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  1. Swimming at sunset, I saw a beautiful horned owl soar over our pool & land on our roof. Athena must be pleased. More news on MoA this week.
  2. Mieville's Railsea: Brilliant steampunk alt-Moby Dick, w/train capt. & crew chasing the Great Yellow Mole. Hilarious, yet entirely gripping.
  3. Waterstones teams with Amazon: pwne.ws/KmLHP6 Because that worked out so well for Borders ...
  4. My mom getting ready for her one-woman art show next week. Yes, it sure helped growing up in a creative family. twitter.com/camphalfblood/…
  5. O.o This just popped up online: picture of the Kane boxed set, available Oct. 2, same date as MoA. twitter.com/camphalfblood/…
  6. Welcome, tweeps 57,000+! Be sure to check out my FAQ, as many oft-tweeted questions are answered there: bit.ly/mxv6UI
  7. @RidleyPearson Thx, Ridley, and congrats on the latest Kingdom Keepers on the bestseller list! Still think it's my favorite cover yet.
  8. Just finished The Last Colony by @scalzi Great stuff! My favorite yet in his "Old Man's War" sci fi series. Next, on to Miéville's Railsea.
  9. Mythology in action: New Delhi overwhelmed by monkeys b/c they represent the Hindu god Hanuman: nyti.ms/JTuBbO (Hanuman rocks, btw)
  10. Channeling my inner D&D geek today, drawing Argo II schematics on graph paper. Leo casts a fireball for 6d6 damage with a 20' AOE. Boom!
  11. Rick's recent reads, and other news on the blog: bit.ly/Jg56hX
  12. And, hey, "mommy porn" is the media's description, not mine.
  13. I have no idea what that says about American reading habits, but I do find it an odd mix.
  14. Snapshot of US reading: B&N top 10 this morning: 2 motivational, 1 political, 1 inspirational, 2 diet, 3 "mommy porn," and Serpent's Shadow.
  15. And sharing a manuscript without revising it is like playing a guitar without tuning it. REALLY bad idea. Now back to work. :D
  16. Actual page count for Mark of Athena will be somewhere around 580, in case you're wondering. Still revising . . .
  17. The final cover for The Demigod Diaries, to be published August 14. twitter.com/camphalfblood/…
  18. Great ?: Is Argus at CHB modeled on Argus Filch in Harry Potter? Backwards. Since Argus is a 3000-yr-old myth guess who Filch was named for.
  19. Novel idea of the week: Dystopian future where Santas from various countries fight for supremacy. Title: The Reindeer Games.