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Congrats to Sandra, who won an ebook copy of the Butt Ninjas from Hell anthology by Kage Alan, JP Barnaby, Ally Blue, TC Blue, Shae Connor, Jevocas Green, Kiernan Kelly, & Eden Winters!

Congrats to Jen CW, who won Stuck in Oz (Tales from Kansas) by Andrew Grey! Stuck in Oz was released by Dreamspinner Press on April 30.

Congrats to Rachel, who won Perfect Imperfections by Cardeno C! Perfect Imperfections will be released by Dreamspinner Press on May 5.

Congrats to MaryMary, who won a “Love” ring plus Sex and Candy by Nico Jaye!

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Contest(s)

• Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of The Day He Kissed Her by Juliana Stone. Closes May 10. US & Canada.

Bookity

• New releases: Fiction Vixen (UF/romance) and Tor.com (UF, genre benders, scifi, fantasy)

• Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

• Linkity from Smart Bitches.

• VacuousMinx on self-publishing and Marx.

• VacuousMinx shares some ways to learn more about the genre of romance.

• “The uses and misuses of canon“.

• Becky Black shares seven tips for writing blurbs.

• Kassa on how useful (or not) she found the swag from an m/m romance con she recently attended.

• Tip of My Tongue helps you figure out the word you can’t quite remember.

• Infographic of science fiction books predicting (or influencing?) the future.

• Discover fanfiction! (The comments/tags are fabulous.)

• You are so busted, George R.R. Martin!

• Romance novel reader workouts: XVI and XVII (with link to all of the workouts).

• Publishing humor.

Do, Think, Make, Learn

• If your NHL team is out of the playoffs, Down Goes Brown will help you choose a new team to cheer for.

• April was a record-breaking month for earthquakes.

• How sunscreen works.

• Oh, Comcast, you really shouldn’t belittle the Consumerist. It won’t end well for you.

• Consumerist’s April recall roundup.

• 18 unusual May holidays.

• How to detect bad/badly reported science.

• Why we can see better when we squint.

• The problems with building a billion-story building.

• Fractals explained, noir style.

• Which countries drive on which side of the road (and all the countries that aren’t doing the same thing they started out doing).

Cookity

• Rhubarb recipes. And more rhubarb recipes.

• 12 spring salads.

• Sweet corn risotto.

• Green rice.

• Spicy grapefruit guacamole.

• Crunchy black bean tacos.

• Quick chicken posole.

• Skillet cookies. (via The Kitchn)

• Chocolate-covered strawberries.

Gluten Free

• Chocolate almond muffins.

• Individual chocolate cakes with dulce de leche.

• Chocolate mousse cake.

• Sopapillas.

• Easy sandwich rolls.

• Grilled BCT sandwich.

• There’s a new gluten-free flour made out of dried coffee cherry pulp.

Cool

• Hockey hugs! (Be warned – some of these are terrifying.)

• NHL team logos as medieval banners.

• Sweet comic story – there is knitting! And a princess! And grizzled hero companions!

• The cats of the internet.

• Look at London in 1924 and 2014 – simultaneously.

• Minneapolis City Hall on a rainy day wouldn’t look out of place in London.

• Linkity from kmkat.

• Yoga cat. (I would think that would lead to a lot of scratches.)

• Animated gifs of obsolete technology.

• Visualization of the Monkey Head Nebula.

• Star Wars Jedis fighting Harry Potter wizards!

Cool or Wha…?

• Octopus yarn bowl.

• Zombie apocalypse survival bracelet.

Wha…?

• Giant robot sound effect slippers.

• Restaurant photo booth station.

LOL

• 29 best autocorrects from April.

• Princess cakes, wreck style.

• Mail vs email, then and now.

• Ah, falling down the old files hole. (Hover cursor for additional text – on my Android tablet, I can get the additional text by long-pressing.)

• Goats on a horse!

• Tiny hamsters eating tiny burritos.

• Such a helpful kitty.

• Hiding fail.

Teh Cute

• Baby caracal! Cheetah and baby! Tiger and baby! Hummingbirds! Cat! Lion and baby! Kitten! Klipspringer! Penguins! Kittens! Porcupette! Piebald squirrel! Leopard and baby! Kittens! Baby penguins! Baby clouded leopards! Dwarf Zebu and baby!

Reading Update

• Some hockey fics. 🙂

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“I’m just going to stay here in the past, when we had sunshine.” -Mayhem