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Had my first job search interview today. Nice people. Job is interesting. But what I really want to talk about right now is my disgusting lack of confidence.

This is not to be confused with a lack of ability to project confidence. I'm pretty good at that; I'm betting the people I talked to today thought I was well spoken, competent, smart, and experienced. In fact, I am all of the above, at least sometimes. But while I'm saying "uh huh, no, that should be no problem," I'm also working up an internal head of dead panic steam: I used to be able to do that, that shouldn't be a problem but what if it is? I'm a big faker! We're all gonna die! Aiiiiiiie.

Yeah, I know. Calm down, Madeleine.

Time to cruise the listings again.

Fanfare!

For about eight, nine years I've been part of a list-serve for women writing science fiction and fantasy. Sometime last spring someone asked a dangerous question: what if we got together to offer our work on line, some for free, some for pay. Might include out of print work, might be new stuff, might be stuff we're experimenting with. Quicker than boiled asparagus, we had a roster of smart writers involved, including Vonda McIntyre, Ursula K. LeGuin, Brenda Clough, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Laura Anne Gilman, Susan Wright, Phyllis Irene Radford, Jennifer Stevenson, and a host of others. Including me.

Book View Cafe went live late on Saturday night. It's still not perfect--there are some formatting issues and stuff--but it's a great place to pick up a little something to read, find a writer you've never read before, and see what's new and wonderful--or revisit old favorites. And right now, for our opening week, the content is free.

Go, look! Go! You know you want to...

Where Have I Been?

visited 38 states (76%)
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Wow. 38 states in 54 years. I need to get cracking.