Gave myself a black eye when I dreamt someone was breaking into the house. In real life, I leapt out of bed to confront them, slammed my face into a nearby door.

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A good way to characterize it, and ultimately maybe thats rawness is what appealed to me in Barker’s work

Weaveworld was such a huge deal for me but his other Big Books didn't work nearly as well. I should revisit Imajica, which I might not have been prepared to digest at the time.

Good question, maybe not? It's been so long since I tried one.

Some that come to mind are Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson books. Or even, sadly, the post-Frank Dune books written by the younger.

too many of the writers who fulfill the spec are on here so you might not get honest answers

She's great! Now that she's a bit more healthy and starting to feel safe, her personality is emerging.

Drac is doing much better after a few days of antibiotics and hourly bottle feeds. She’s eating on her own now! (So no more getting up in the dead of night to feed her.) Also, based on the age estimate from the vet, it’s safe to say she was born on Halloween.

If you want to silence a room ask them what the last story the White House Press Corps broke

Incredible that Sony didn't push for Peter to use something like a Cybershot F707, given how they shoehorned VAIO gear into every other movie.

Also possible!