Tag Archives: Bad Cow

Death Note (a review)

Day 8. 81 pages, 37,483 words. Before I even start on this review, I need to make it very clear: I am aware that there is a manga series that is the true original for this. And an anime television … Continue reading

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Musings on the ambitious flop that was “Bad Cow”

Yesterday I posted a self-deprecating / self-pitying image macro acknowledging that Bad Cow, which I’d enthusiastically considered the most important and mind-blowing piece of literature to grace my bibliography, didn’t really hit that mark. I intended it as a direct … Continue reading

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What I Did On My Holidays, 2017-2018, Day 20

Day 69. 118,823 words. On Saturday, the 12th of January, we returned to the Fairy Garden in the morning for more playing. Hey, it was a cool spot. After that, the Day of the Fairy continued relentlessly and we returned to … Continue reading

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What I Did On My Holidays, 2017-2018, Day 17

Day 63. 113,643 words. To cheer Wump up after her sad day yesterday (that is to say, Monday the 8th of January, 2018 since I am still writing this damn travelogue), we headed into Fremantle to take a swing at … Continue reading

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This Week in Literature

I’m pleased to announce that Bad Cow is live in all its vampirey, angelly, demonny, elfy, flat-earthy, classic-fantasy-novel-doorstoppy glory. You can get the e-book here for just a buck more than The Final Fall of Man books, which isn’t bad … Continue reading

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Gaaaaaah

I know. I’m behind on all my correspondence and I’m basically a mess. Don’t worry, if I was actually going to stop talking to any of you, I would have paradoxically said something directly by now. I just have no … Continue reading

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Hosting V

Nothing to say today. I’m burned out and ready to go home and rest, but I can’t, because I have work to do and then a bunch of running around to get done with. I finally got a note from … Continue reading

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Hosting

Tomorrow night we’re welcoming a visitor into our house for the rest of the week. Part of some sort of student exchange at Wump’s school – some kids are coming over from the UK, and staying in various host families’ … Continue reading

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Status report, random babble, The Plan

Not a lot happening this week, aside from assorted running around and dealing with Wump’s after-school activities. I see this getting steadily more insane as she gets older (she already wants to do a third activity, and Toop hasn’t even … Continue reading

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Bad Cow (2)

And here’s the cover, for those of you who have yet to see it. I made some sample chapters for Worldcon, with the cover attached and Gabriel Gajdoš’s details added so people would be encouraged to hit him up for … Continue reading

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