Author: jmward14

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Reed My Lips

My dad isn’t turning in his grave in Arlington National Cemetery.  He’s spinning 48X.For eleven years during the Vietnam War, Major then Lieutenant Colonel John J. Ward served as the registrar–or chief administrative officer–of Walter Reed Army …

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Absentee Apologies

No, you haven’t been imagining things–or the lack of things, like responses to emails.  *sigh*  My mom’s youngest sister died on Monday, and I’ve been scrambling ever since.  Greg and I are heading up to …

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New Vanyr (sort of)

In a fit of temporary insanity, Samhain decided to unlock my cage and let me blog again.  The ostensible purpose was to allow the print authors an opportunity to flog their new paper releases.  I …

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Freebie Jeebies!

Free while supplies last–not one, but two amazing bookmarks!  The first features Anne Cain’s luscious cover art for With Nine You Get Vanyr.  The second–distributed by the Scott County, MN, Office of Environmental Health–sports an uber cute …

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A big shout out

To Jim Butcher on the broadcast premiere of The Dresden Files on the SciFi Channel.  WTG, Jim!  Major congratulations to you and Shannon–you’re an inspiration to us all.  Three cheers and a round of cyber-champagne …

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Bloody Awful!

I was minding my own business, reading “Tacky”, Charlaine Harris’s story in My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding, when a sensory memory I’d repressed for nearly 24 hours bit me on the nose.  Literally.  The smell …