Nicola Griffith

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Month: December 2010

My 2010: good, bad, and learning opportunities

Last night I started to mull my 2010, and what I kept thinking was, “Blimey, was that this year??” So much of…

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Posted on December 31, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Average use of media per day: 11 hours

From eMarketer (via Dear Author) a short but meaty–and fascinating–examination of time “consumers spend with all major media, regardless of multitasking or…

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Posted on December 30, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The long slow march towards LGBTQIA equality

official White House photo by Pete Souza A week ago, Kerry Eleveld interviewed Pres. Obama in the Advocate. President Obama tells The…

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Posted on December 29, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

2010 in pictures: green and growing things

I got a bit obsessed with plant-based lifeforms this year: the trees in the ravine, the garden, the pot herbs on the…

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Posted on December 28, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Modesty Blaise and Lisbeth Salander

One of my most propitious discoveries this holiday season was Modesty Blaise, the character created by Peter O’Donnell. She appears in novels…

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Posted on December 27, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Happy, Merry, Supersplendiferous

In honour of the season–and Kelley, and me, and life, the universe, and everything (especially everything tasty)–I’m taking the next couple of…

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Posted on December 24, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Hanna: oooh

http://d.yimg.com/nl/movies/site/player.swf I know nothing about this but what I’ve seen here (thanks, Dianne). But a killer teen girl raised in Finland as…

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Posted on December 22, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Accidental plagiarism: a terrifyingly narrow escape

Last week I wrote a funeral scene that pleased me enormously. Wrenching, raw, powerful. Wow, I thought, I nailed that! I kept…

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Posted on December 21, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Solstice eclipse

I didn’t get to sleep until close to 5 a.m. this morning so today is going to be one of quiet reflection….

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Posted on December 20, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Sunshine and kerbs

The sun is shining. The kerbs are growing. DADT has fallen. Life is good. Here, just because I can, are some gratuitous…

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Posted on December 19, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The Ayes have it: DADT is repealed

I just watched the vote. “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” is repealed. All it needs is Pres. Obama’s signature. And, y’know, all those…

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Posted on December 18, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

DADT repeal

Sen. Harry Reid has filed for a cloture vote (which prevents filibustering) on the bill to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell.” When…

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Posted on December 17, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Crappy photos can look good

I love my iThing, but the camera seriously sucks. Having said that, here’s a photo I just took at Carkeek Park: I…

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Posted on December 17, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Black Swan/Showgirls mashup

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=17679018&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 Via Go Into the Story There’s not much I can add to this. Except that Black Swan, judging from the trailer,…

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Posted on December 16, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Hild, and sex at dawn

Yesterday I read “Favorite Books Of 2010: Peter Sagal On ‘Sex At Dawn’” over at NPR’s website: If you are interested in…

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Posted on December 14, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

A world torn to pieces

Last night a storm came through that tore the neighbourhood greenery to pieces and flung it all over our deck and driveway….

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Posted on December 14, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Sunshine, blue skies, happiness in the PNW

This is what I saw when I sat down, bleary-eyed this morning, for my tea: This, O People of the Northwest, is…

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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Nickel Creek and the Kerbs

Not a new band name, sadly. Nope, we’re in the middle of a Pineapple Express. Under the house, the sump pump is…

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Posted on December 12, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Two videos: Christmas Carols performed on iThings, and the year in review via Google search

(via Social Times) Christmas carols by the North Point iBand, all done on iThings, using apps such as SoundGrid, Medoly Bell, Guitarist,…

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Posted on December 11, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Another thing for writers to obsess over: BookScan sales data

This is interesting: Amazon is giving writers access to Nielsen BookScan sales data (weekly print sales, including geographical distribution). Here’s the press…

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Posted on December 10, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ procedural vote fails. Please cheer me up.

The Senate, in their wisdom (pop quiz to prevent literal mindedness: is this irony or oxymoron?), have failed to vote to move…

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Posted on December 10, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

It’s alive!!

The kerbs are alive!! The thyme came up first: Closely followed by the oregano: Yeah, you’ll have to squint. My camera only…

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Posted on December 9, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Put a note in a drawer, turn it into a tweet

(thanks, evecho) From John Kester, a nightstand that will turn your handwritten notes into tweets, and will turn your friend’s Flickr set…

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Posted on December 8, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Google eBooks

Google eBooks debuted yesterday. My books are here. Strangely, I can’t find Stay (which is a Knopf Group ebook–Vintage paperback, Nan A….

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Posted on December 7, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Seattle photo Groupon offer: Jennifer Durham

Our friend, photographer Jennifer Durham, has a fab Groupon deal for you: $35 for your choice of Santa or Outdoor Family Photo…

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Posted on December 7, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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