We're doing an *emergency* Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl on Saturday Jan. 11. We'll visit Medicine For Nightmares and Adobe, which suffered massive flood damage recently. Then we'll hit East Bay Booksellers, recovering from a fire. Plus Pegasus! Details/RSVP:

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EMERGENCY Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl!

We're calling on you to help two bookstores that were flooded in recent storms, plus another bookstore that just reopened after a nasty fire

Writing the last bit of a new novel and I came up with what I think is an excellent putdown: "he was two birds short of a turducken" #amwriting

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Just a reminder that my upcoming novel LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER is on Edelweiss!

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Edelweiss, by Above the Treeline, is the book industry’s platform to sell, discover, and order new titles.

Includes: * a trans woman trying to help her mother return to life * the secrets of a mysterious novel from 1749 * lots of queer joy * how to survive grief/trauma Please review!

Bay area book-lovers! Please support East Bay Booksellers, which just reopened after a fire (and is reporting slower than usual holiday sales, sigh). Also please support Medicine for Nightmares, Mission Comics and Adobe Books in the Mission, all of which got flooded a while back. These shops rock. Please help them thrive!

I was looking for something else and stumbled on this fascinating 1979 BBC panel discussion with Douglas Adams, Harry Harrison (amazing facial hair!) and Peter Nicholls. Stop what you're doing and watch this:

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community. Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

Bay Area peeps! A few local bookstores REALLY need your help right now. In the Mission, Medicine For Nightmares and Adobe were both flooded during that intense rain. Details:

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Several Mission businesses, affected by flooding, seek storm aid

Last week’s storm has passed, but issues linger with Mission Cultural Center, Adobe Books and Medicine for Nightmares.

Also, East Bay Booksellers is reopening after a nasty fire: www.ebbooksellers.com PLEASE HELP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. (BY BUYING STUFF)

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