Book View Cafe's innovative combination of author professionalism, cooperative creativity and internet outreach have sparked the Library's attention.

"This is a tremendous honor," says Project Manager Sarah Zettel. "We couldn't be more thrilled."

The presentation is at the Library of Congress the week of May 18, 2009. A firm date will be set after the Inauguration. No, I don't know if I'll e part of the presentation -- a lot depends on scheduling -- but I hope to be there! LoC is an author-geek-joy thing. :-)
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Cooking news: I have made a... thing. It's not a scone, and it's not a biscuit... it's tasty and light and takes very well to butter and jam... it tastes almost like cornbread but isn't made with cornmeal...

( recipe follows )

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Random: Leverage continues to amuse and entertain. And bonus!horses! Also? I don't think there's ever been a show on tv where every. single. actor (male and female) does something for me. There's no off note or bad visual. And Hutton... hooyah. This culture still seems to think that tight skin and lean limbs are all that counts, male or female. Bah. Hutton is charming and sexy and inspiring all at once, and raises my eyebrow now the way he never did when he was young-and-pretty. I suspect that his clear comfort-in-his-skin has a lot to do with that...

Oh, and for Certain People: the soundtrack of yesterday afternoon was ASHsongs. I now have 80's Europop/showtunes/RHS synth in my head. Eeee! And there was much bopping about and scaring the cats. :-)

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EtA: Jeebus,you people will click on anything! *grins evilly*

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Reader Alerts:

1. Will the person who asked alfreda89 a question in comments here a while back please step forward? She's lost your e-mail!

2. If you are interested in getting into The Game as referenced in this LJ a few days back, please hie yourself over to http://community.livejournal.com/multiverse_game and check in...


Stalker Updates:

1. Because I don't already have enough on my plate(s), I've signed myself up to blog at sfnovelists as well -- the 21st of every month, give or take a crisis/deadline/brain failure. Plus, I will be blogging at BVC cafe on the 28th, and then again on January 5th. Don't worry, I'll remind you when the time comes around, too...

2. An early Holiday present: My short story "Departures" is up -- for free! -- at BookView Cafe (and a reminder: the stories at BookView Cafe, plus others, are available in print format at Anthology Builder as well!)

3. I am now on Facebook. Do your worst!