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You Say It's Your Birthday...

You Say It's Your Birthday...

Today is █████'s birthday. Last night I took her shopping for her birthday present. She didn't know where we were going until we got there. Here is what we brought home: I don't know—do you think she likes it?

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By: William Shunn
Missionary Man

Cool As a Cuke

A writer friend who hangs out in my Usenet newsgroup on news.sff.net remarks that my posts there are remarkably calm, cool, and collected for someone who has strong editorial interest in his memoir. "You are doing a very good job of trying to act cool about this

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1 Min
By: Elder Shunn
Missionary Man

Schedule Changes

A couple of schedule changes to announce. My appearance on WBAI's "Hour of the Wolf" has been bumped up a week from August 17th to August 10th. I'll post a reminder as that date gets closer. And the release date for Beyond the Last

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By: Elder Shunn

"Attack on the Wires," Coming to BBC 2

Hey, you folks in England! The television documentary I was interviewed for, "Attack on the Wires," will air Monday, August 5th, at 7:30 pm on BBC 2. I believe the program will also feature ❦eleanor and perhaps an interview with ❦kenhighcountry as well. (Did those folks ever

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1 Min
By: William Shunn
Missionary Man

William Shunn Explains It All

I just sort of accidentally ran across the listing for last week's reading that ran in the New York Press. Since it's fun and amusing, I offer the link: http://www.nypress.com/15/29/listings/3.cfm It's the second listing down. Wish

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1 Min
By: Elder Shunn

True Porn Clerk Stories

I've started reading Ali Davis's journal at improvisation.ws, "True Porn Clerk Stories," and now I can't stop. Help!

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1 Min
By: William Shunn
Chatting before the show, China Miéville beside me
Missionary Man

The Reading

By any objective standard, I think you'd have to say that Wednesday's reading was a success. In fact, the consensus seems to be that I rocked the house. █████ and I went out with Tor editor Jim Minz for a drink beforehand. I intended to drink only

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By: Elder Shunn

Work

Hmm, I've just been realizing that I never write anything here about work anymore. I've had a full-time job for the past four months, and I don't think I've mentioned it once. Odd.

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1 Min
By: William Shunn
Missionary Man

8,000 Words of Pure Adrenaline

Okay, I've got the editing all done. I'm down to 8,000 words—that's 28 manuscript pages. When I practiced Saturday, I made it to the middle of page 29 in exactly 40 minutes, so I'm bumping up against the upper limit,

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1 Min
By: Elder Shunn
Missionary Man

The Big Day

So today's the big day. Tonight is my reading at KGB. I'm feeling like a real writer today. I have a message on my answering machine from a very friendly Terry Bisson, just calling casually to tell me that he and Ellen Datlow are really looking

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By: Elder Shunn

A Question of Balance

Every week or so, in the morning on the way to the train, I haul a large bag of laundry four blocks or so to drop off at the big laundromat on 31st Street. These bags tend to run between 25 and 35 pounds. I'm usually grasping the

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1 Min
By: William Shunn

Do the Kabalarians Have Your Number?

According to the Kabalarians, my name has made me thus: The name of William gives you a very individual, reserved, serious nature. You stick stubbornly to your ideas or decisions, in spite of any appeals or advice; you are not willing to accept a compromise. You prefer to be alone

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By: William Shunn

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