#diane duane

[spocks-husband]

Can't believe Diane Duane invented love with this passage that's so crazy

[dduane]

Status report: In the "Adventures In Staying Housed" department...

Greetings to the Bluesky folks who've dropped by! Just to confirm what's going on:

We're hoping to sign the lease on our rented house early next this week, but we have some rental arrears that we're very much hoping to be able to deal with in the short term. Some extra cash flow in the short term would be a really big help.

With that in mind, may I possibly point you at the following SF and fantasy ebook bundles at our ebook store? All are DRM-free and come with our lifetime replacement guarantee if you lose the files or your reading device, change platforms, or whatever. (With this caveat only: due to Brexit, we can no longer sell into the UK. Our profound apologies.) And once you buy a book from us, you own it. Period.

Our store's full inventory of the revised/edited Young Wizards young adult SF/fantasy novels, and the interstitial works that go with them, is here:

All the current works in the LGBTQ-centered Middle Kingdoms adult fantasy universe are here:

And if you're feeling expansive, our entire store inventory—36 ebooks at present—is here:

Finally: if you're all ebooked up at the moment, but you'd still like to be of assistance... after some public-demand style noodging we've finally installed a Ko-Fi. If you choose to go this route, please consider yourself thanked in advance for your thoughtfulness! We very much appreciate it.

Thanks, everybody! ❤ ...And we very much look forward to enlarging your TBR pile. :)

[spockvarietyhour]

Currently reading (cover art by Boris Vallejo)

[canadiankazz]

I felt bad about Mike Flanagan not being included so I decided to make another poll.

Inspired by @ktlsyrtis 's poll.

Please, please, please reblog this so it reaches the widest audience possible.

Also sorry if I'm not the only one who's done another poll.

[lichqueenlibrarian]

Jim go the fuck to sleep

[petermorwood]

37 Years Ago Today...

There are many phrases which ease the tension of a wedding rehearsal.

"Cuff keys? I thought YOU had them..." is not one.

There are many phrases used during the course of a wedding ceremony.

"One Ring to Rule Them All, One Ring To Bind Them..." is not one.

Not even when the wedding takes place at a Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention where the phrase "Hey, great hall costume!" from a small child suggests the small child has either Failed To Get It...

...or is Witty Beyond Their Years.

Don't use the phrase "Oh good, it IS you!" at this point...

... or "Will you marry me?" at this point.

Just get on with things.

We've been getting on with things for 37 years as of 10 AM Eastern Standard Time today, and we intend to continue doing so for a good few years more.

Love you, hon.

Happy Anniversary!

[alternatefuturesao3]

DIANE, YOU CANNOT JUST SAY THIS ABOUT THE MOON.

[doolallymagpie]

as I enjoy linguistic fuckery in my sci-fi, I’m a big fan of how Diane Duane said, while writing her Romulan books, “you’re gonna either learn Rihannsu and you’re gonna like it, or you’re just gonna have to hope I have someone translate for you in their inner monologue”

[andietries]

GASP

From the episode of the cansino guy with an alien in Pijamas bff that later disappears after travelling to the beginning of the universe

[dduane]

In "Adventures in Staying Housed": the tale concludes...

The tl:dr; version:

Our landlord'll be (theoretically) coming around this weekend with the new lease. (The delay's not his fault. Lambing's been running late this year, and he's one of those people who stays up with the sheep all night. He said to me last week, a bit abstractedly, "I haven't seen my wife in some days..." He's a nice man.)

We are 95% to where we need to be to have our little house's full rental arrears paid off so we can get this lease signed and I can get back to actually writing and not freaking out about this.

Want to assist? Details are over here.

(Forgive me for not posting the whole damn thing here: I'm exhausted, and besides, people's dashes are cluttered enough.)

Got too many ebooks already? (Or all of mine? hardly a hanging offense...!) There's always the Ko-fi if you feel inclined to drop something into the pot. Before the fact, and after: please & thank you. :)

To all those who've already assisted—and in particular the Ko-Fi contributors, who've been absolute stars—our deep, deep gratitude for your assistance as we get this mess sorted out. You're all completely amazing.

I thank you all in advance for your assistance. Love y'all. ❤️

[moonlightreal]

A little find

Hey @dduane look what I found in a drawer! Got this at Waldenbooks (now defunct US bookshop) and wore it on my purse for yeeeeears. But I don't think anybody ever asked me.

One of these days I gotta write up the "Why the Young Wizards books are amazing and you should all read them" post but they're amazing for so many reasons I'm not sure where to start. And my list of posts I gotta write up one of these days is... it's a long list.

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Wizards

[at unicorn fuck club] Brandon Sanderson: boy, i love being a fantasy writer! Sanderson: and the best part of being a fantasy writer? Sanderson: it's talking about wizards! Terry Goodkind: wizards? did you say wizards?? Goodkind: i LOVE talking about wizards! Sanderson: me TOO!

Sanderson: i mean, why even be a fantasy writer if you don't like wizards? Diane Duane: i write about wizards too! some of them are cats! Tanya Huff: OMG me two!!! Huff: TWINSIES!!!

Sanderson: how about you george? how do you feel about wizards? GRR Martin: well see the saga of fire and ice is based on the historical war of the roses so actually its p realistic Martin: just kidding, of course there's wizards! Goodkind: WIZARDS! Sanderson: WIZARDS! Duane: WIZARDS! Huff: WIZARDS!

Sanderson: you gotta like wizards if you're gonna write fantasy Sanderson: jrrt, how do you feel about wizards? Tolkien: wizards? Tolkien: meh Tolkien: they're okay Sanderson: Goodkind: Martin: Duane: Huff:

Sanderson: tell us about the wizards in middle earth, jirt Tolkien: ugh god Tolkien: why do you always want to know about the wizards Tolkien: i have literally no interest in talking about these wizards Tolkien: when we could be talking about the hobbits sexy sexy feet Tolkien: big hairy stinky feet

Sanderson: c'mon jirt tell us about the wizards Tolkien: ok fine Tolkien: well there's gandalf the gray Tolkien: and saruman the white Tolkien: and umm radagast Tolkien: he's brown

Tolkien: and then there's like Tolkien: ummmm Tolkien: two other guys Sanderson: what're their names? Tolkien: what? oh jeez Tolkien: i gotta come up with TWO more wizard names? Tolkien: god this is intolerable

Sanderson: c'mon jirt you've got us all wondering Sanderson: you can't just say there are these other wizards and not tell us anything about them Tolkien: ugh christ Tolkien: fine Tolkien: they're Tolkien: god i dunno what colors are left Sanderson: there's blue Tolkien: fine that's it they're blue

Sanderson: wait both of them? Tolkien: yeah Sanderson: they're both blue? Tolkien: yeah Sanderson: Sanderson: you know there's a whole rainbow of color options Tolkien: oh my god shut up Tolkien: i am so fucking tired

Sanderson: so there's gandalf the gray, saruman the white, radagast the brown, and two blue guys Tolkien: yeah thats right Sanderson: and the blue guys aren't named Tolkien: nope Sanderson: Sanderson: ok but Tolkien: why do you all care so much about these stupid blue guys Tolkien: just accept it!

Tolkien: just deal with it, you foolish son of a took! Sanderson: Tolkien: you dotard! Naught but a ninnyhammer! Sanderson: [looking at his CTR ring] Now calm down, brandon-diddly-diddly-diddly-doodly, he's doing their best, shodilly-iddly- iddly-diddly. Gotta be nice, hostility-ility-biddly- diddly

Sanderson: if you didn't want to talk about wizards, why'd you even make the blue guys? you could have stopped at 3 Tolkien: i was on the spot, okay? i panicked! Tolkien: you lot with all your wizard pressure! Tolkien: i don't care about wizards!

Tolkien: listen, assholes, i got into fantasy for exactly 3 reasons: Tolkien: sexy hobbit feet Tolkien: feasts Tolkien: and fuckin' tom bombadil! Sanderson: tom bombadil? Tolkien: he's only the most important thing in middle earth! Tolkien: that capering buffoon of a wifeguy holds it all together!!

[discombobulatedgirlworld]

@dduane created the Romulan language!!! and is here on tumblr

[lichqueenlibrarian]

Reading Star Trek novels, expectation: will enjoy fun adventures, probably a resurgence of a teenage crush on Spock.

Reading Star Trek novels, reality: massive crush on Sarek.

[gargoylespodcast]

Hello, 2025! We are back! And we are joined by episode writers: Diane Duane and Peter Morwood! And we’re also joined by Series Creator, Greg Weisman, as usual! We have a lively discussion about Diane and Peter’s careers! Life in Ireland! The myth of Cu Chullain and the choices made in adapting this figure into the “Gargoyles Universe” because the mythological version is very colorful. We also discuss many other aspects of the episode, including sound design, the guest cast who took center stage, and the star power of Rory and Molly… and discussion of a couple of spin-offs that would have featured them! And more, MUCH MORE!

Available on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Audible, Spotify, and your podcatcher of choice! And join us on Patreon for the Exclusive Video Edition! 

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