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Livestreaming Tonight!

Okay Laboratory Folk, Livestream tonight at 5pm EST. Possibly with baby in tow.


Any more questions feel free to chime in, or dig back to the "November Livestream Q&A" where there are ...

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A Piece on the Side: the Fine Art of the Beloved Sidekick

 

Greetings, Mad Fictioneers! I am slowly starting to emerge from the deep waters of surgical recovery and new motherhood--which is to say that I am typing this with a sleeping (hopefully sleep...

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November Open Discussion Post

Greetings, Laboratory! Here is your open thread for the month! Get to know each other, discuss high art, share memes, I won't judge. Last night we did an Antiques Roadshow Drinking Game so really I CA...

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Mass Effect Giveaway Winners!

The winners are...Pam Hopkins and Ann Marie O'Connell!

Message me your addresses and I'll send your copies...as soon as I receive mine! 

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ALLCAPS COOKBOOK: Cumin Lamb Tacos with Roasted Sweet-Spicy Carrots and Pistachios

 

Cumin Lamb Tacos with Roasted Sweet-Spicy Carrots and Pistachios

HELLO EVERYBODY!

I do not have diabetes anymore OMG EFF YES! I am not pregnant anymore and thus d...

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New Book Day Giveaway!

Hello, all!

It is Book Launch Day! And that book is my Mass Effect tie in novel, Annihilation! I'm so excited for everyone to get to read my totally not fancy or literary medical thriller in spaaaac...

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! Best wishes from all of us here at the Lab!

October rewards will go up this weekend, November around mid-month. Blame Sebastian S. Pumpkins, who rudely demands to be cared ...

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October Livestream Q & A

Come watch! There will be a smol beastie with very little hair! How cool does that lipstick look on camera? Get questions in now! Hope to see some of you on chat!


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Livestream Tonight at 8

Hey everyone! I'll be doing this month's livestream Q&A tonight at 8pm EST! Still time to get questions in if you have them! I'll post the link at 8.

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Monthly Open Discussion Post!

Here is your monthly open discussion post, suggested during the Livestream awhile back! A place for you guys to get to know each other, discuss whatever you want in a place where no one will yell at y...

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October Rewards Update!

Hello, everyone!

As most of you know, I just had a baby a couple of weeks ago. It's a Sebastian! As many of you may have assumed, every minute since September 25th has been taken up with post-surgic...

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September Excerpt: The Legend of Good Women

Happy Autumn, Laboratory Folk!

Since I'm officially on maternity leave, I'm not writing much for the next twelve weeks while I learn how to look after a brand new human. But that doesn't mean I inte...

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Mad Fiction Experiment: How Much Is That Mystery Box In the Window?

 

How Much Is That Mystery Box In the Window: Genre Fiction, Endings, and YOU

Greetings, everyone! IT IS AUTUMN, MY DUDES. It’s all happening! Leaves and woodfires and ...

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Laboratory Lottery Winner

We are happy to announce the patron chosen by the Laboratories Automated Fickle Finger of Fate is...

Gabry Crivilare!

The previously pictured prize package (along with a Bonus Extra Kylo Ren J...

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ALLCAPS COOKBOOK: Creamy Parmesan Pasta with Brussels Sprouts and Bacon

Creamy Parmesan Pasta with Brussel Sprouts and Bacon

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Lottery: Prize Goeth Before the Fall

Hullo Mad Fictioneers!

Patreon Goblin Heath on the page here, as the expecting and exceptional (not at all biased, me) Chief Witch/C.E.O of Scrivener Science here at the Laboratory is currently slee...

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September Livestream Is Go in 3, 2, 1...


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Livestream Q & A Sunday at 3:15 EST

Hey, everyone!

As soon as I can make myself presentable and reasonably pain-free, I'll be firing up this month's Q & A on YouTube. As usual, there will be a link here at the time in question, a ...

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Denizen of the Month: Grimm, the Greatest of All German Shepherds

Thirteen years ago, I took a detour to West Virginia on the drive home from my first Wiscon. It was a long way, but I knew it would be worth it. On a farm in the mountains, a German Shepherd named Bre...

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Live-Tweet Poll!

Please select a victim to be obliterated in tweet form!


Oooh there are some juicy choices here!

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Livetweet Survey!

That time has come again, because I can barely move or write, for me to make fun of a movie or show or what have you for your enjoyment, because that is an Art I can make on the couch!

Leave a comme...

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Experiment: Living in a Cliche

God, You’re Such a Fucking Cliche: Lessons from Life OR WHATEVER I GUESS

Greetings, Mad Fictioneers!

It is the dregs of summer, which means it is sticky and hot and revoltin...

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Sunday Supper: Open Chat

During the Q & A a couple of days ago, the idea came up for a monthly open post here, so that everyone in the Mad Fiction Laboratory can get to know each other a bit! People seemed to like the not...

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Livestream Q & A!

Sorry, the power went out and then surged earlier today so we had to reset everything--going live now!

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The Future Is Blue Winners!

The winners of the two signed copies of The Future Is Blue are...

*drumroll*

Bruce Cohen and Megan Hungerford! Message me your addresses so I can send your copies! 

Thank y...

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This Month's Livestream Starts at 9 pm EST Tonight!

Just trying to be, I don't know, EVEN SLIGHTLY ORGANIZED HERE, and tell you more than five minutes in advance when the Livestream is happening. 

In two hours! As soon as I can get myself lookin...

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New Book Giveaway!

I have a new book out! And so it is time for another Patreon giveaway. 

This one is The Future Is Blue<...

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ALLCAPS COOKBOOK: Caldo Verde (Portuguese Sausage and Kale Soup)

ALL CAPS COOKBOOK: TRASHPANDA PLACENTA EDITION

CALDO VERDE!

So, you know I fucking love food? And how cool it was that my pregnancy got rid of my dairy allerg...

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ALLCAPS COOKBOOK: Caramel-Habanero Pasta

 

Caramel-Habanero Pasta with Bacon and Greens

HI EVERYBODY IT IS TIME FOR ONE OF MY WEIRD INVENTIONS.

This pile of deliciousness was invented because I couldn’t ...

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June Q & A

Hello, everyone, this month we're live from Readercon!

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