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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 57

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I like abandoned buildings, urban decay, as much as the next person. The potential for fiction, what happened here long ago, etc, is excellent. However, what about shiny new buildings full of people? Why do we never assume they have personality, or hauntings, or quirks? (Indian burial ground doesn’t count, either. I want something [...]

17Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 47

First sentence Saturdays
Mama told me her totem was the slug, and I didn’t want to believe it - especially when she said that, me being her first daughter, it was destined to be my totem as well.
Art- Slug Totem by Ursula Vernon
The News From Poughkeepsie is a daily blog post featuring an idea for you [...]

7Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 46

General Stuff Fridays
What amuses me about people is how much we emulate Aesop’s Fables. Take the weather. We are all convinced that whatever weather we deal with is the worst, and that anyone else who has to deal with less than we do is a complete wuss. Take Southerners and snow. We don’t get a [...]

7Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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See Mur in May!

I just realized my May is completely full up with appearances. I am not sure how that happened, but it’s going to be fun, if whirlwindy.

May 3-4: Quiet. I’ll be gardening. Also, tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day. This is not busy, this is me building up strength.
May 10: Book signing at Constellation Books in [...]

2May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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Etiquette

I’ve hinted recently on Twitter and other areas that I need to make a “proper etiquette for contacting your favorite podcaster” blog post. I was surprised at the response - lots of people were actually for it. I was just letting off steam.
Then I found out that John Scalzi had written something similar, and I’d [...]

10Apr2008 | Mur Lafferty | 19 comments | Continued
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