1. This is not a social issues blog. Mostly, it's about writing, my cats, and me doing stupid things in the interest of not being bored out of my skull. Because I have very strong feelings about a lot of social issues, they do crop up from time to time, but they're not my focus. Rage is exhausting. I try to focus on happier things, like that new rabies/Ebola virus that's started melting people while being inexplicable and impossible to cure. It's the little things in life.
2. I write urban fantasy under my own name, and science fiction medical thrillers under the name Mira Grant. The first books in my urban fantasy series are Rosemary and Rue (for the October Daye series), and Discount Armageddon (for my InCryptid series). There's also a lot of free fiction on my website, mostly in the Velveteen vs. superhero universe and the InCryptid universe, so you can try things if you want to see whether you like them.
3. I have OCD, in the literal, medically diagnosed sense, not in the joking "that was a little OCD of me" sense. This translates to a love of lists, both to do and to generate (hence this entry). I will occasionally do things that don't make much sense, like my insistence on answering every top-level comment I receive. Don't worry about it. I do my best not to make my problems anyone else's concern, and will let you know if there's a problem.
4. I do not ban people, but I do ask them to play nicely. Because I have a full-time day job, sometimes I can't clean up the comments as quickly as I want to. Please don't take a comment appearing as a sign of authorial approval. If it's inappropriate, rude, or over the line, I'll speak up as soon as I get the chance.
5. Cumulatively, my three cats weigh as much as a small golden retriever, and none of them are overweight. Jim Hines once said that I took my cats very seriously. This is because they can eat me. This is also why I tend to respond to "I just bought your book" with "thank you for feeding my cats." I do not wish to be eaten.
Again, welcome. You are all welcome to stay, and while I hope you will, I will not be hurt if you choose to go. It's a big internet, and we'd all explode if we tried to pay attention to absolutely everything.
Happy Monday!
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October 1 2012, 18:49:00 UTC 4 years ago
2. Thank You. I like them all.
3. I think I missed the "Diagnosed" part, which is neither here nor there, and I love lists. Not as much as flow charts, but lists are close.
4. Perhaps repeat offenders should be infected with that virus from #1.
5. By cats.
Happy Monday, Wonderful Lady!
October 1 2012, 18:50:46 UTC 4 years ago
I was diagnosed in my teens. I'm pretty open about it, but it doesn't define me.
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Then I realized you wrote the Newsflesh (Trilogy? series?) which I've heard of because it's one of the books Mark Reads is doing (which I was going to pick up and read once he'd gone through them all, I can't read one chapter every other day...I tried...)
so rambling aside. Yeah! new books to read :)
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It is lovely, some kind of fancy wild-kitty designer effect cat.
Full-grown, my guess is maybe as much as five pounds.
Or not.
I don't have your monsters, but at least three of my guys are Big Kitties, over ten pounds at least.
It was strangely affecting to see Leema (her name).
And, clearly, she could still beat me up.
It would just be even more embarrassing.
October 2 2012, 00:29:16 UTC 4 years ago
Ahem.
October 1 2012, 21:56:10 UTC 4 years ago
So, you know... sort of an insta-fan, I guess. *wry grin*
October 2 2012, 00:29:37 UTC 4 years ago
I <3 Vel.
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October 1 2012, 22:32:34 UTC 4 years ago
I wonder if John Scalzi would be willing to occasionally rent himself out as a special guest malleter of unwanted comments. ;-)
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Regarding point 5: I knew you had big cats but somehow didn't make the connection between size and being able to eat you. This suddenly makes a lot more sense!
October 2 2012, 02:23:23 UTC 4 years ago
I'm afraid one morning I'm going to wake up with a few good sized chunks missing.
And heaven forend he turn zombie. *quivers in dread*
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Also, glad to finally see the cactus cats up on the site! (You showed me the sketch at Worldcon, and the colored version is even more adorable). My girlfriend thinks they are the cutest things ever.
October 2 2012, 12:46:04 UTC 4 years ago
Kory's been slammed lately, so I only just got the color version. But I quite agree: cutest things ever.
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I'm melting! I'm melting! What a world!
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In other news, I had HazMat training yesterday and I think I freaked the instructor out on the subjects of Sarin, Ricin, Ebola VHF... And I had far too much fun tromping about in a gas mask. Come share my job, because gas masks are fun!
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October 2 2012, 15:18:02 UTC 4 years ago
Ahem.
I'm better now.
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Your cats rule.
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October 3 2012, 02:04:50 UTC 4 years ago
Waitaminit?
Another job *besides* the writing?
That answers my wondering what you do with your copious free time.
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I hopped on board because I really enjoyed reading Feed and Deadline a few months back (first zombie books I'd ever liked, to be honest), and I suddenly realized I hadn't started reading your LJ regularly. Now I will. (And now I've suddenly realized I need to start Blackout, too.)
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Yes good.
October 3 2012, 19:38:29 UTC 4 years ago
To the academic journals!
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I have a theory that no-one should walk more dog(s) than they can outvote. I never thought to apply that to cats. (Well, domestic cats. Big as I am, I would never think to try to outvote a liger.)
I approve your plan not to be eaten. I can't imagine that it would be relaxing.
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