I've got the pics from my sis-in-law, just need to sign up with flicker and post them.
Been letting work get in the way, dontcha know.

I'll def post in the forum once I get my derriere in gear!

inlägg gjort av AnjilaG vid 8:25 pm (EST) Aug 11, 2008

Cool, hope it went well. I wouldn't have been able to make it out there anyway, so just as well. I do suggest publicizing your signings a week or so in advance, I'm sure there are plenty in LT who would love to stop by and say hi if you're within reach!

inlägg gjort av mrgrooism vid 9:16 am (EST) Aug 4, 2008

Thanks, Danny. I'll make sure that is the one I look for.

Carrie

inlägg gjort av cal8769 vid 1:41 pm (EST) Jul 30, 2008

Any chance of a kindle version of "Ending an Ending"?

inlägg gjort av jamesorr vid 4:51 pm (EST) Jul 23, 2008

"Two more days" is actually the first three words of my all-time favorite song which begins "Two more days is all you ever wanted/Paint your face; it's time to be social."

At the time, I think I just really liked the song, but I've continued to use it because I like that "two more days" can be wishing something would go on, reminding yourself that something unpleasant is almost over, or a countdown of sorts to something pleasant or unpleasant. It's kind of a multi-faceted carpe diem for me.

And that was probably way more explanation than you really wanted. :)

inlägg gjort av twomoredays vid 4:13 pm (EST) Jul 23, 2008

Thanks again for a great mid-Atlantic meet-up. You did such a great job planning the route and schedule.

BTW, the store on the walking mall that I mentioned, with the fossils, is the Handworks Gallery (http://www.handworks.biz/index.htm). My aunt wants to know where you got the cheese :o)

inlägg gjort av missylc vid 11:19 pm (EST) Jul 19, 2008

Unfortunately, my dear, I cannot attend the Mid-Atlantic GD get-together. Next year, I promise!

Seems there's more to this retirement business than just not showing up! I've been the school librarian around here for 25 years, and packing up all my cra--erm, stuff (!) is taking forever. In addition, I have to get the shelves and files in ready condition when the new librarian takes over in the fall.

Take lots of pictures, and send me a synopsis!!

*shedding tears of frustration, and looking for a roomba to bash*

inlägg gjort av MerryMary vid 4:01 pm (EST) Jul 16, 2008

in Thailand actually:)

inlägg gjort av Simius vid 10:48 am (EST) Jul 15, 2008

Google Images! LOL

I type in something I want to as a cake: Like today it was "wedding cheese cake" for instance. I end up drooling the whole time. :o)

inlägg gjort av clamairy vid 8:11 pm (EST) Jun 30, 2008

Uhm, okay, that worked.

Several times.

Oops O.o

inlägg gjort av Mry vid 5:04 am (EST) May 22, 2008

Mmm, cookies!

inlägg gjort av Mry vid 6:03 pm (EST) May 20, 2008

Mmm, cookies!

inlägg gjort av Mry vid 6:03 pm (EST) May 20, 2008

Mmm, cookies!

inlägg gjort av Mry vid 6:02 pm (EST) May 20, 2008

mmm, cookies.

inlägg gjort av Mry vid 5:43 pm (EST) May 20, 2008

Bwaa haa haa! Thanks for the verbal fig leaf! :o)

inlägg gjort av clamairy vid 10:48 am (EST) May 16, 2008

Oh, please. I'm going to be so excited that I'll probably plaster it all over every GD thread, so there's no danger that you'll be out of the loop! :)

inlägg gjort av scaifea vid 6:46 pm (EST) Apr 29, 2008

Heh, thanks, but I didn't make it. I got it somewhere... ummm, don't remember where exactly.

inlägg gjort av alchymyst vid 12:41 pm (EST) Apr 9, 2008

Happy to oblige on the puffin prediction. :) Didn't realize you're an author - seems like I say that a lot around the GD! Congrats on the publishing deal!
"see" you around!
- el :)

inlägg gjort av elbakerone vid 5:02 pm (EST) Mar 12, 2008

Curious, I was looking at Amazon for your book and it was saying it was a paper back for ~$20. Is your book currently a paperback? or did they get it wrong? Barnes and Noble is the same.

inlägg gjort av readafew vid 1:22 pm (EST) Mar 12, 2008

Congratulations on the publisher deal! From my budding-author friend's experience, I know how good that can be. Hope it all goes well!

inlägg gjort av WillSteed vid 6:29 pm (EST) Feb 5, 2008

Well, you never know, you just MIGHT be eaten by a gruel, LOL!!!

inlägg gjort av mrgrooism vid 11:37 am (EST) Jan 23, 2008

Just saw your comment on the Green Dragon "where are you from?" thread. I'm from Virginia! Hampton Roads region, though.

inlägg gjort av cafepithecus vid 6:36 am (EST) Jan 19, 2008

Thanks for the welcome to the Green Dragon Danny. I'm having a lot of fun. Ive just finished reading the 'Thread that can't be killed'

inlägg gjort av cayman vid 8:08 am (EST) Jan 16, 2008

Danny,

thanks for your comment. I hope your mug is bringing you many enjoyable tea/coffee/whatever else drinking moments. It is indeed beautiful although occasionally I find it makes me dribble a little (when I drink from it not just from looking at it!) Should you ever find yourself in my little corner of the world between Germany, Luxembourg and France, drop me a line and I'll take you around the factory and even get you an extra 10% off at the factory store and you could get a whole set :-)

Barry

inlägg gjort av Barry vid 5:21 am (EST) Jan 16, 2008

Danny,

Thanks for stopping by to say hello!

Nick

inlägg gjort av bibliophool vid 9:03 am (EST) Jan 9, 2008

LOL thanks. Sorry it took so long to respond. My computer tore up and I have only now recived it back. The upside is that I have read lots and lots of books. :-)

inlägg gjort av purplemoonstar vid 8:42 pm (EST) Jan 8, 2008

Well we share a few of the same friends I see on your comment list, so while I was wandering through The Green Dragon I happened across your name. You have a nice stack of books here. We only share 7 books so far, but they are good ones. :)

I am also a big Terry Pratchett fan, so I think we're in some of the same groups. I haven't read any of your books, but good luck. As an admitted bibliophile/bibliomane, I am always in admiration of those who fulfill the dream of filling pages with wonderful words.

Much bliss,
~PandorasRequiem~

inlägg gjort av PandorasRequiem vid 8:11 pm (EST) Dec 15, 2007

u makes cittehkitteh laff muchs :D

inlägg gjort av citygirl vid 11:12 am (EST) Dec 14, 2007

Hi Danny!

Thanks for joining the 20-Something LibraryThingers group!

inlägg gjort av LheaJLove vid 1:04 pm (EST) Dec 11, 2007

Ook ook?

inlägg gjort av AnnaOok vid 5:37 am (EST) Dec 10, 2007

glad you liked it -- I'm always willing to write about food!

inlägg gjort av aviddiva vid 7:08 pm (EST) Dec 8, 2007

Delayed reply here i know sorry, but I'm glad u liked the dragon pics i posted & sorry bout the paranoia, lol :)

Did you post if you have any dragons in your home? my memory tells me u didnt say, but my memory's not so great, lol...

Are you a dragon fan in general? If so u shd join the group i started, i'll send you an invite :)

inlägg gjort av Seanie vid 12:44 pm (EST) Dec 8, 2007

Thanks, though I can't take credit for it, just found doing a web search. I've seen you posting now and then, didn't realize you were an author. I'll have to check out your books sometime.

inlägg gjort av readafew vid 11:04 am (EST) Dec 8, 2007

Sounds like we were, indeed, both there at the same time. I was in NOLA from 97-2001 working on my undergrad, then moved back down there from 2003-2005 to do my Master's. Incidentally, I both grew up in, and lived in for that 2-year interval, northern Virginia! I actually grew up in Reston, went to high school in Arlington (VA, not TX), and when I moved back up there, had a place in Ashburn. Winchester's not more than, what, an hour from there? How's that for coincidence?

What exactly is music therapy? One of my brothers did his undergrad in performance art (music), and is considering going back for his Master's. As I understand it, his chief difficulty is that most schools have limited spots available for each instrument, so opportunities are limited.

inlägg gjort av philosojerk vid 8:49 pm (EST) Nov 29, 2007

Hi there, I noticed from your author page that you went to Loyola, so I thought I'd drop a line to a neighbor. I did my BA & MA at Tulane, right next door. Where in VA are you now? Have you been back since Katrina? I was there for about a week in the January following the storm - hardly feels like the city I know anymore.

Anyway, thanks for the help with the Coldfire question I had!

inlägg gjort av philosojerk vid 4:01 pm (EST) Nov 29, 2007

Hello!

Was that sarcastic bout me postin the pics in the dragons at home thread? I was worried that ppl would be annoyed coz pics make the page take longer to load... I might just be bein paranoid, lol, but if it was, lemme know & i'll delete the pics :) If it wasnt sarcastic, I'm glad my dragons could bring some enjoyment to someone apart from me, I feel like I'm being greedy keeping them to myself, lol...

inlägg gjort av Seanie vid 12:56 am (EST) Nov 23, 2007

You said the secret woid! I love his movies, and I am amazed at what he was able to get away with in 1950's TV.

inlägg gjort av MerryMary vid 9:14 am (EST) Nov 2, 2007

How did I decide on my favorite fantasy creatures? Hamadryads because I love the idea of trees being distinct individuals with dryads that mirror how the tree looks. The Waterhorses and Selkies because I'm attracted to water; I find it calming and when in large bodies like lakes and oceans it seems to hold secrets or mysteries. The idea of them being creatures between worlds able to live on land among mortals and then return is facinating to me.

inlägg gjort av Gwenhwyfach vid 7:30 pm (EST) Oct 23, 2007

You asked "I noticed a intriguing ?disparity? in your library. You have 21 Christianity-tagged books and 20 Neopagan-tagged books. Are/were you making a compare and contrast examination? Are/were you both, one after the other or simultaneously? I don't think I've ever seen that combination before."

I majored in Comparative Religion, which is where most of my books come from -- college days. Though, yes, I was once a Christian and now I'm "Pagan" -- not Wiccan, but I practice Witchcraft.

I can't wait until I finally get around to a paid account -- I've got way more books I'd love to add.

Thanks for the comment! :)

inlägg gjort av glanecia vid 6:55 pm (EST) Oct 19, 2007

Thanks for the warning. ;-D

inlägg gjort av StarGazer72 vid 1:11 am (EST) Oct 19, 2007

I've never heard of Eddings, its my own little creation. Its derived from the teachings of an offshoot of Hindu yoga and Theosophy known as the Ancient Wisdom tradition. Of course, now that you've mentioned it, I'm going to have to go track down a copy of the Belgariad to read.

inlägg gjort av Child_of_Light vid 7:13 pm (EST) Oct 18, 2007

Dear Danny,

I am so sorry for the tardy reply, but this fall has been so busy! You asked me what "with meat air freshener" meant in reference to one of my books. My husband and I went to see Chuck Palaniuk at the National Press Club for his Haunted book tour, and whenever he signs books he always gives you something and for Haunted it was a meat air freshener. It is in the shape of a T-bone steak and it smells like meat. Gotta love Chuck! It really was the best book signing I have ever attended. He is an absolute riot!

Have a great day!

Melanie

inlägg gjort av burnett vid 7:13 am (EST) Oct 17, 2007

Mu!

inlägg gjort av littlegeek vid 12:10 pm (EST) Oct 15, 2007

(parthenogenesis) - Ah, well, I'm sure they can take a joke...*duck again*

inlägg gjort av wyrdchao vid 3:38 pm (EST) Oct 13, 2007

Well, only almost grown up....so nothing to worry about just yet!

inlägg gjort av LadyN vid 12:58 pm (EST) Oct 12, 2007

Thanks buchleser. I spent far too long trying to destroy Clam's thread but it was fun. Tim at LT did a good job protecting the posts. In the early days it was easy to mess up with some HTML code.

darrow

inlägg gjort av darrow vid 11:29 am (EST) Oct 10, 2007

Hi Danny,
Thanks for your nice comment! I don't ALWAYS have super-librarian powers, but I was on a roll that day, for sure! ; ) Havne't had anything to equal that since, though. I took a peek at your first book...I do believe that I shall have to purchase a copy (new and exciting fantasy authors are a rare breed, in my opinion)! Can't wait to see what kind of wonderful world you created!
Regards,
James

inlägg gjort av Ui_Niall vid 7:22 pm (EST) Oct 9, 2007

lol! It's a part of my evil plan to take control of the world by confusing people who visit my profile! BWAhahahahaha! *cough* er...My parents are in the army (hence the name) and are currently stationed in Virginia. When I moved out to go to college, I tried to only bring the books I hadn't read yet, so slightly more than half of my books are with my parents.

inlägg gjort av ArmyAngel1986 vid 10:34 am (EST) Oct 9, 2007

You were wondering where I get my signed books. I live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of the US Midwest. We have lots of chain stores and several independent bookstores, which is where I've gotten most of my books signed. Some are copies that a store had that I just picked up, but the majority of my signd collection is a result of me getting my books into the hands of an author. I just meet Terry Jones, from Monty Python, Friday evening at Augsburg College. Sometimes there quite a crowd, but quite often it's a much mre intimate gathering and you can chat with a writer for some time. Lots of fun.

inlägg gjort av Darkson vid 5:41 pm (EST) Oct 7, 2007

To answer your questions: There are 143 people on LT that have their location listed as Norway. I take this to mean that there are at least that many here, and possibly some more that have not listed their location at all.

inlägg gjort av egb vid 8:21 am (EST) Oct 7, 2007

Hi buchleser,
Canadian Bookworms is just a chance for Canadians on LT to connect. We don't read just Canadian lit or specifically discuss it. I think there is another group (maybe with Canucks in the name, I can't remember) that does this.

I don't think Canandians read or buy books any differently from Americans but there are definitely fewer Canadian authors. I can't say I try too hard to look specifically for Canadian authors to read.

Cheers,

inlägg gjort av sandragon vid 8:26 am (EST) Oct 6, 2007

No. Sometimes I wish I were a struggling writer, just for the dramatic life experience. Maybe if I had more free time. Thanks for the compliment, though!

inlägg gjort av monohex vid 9:52 pm (EST) Oct 5, 2007

Thanks for your comment! Your profile says you're a grad student -- if you don't mind my asking, what's your area of study?

inlägg gjort av foggidawn vid 4:46 pm (EST) Oct 5, 2007

Yes, I really do have math tattoos :). I put a picture of them on my flickr account here. I got the top one in Berkeley, Ca and then I got the bottom one in Sydney Australia about a year later.

Cheers,
Greg

inlägg gjort av PDExperiment626 vid 3:45 am (EST) Oct 5, 2007

We appreciate the effort.
Thanks

inlägg gjort av WholeHouseLibrary vid 8:39 am (EST) Oct 4, 2007

Dan,
Would you mind terribly, do us a favor and fix your post in the Green Dragon: The Journey or the Ending? thread.

It's causing a problem for everyone who posts after you.

Thanks much,
WHL

inlägg gjort av WholeHouseLibrary vid 9:19 pm (EST) Oct 3, 2007

No, not a photographer, just terribly, terribly clever!

inlägg gjort av bazling vid 11:11 pm (EST) Oct 2, 2007

You asked me:
I'm curious, Zette: Why did you make that rule (of finishing everything you start) for yourself? Were you not giving endings to your stories, or were you coming back to stories you had started long ago and not remembering where you were headed with them, or was there another reason?

There are several reasons. One of the big ones is that it's far too easy to give up and start something new every time you (generic author you) hit a difficult spot in a story, rather than working through the problem and fixing whatever needs to be corrected. Giving up just means the person ends up with files full of unfinished stories, and that's an awful waste.

I had always tended to finish most of what I started, but as I met more writers, I saw how often they put stuff aside and never got back to it. I decided to take an active step not to go that way.

Since I write quickly, I think that helps me work through to the end, so I don't have the 'what was I doing here' problem, even if I do set something aside for a while. I will always get back to it within the year (Zette's rule # 2 is to finish the draft within the year), so stories rarely slip too far out of my thoughts.

I hope that answers the question!

inlägg gjort av zette vid 8:01 pm (EST) Oct 2, 2007

Good question! They are all pretty time-consuming!

I took advantage of my almost-one-year anniversary to make my account a lifetime one. I don't know why I didn't do that the first time!

inlägg gjort av hobbitprincess vid 3:09 pm (EST) Oct 2, 2007

Heh, glad you liked it! I think it's originally from The Goon Show, but it's been too many years since I heard it for me to remember for sure.

inlägg gjort av rowens vid 12:19 pm (EST) Sep 29, 2007

Thank you for that help. I think that will be useful, provided I can understand it! :) I'll work on it.

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 2:27 pm (EST) Sep 28, 2007

Thanks, I'm glad you liked my short review. I have just re read Hogfather with our high school junior boys book club. It reminded me how much I enjoy this novel.

inlägg gjort av ggslibrarian vid 11:24 am (EST) Sep 28, 2007

lol I'd seen your username somewhere in Talk...oh right, I remember now, the three favorite discworld characters thread. Anyway, I'd recognized you, no worries even if I hadn't. Welcome to LT!

inlägg gjort av dchaikin vid 9:22 pm (EST) Sep 27, 2007

Well, Mace is now hiding under the couch. Nutmeg is looking at you funny thinking "you don't really look like a dog."

inlägg gjort av dchaikin vid 1:21 pm (EST) Sep 27, 2007

Thanks! That is indeed the first time anyone's complimented my mummified cat-naming abilities!

inlägg gjort av xicanti vid 1:48 pm (EST) Sep 26, 2007

Mental Health - not even a passtime, I just like the particular way TP cuts through the clouds we all live in. As someone who came to selfconfidence only in my 20s I'm still amazed at how much difference it makes. And amazed at the number of people who don't seem to have any.

Any particular reason why your username is in German?

inlägg gjort av reading_fox vid 9:25 am (EST) Sep 26, 2007

Oh I know eh they were just beautiful! Especially a couple, and I recognized one from Oxford...I think it was! Wow...I never even imagined libraries like that! Anyways must dash, homework, places, and all that jazz! Thanks for the comment and have a SPECTACULAR day!!
Jerusha

inlägg gjort av jcsoblonde vid 10:30 pm (EST) Sep 24, 2007

It's an interesting idea... actually, I don't tend to take baths, and if I did I probably wouldn't draw in them because I'm very clumsy and would almost certainly drop things. But it's true I do tend to get my best ideas when I'm on the can or in the shower. Maybe TS Eliot was right and there's a strong connection between art and scatology, lol! Thanks for dropping by my DeviantArt page.

inlägg gjort av Eruntane vid 5:34 pm (EST) Sep 24, 2007

Well, if it makes you feel better, I have read probably a third of the books in your catalog, even if I don't own them - for instance, Asimov, Pratchett, Niven... And the reason it doesn't show that we share the Pullman books is because mine are separate and yours is a set. There's no way to connect them yet. So we share a little more than you might think at first glance :)

inlägg gjort av bluesalamanders vid 11:19 pm (EST) Sep 23, 2007

My alias... Well. Easy answer is it's the name of my cat. It was given him by his previous family, who had him his two first years - he's 15 now so it was a while ago.

As for the name itself: It could come from anywhere, but my guess is the two young daughters in that first family decided to name him such because he is (was) quite mischievous and that is approximately the meaning of the word "busig" in swedish. And there's a swedish kid's comic where there's a mischievous Busifer...

But I usually tell it's derived from "bus" = trick(ster) and "-ifer" from Lucifer, kind of "Satan's trickster". More fun that way ;-)

inlägg gjort av Busifer vid 12:55 pm (EST) Sep 23, 2007

Thanks for the comment. ;)

inlägg gjort av Kell_Smurthwaite vid 6:07 am (EST) Sep 23, 2007

So glad to be of assistance! :) Welcome to the group, there can never be enough Pratchett fans.

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 5:49 pm (EST) Sep 19, 2007

Carmina Burana, I have never heard of but will go look up right now. It's actually from my nickname/potential pen name, Fatalis Fortuna. The initials being F. Fortuna, which has always just looked cool to me... :) Could be wrong though, I suppose?

inlägg gjort av FFortuna vid 6:58 pm (EST) Sep 18, 2007

I think your book looks intriguing - any plans for an unabridged audio version yet? (I'm pretty committed to audio books.)

inlägg gjort av audiogeek vid 8:01 pm (EST) Sep 14, 2007

I love that quote! :-D I use it all the time because it is so particularly apt. I stole it from Brooks' Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life, which is a great book in general, especially if you are a fantasy writer. I'd definitely suggest reading it.

inlägg gjort av StarGazer72 vid 6:28 pm (EST) Sep 14, 2007

Thank you so much for the compliment on my bookshelves! It took me a long time to come up with something I thought I would like. Unfortunately it is still not enough space. I have since added another wide, tall unit (the pics there depict 3 wide units)as well as a series of shorter units to create a stair-step effect for my cats. I have managed to get all the fantasy paperbacks handled, but I am out of room for hardbacks again! :

Really they are not expensive shelves if you have the wall space. IKEA,s Billy line - about $50.00 per unit in white.

inlägg gjort av mi2starsfan vid 11:25 am (EST) Sep 11, 2007