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I think I must be the kind of reader that book marketing people have in mind. I know a lot of people who say they don’t understand the draw of covers, or back cover copy or blurbs, or author photos, … Continue reading →

Jaci Burton tagged me to do this, but since Sailor Boy has long since put the kibosh on me posting images of him on Diana’s Diversions, I’m going to have to get sneaky. Here he is observing a chess match … Continue reading →

The next writer who I see refer to themselves as “the unwashed unpublished” will be hunted down and publicly flogged by two large and burly Samoans, one or both of whom will be named Butch. Have some respect for yourselves, … Continue reading →

Warning, I think I’m coming down with strep, so this post might be a bit… feverish. So I am now amongst the ranks of the vast, vast, vast majority of people on the planet who have read The Da Vinci … Continue reading →

Here’s how to play:Take your favorite song lyrics and go to Babelfish.Translate them to German. Then translate that to French. Then translate the French back to English.Post the results on your blog and see who can guess the song. Here’s … Continue reading →

So my webmail company is currently down — for maybe the past hour — and I just visited their status blog to see when it would be back up, and was slammed with several PAGES of vitriol from people who … Continue reading →

I was visiting my Amazon shopping cart the other day, and thinking about what I have pre-ordered there. I thought maybe we could share some of our excitement about upcoming releases: Upcoming: Magic Lessons, by Justine Larbalestier (March 16). Actually, … Continue reading →

Many of you noticed the poll on my sidebar, in which I asked “What is mainstream fiction?” With a landslide fifteen votes, the answer amongst readers of Diana’s Diversions was “Fiction that’s not in a particular genre.” Distant second was … Continue reading →

Preliminary note: I do not delete comments from this blog, unless they are spam. If you spam my blog, I’m deleting your comment. Even if it’s author promo spam. You’ve been warned. I am both shocked and disappointed by the … Continue reading →

1. Discussed the outline of SOCIETY2 with my editor. She loves it, and I got off the phone with her just giddy to dive into working on it. Then I promptly fell asleep, worn out by all my giddiness. 2. … Continue reading →