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Blog: No Longer Just About the TARDIS for Me. Why it means so much to me that the Doctor is finally, finally portrayed by a woman.
http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/No-Longer-Just-About-the-TARDIS-for-Me.aspx

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Blog: Bubble & Squeek. Adventures, Announcements, Blogs, Books, and Podcasts. With bonus cat picture.
http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/Bubble-Squeek-for-11-July-2017.aspx

Conversations with the Husband

*Something downstairs falls over*
Me: You hear that?
Him: No, but I'm going to check it out...naked.
Me: You are a cliche.
Him: I'm a guy. Naked man's defense.
Me: Point.

Naked man's defense: If you come across a naked man in the road, avoid him. He knows something you don't know, is crazy, or has skills to back up his nakedness.

The Good Kind of Procrastination....

Restructured my bibliography page to break things out by type instead of year. I've done a lot. What do you think? http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/bibfiction.html

Blog: On Luminaries and Events.

A local free event to learn about working in the RPG industy. Hosted by Verne & Wells. Location has decent parking, a great game shop, and a comfortable game club. This will be a casual, candid look at what it is like to write / edit for table top games, video games, and board games.
http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/On-Luminaries-and-Events.aspx

Blog: Live Your Art Daily

Blog: Live Your Art Daily. This blog post is brought you by the letter W, the number 3, and a twitter conversation I had. http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/Live-Your-Art-Daily.aspx

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Blog: Shades of Brown and Gray. What do I do about my hair color? http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/Shades-of-Brown-and-Gray.aspx

This is why I have daily lists.

Last three minutes:
Gonna work on the novel.
*Checks daily task list*
Actually, going to clean the litter box.
Phone alarm goes off.
Scratch that: take your pills first!
Pause. Think. Pause.
I'm supposed to be writing.
*Checks daily task list*
Right! Clean the litter box.
Then write.

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Blog: Train of Thought. This is how I think... http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/Train-of-Thought.aspx

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Blog: Stuff and Things. Travel, Writing, Editing, Domestic Bliss. http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/Stuff-and-Things.aspx

Dreamwidth

Right. For those who would like to know, I am on Dreamwidth now. I'm still figuring out how the whole thing works. Subscribe to me so I know you're there and can subscribe back. https://jennifer-brozek.dreamwidth.org/
Blog: Travel, Escape, and Social Media - It's been an eventful 5 days.
http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/Travel-Escape-and-Social-Media.aspx

It arrived!


This makes me so happy. Just think, it's because I murdered a bunch of idealized, teen versions of my friends like punks. Remember--if I kill you in a story, it means I like you.

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Conversations with the Husband

Him: *massive belch*

Me: So say we all.

Him: In accordance with the prophecy.

Me: With an AK-47.

Him: And then the murders started?

Me: And then the murders started.

The Correct Choice for Us

My sister-in-law is in town with her husband and her two year old son. I love my SIL, BIL, and nephew. They are good people and nephew is the happiest boy. Enthusiastic, loud, demanding, tireless, happiest boy. The more I visit with my in-laws, the more me and the Husband know we have made the correct childless choice for us.

We’re both exhausted by the time our family heads out for the night—they’re staying at a nearby hotel until they continue their journey northward. Basically, all we can do is savor the silence, the lack of an active toddler, and enjoy the cats coming out from their hiding places. If nothing else, visiting with my happy nephew has reaffirmed my life choice.

Still, I gotta admit that it was impossibly cute when nephew mimicked me almost perfectly, calling to the kitties, “C’mere. Come on.” in a soft, high-pitched voice instead of his full-volume, excited shout. For a second there, Isis seemed to consider it because she wanted to play with the feathered toy so bad. She twitched towards him, but then nephew shouted and Isis decided she’d had enough of the small human, feathered toy or no.

I honestly think if we had a week or two, the cats would’ve come around. They all stared at my nephew from the landing, craning their necks to see what was making the strange sounds.

My hat is off to all parents. You have the hardest job in the world. All I can say is better you than me. Me and the Husband are happy to be the cool Aunt and Uncle of the family.

It's official...

The Last Days of Salton Academy is a finalist for the Bram Stoker award. I'm thrilled. (Along with some more complex emotions...).

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Cool FYI.

The Last Days of Salton Academy is listed on the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel - http://horror.org/2016-bram-stoker-awards-preliminary-ballot-announced/

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2017

For those of you interested in what I have planned for 2017...

And a cat picture.

Bubble & Squeek...

I'm working on revisions for the Sekrit Project Alex extras and the final tie-in story for 2016. They both have fiddly bits to get correct. So, here's a Bubble & Squeek for you.

All I want for my Birthday (and Christmas for that matter). Please consider buying one of my books for yourself or as a gift for someone else. It helps keep my cats in kibble and me working on the fiction you know and love.

Article: On the Qwillery – The Perfect Line in the Sand on why zombies are the perfect kind of monster and why we used them so much.

ebook Release: The kindle version of THE LAST DAYS OF SALTON ACADEMY is live! Here is the Barnes and Noble link.

Interview: On Wag the Fox focused around THE LAST DAYS OF SALTON ACADEMY and YA fiction.

Interview: On Ginger Nuts of Horror. This was one long, meaty interview filled with intriguing questions I’ve never had to answer before.

Release: TEMPEST, All-New Tales of Valdemar. I've got my second story of Hadara and Kitha in here. This is the fourth Valdemar anthology I've written for. I'm still pinching myself at how lucky I am I get to play in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar world.

Review: Ginger Nuts of Horror reviewed
THE LAST DAYS OF SALTON ACADEMYIt doesn’t look like the reviewer liked it very much. But they are correct in saying the book was written for a different age group. (I much prefer these kinds of reviews. :) )


And a picture of Mena being oh-so-dignified. I love this picture of her.