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https://palimpsestpress.ca/books/thicket/ THICKET, Melanie Janisse-Barlow - Palimpsest Press Oct 17, 2025 - A treatise on risk and the uncertainties of language in the modern world Buy Thicket now thicketmelaniebarlowpalimpsestpress https://maidenhead.bowlr.co.uk/account/login Maidenhead Thicket Bowling Club maidenheadthicketbowlingclub https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/05/filling-in-gaps.html The Knotted Thicket: Filling in gaps Last year I started writing the fourth book in the Kristof and Gabe series--or, rather, the third sequel to The Weredeer , because maybe som... filling inknottedthicketgaps https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/stacked-up-waiting-to-land.html?showComment=1273701767946 The Knotted Thicket: stacked up waiting to land That urban fantasy I've been thinking about keeps distracting me from Adventures in Zoology . I'll be trying to figure out the next plot ste... knottedthicketstackedwaitingland https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2008/08/addendum-to-book-one-post.html The Knotted Thicket: Addendum to book one post I just finished reading Anton Strout's Dead to Me and I liked the second half of the book a lot more than the first half. Also, Strout dro... to bookknottedthicketaddendumone https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-add-time.html The Knotted Thicket: Just add time! I'm awful. Not only have I not been posting, I haven't been reading my friends' blogs. It's been busy at work, busy at home, and I have been... just addknottedthickettime https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2011/06/help-with-titles.html?showComment=1307341535935 The Knotted Thicket: Help with titles I'm so bad at titles. I got the word the other night that Etopia Press has accepted the sequel to The Taste of Magic (which is still slate... help withknottedthickettitles https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/04/no-love-for-vampires.html The Knotted Thicket: No love for the vampires Would editors please stop hating on the vampires? There's plenty of life (so to speak) in a good vampire story. If people didn't want to rea... no loveknottedthicketvampires https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2012/01/bookmarks-free-bookmarks.html?showComment=1326110240723 The Knotted Thicket: Bookmarks! Free bookmarks! Okay, my last post was grouchy and ill-mannered. "Goldie" is worth three bucks. Also, YOU CAN HAS A FREE BOOKMARK! My shipment of bookmarks ... knottedthicketbookmarksfree https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/12/having-file-open-doesnt-equal-working.html?showComment=1261492312955 The Knotted Thicket: Having the file open doesn't equal working Well, here it is the shortest day of the year. Assuming the sun comes up tomorrow as planned, we're on our way to summer. I've had Bell-Men ... knottedthicketfileopenequal https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/06/halfway-through-2010.html?showComment=1278023906957 The Knotted Thicket: Halfway through 2010 Here we are halfway through the year, and I have made exactly zero sales in 2010. I was kind of hoping I'd get one of those miraculous last-... halfway throughknottedthicket https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/02/black-dragon-white-dragon-anthology.html?showComment=1234972920000 The Knotted Thicket: Black Dragon, White Dragon anthology! I got my contributor's copy of the anthology Black Dragon, White Dragon today, edited by Robert J. Santa. I've read about half of it so fa... black dragonknottedthicketwhiteanthology https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2012/03/but-first-outline.html The Knotted Thicket: But first an outline I think it might be almost time to start my new project. 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Remem... knottedthicketmaybe https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/03/within-ten-minutes.html?showComment=1268402673662 The Knotted Thicket: Within ten minutes I just got a rejection for a short story and a shortlisting for a novella within ten minutes of each other. This is after weeks of nonactivi... knottedthicketwithintenminutes https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-know-i-said-i-wouldnt-but-i-lied.html?showComment=1241751120000 The Knotted Thicket: I know I said I wouldn't, but I lied Okay, I've read the Query Ninja 's suggestions (it's no coincidence that Query sort of rhymes with Carrie) and, once I was done genuflecting... i knowknottedthicketsaidlied https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/09/wip-wednesday-bell-men.html The Knotted Thicket: WIP Wednesday: Bell-Men I've written 18,000 words on the Bell-Men WIP since last week. Not a bad word-count at all! 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The first sectio... knottedthicketdecadefilm https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas-eve-eve.html?showComment=1324716729513 The Knotted Thicket: Merry Christmas Eve Eve I guess I should update. It's not like I haven't been around, I just haven't had anything to say. Mom is not doing well. She's on hospice no... merry christmasknottedthicketeve https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/02/stop-query-time.html The Knotted Thicket: Stop! Query time! No new writing today, but I did write the query for Bell-Men . It is, if I may say so, a marvel of obfuscation. The bald, ugly truth of Bell... knottedthicketstopquerytime https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2011/09/oh-editing-how-i-despise-you.html?showComment=1316028146704 The Knotted Thicket: Oh, editing, how I despise you I meant to work on my Weredeer edits this weekend, but we're closing on the new house Thursday so the weekend was filled with last-minute p... how iknottedthicketohediting https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/04/deep-breath-better-now.html?showComment=1239777540000 The Knotted Thicket: Deep breath. Better now. Long Tuesday is over without too much pain, and I started writing the new, improved version of the time travel story today. 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Okay, so in the last week I've received nine rejections. Nine . Not a record, alas (I think my record is ten), but enough that I'm feeling v... knottedthicketworldstopthings https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2011/02/come-on-spring.html?showComment=1297981602642 The Knotted Thicket: Come on, Spring! The garden is tilled--with an actual rototiller, which we borrowed from the landlord--and I have two flats of pepper seeds started, and it's... come onknottedthicketspring https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/10/thats-not-what-id-planned-to-do-this.html?showComment=1255649046370 The Knotted Thicket: That's not what I'd planned to do this morning. Fifteen minutes after I dragged myself out of bed (late) and dressed, because I was determined to be efficient today and write 10,000 words,... https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/03/wretched-shortness.html?showComment=1238719620000 The Knotted Thicket: Wretched shortness I'm starting to wonder if writing short stories is worth the effort. I swear I sweat as much over a 5,000 word story as I do over an 80,000... knottedthicketwretched https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-grouch-turns-in-her-hugo-ballot.html The Knotted Thicket: The Grouch turns in her Hugo ballot When I bought my Chicon World SF convention ticket almost two years ago, I was excited about being able to vote for the Hugo awards. I thoug... in herknottedthicketgrouchturns https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/12/sit-n-spin.html The Knotted Thicket: Sit n' Spin I actually sat down with my spinning wheel tonight, for the first time since early spring. I usually only spin during the winter. When it's ... knottedthicketsitspin https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2016/ The Knotted Thicket: 2016 Weredeer, liches, and fairies vs. unicorns. All in a day's work. knottedthicket https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/11/other-peoples-enthusiasm.html?showComment=1257699685024 The Knotted Thicket: Other people's enthusiasm I got home from an exhausting day at work to find Mom waiting for me in the side yard. She looked so smug that I thought she'd done somethin... other peopleknottedthicketenthusiasm https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/09/its-spelled-s-h-w.html?showComment=1251855405605 The Knotted Thicket: It's spelled S-H-A-W Aaron Polson tagged the whole planet with this meme. Here's the rules, and I wish my last name was longer: From the biggest bookcase you ha... h aknottedthicketw https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2011/02/taste-of-magic-has-home.html?showComment=1297902055647 The Knotted Thicket: The Taste of Magic has a home I updated my website today, so I guess I'll go ahead and announce this. I got the contract back and no one's told me to keep it a secret. Et... knottedthickettastemagic https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/12/ The Knotted Thicket: December 2010 Weredeer, liches, and fairies vs. unicorns. All in a day's work. knottedthicketdecember https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/04/keyboarding.html?showComment=1238761020000 The Knotted Thicket: keyboarding I got an insane number of things done today--picked up my contacts prescription (after only five months!) and ordered a set of contacts, bou... knottedthicketkeyboarding https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/10/saving-world.html?showComment=1256548036973 The Knotted Thicket: Saving the world Oh yeah, I have a blog, don't I? Maybe I should post. I've been adding to Bell-Men this evening. There's a lot I want to change and add, wh... knottedthicketsavingworld https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/02/wasted-weekend-sort-of.html?showComment=1266327906236 The Knotted Thicket: Wasted weekend, sort of Well, I didn't get any writing done today despite having the day off work due to SNOW--yes, more snow, it's crazy!--and I didn't get any wri... knottedthicketwastedweekendsort https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-find-word-inspirational-blasphemous.html?showComment=1240957080000 The Knotted Thicket: I find the word "inspirational" blasphemous My story " God of Worms " is up at Every Day Fiction . It's not speculative, although before I sat down to actually write it I had intended ... knottedthicketfindwordinspirational https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/10/saving-world.html?showComment=1256612398721 The Knotted Thicket: Saving the world Oh yeah, I have a blog, don't I? Maybe I should post. I've been adding to Bell-Men this evening. 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It seemed to take me a lot less time to drive home than it did to drive there, probably bec... knottedthicketexhaustion https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/06/novellas-and-goals.html?showComment=1245040738422 The Knotted Thicket: novellas and goals I can't believe we're already halfway through June. It's unreal. It's like, dude , life is, like, going on around me! Dude! We're almost hal... knottedthicketnovellasgoals https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2020/01/ The Knotted Thicket: January 2020 Weredeer, liches, and fairies vs. unicorns. All in a day's work. knottedthicketjanuary https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-query-is-drowning-in-suck.html?showComment=1241729880000 The Knotted Thicket: My query is drowning in suck It doesn't matter how I change it at this point, my query for The Taste of Magic still reads like one of the fake plots over at Evil Editor... knottedthicketquerydrowningsuck https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/11/oops.html?showComment=1258165974719 The Knotted Thicket: Oops. Time to call in the evil clowns and cowboys and attacking robots! I've run out of plot. How do you run out of plot in a book that is so far ... knottedthicketoops https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-summer-baby-is-all-grown-up.html The Knotted Thicket: My summer baby is all grown up The Trickster Society is now complete at 90,000 words--precisely the length I'd hoped for! It needs a lot of tinkering and editing and prob... my summerknottedthicketbabygrown https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/03/radio-silence.html?showComment=1269315064439 The Knotted Thicket: Radio Silence My word, I haven't posted since the middle of last week! Time flies. Nothing much going on, except my last remaining cat is not doing well a... knottedthicketradiosilence https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2011/02/taste-of-magic-has-home.html?showComment=1297618832389 The Knotted Thicket: The Taste of Magic has a home I updated my website today, so I guess I'll go ahead and announce this. I got the contract back and no one's told me to keep it a secret. Et... knottedthickettastemagic https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/12/that-odd-paradox.html?showComment=1259890826592 The Knotted Thicket: That odd paradox If I didn't have to work, I'd be able to spend all day writing, right? Except that on days when I'm off work, I usually actually spend less ... knottedthicketoddparadox https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/03/wretched-shortness.html?showComment=1238723640000 The Knotted Thicket: Wretched shortness I'm starting to wonder if writing short stories is worth the effort. I swear I sweat as much over a 5,000 word story as I do over an 80,000... knottedthicketwretched https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-am-full-of-win.html The Knotted Thicket: I am full of win. I just crossed the NaNoWriMo finish line! Jack of All Trades is just over 50,000 words and almost complete--I just have the last chapter to... i amknottedthicketfullwin https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/10/wip-wednesday-end-game-is-nigh.html The Knotted Thicket: WIP Wednesday: the end-game is nigh! I just finished the day's 2,000 words on Bell-Men. I'm now 72,545 words in, which is a little over 10,000 words this week. That's a lot more... wip wednesdayend gameknottedthicketnigh https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/03/end-of-march-already.html?showComment=1238597940000 The Knotted Thicket: End of March already! If you put one foot in front of the other, eventually you will walk all the way around the world (or at least, from one coast to another). L... end ofknottedthicketmarchalready https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2011/03/good-fences.html?showComment=1300739278896 The Knotted Thicket: Good fences I've been threatening to post pictures of the garden, and finally I have. Here it is, in all its bare-dirt glory. (Actually, I have radishes... knottedthicketgoodfences https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2013/01/bits-of-good.html?showComment=1358115204809 The Knotted Thicket: Bits of good I didn't actually mean to stop posting after my 1,000th post. I've just been busy. Right before the new year, I saw a tweet from someone w... knottedthicketbitsgood https://1077thefox.iheart.com/featured/theresa/content/2024-07-12-first-look-at-james-hetfield-in-the-dark-western-thriller-the-thicket/ First Look at James Hetfield in the Dark Western Thriller "The Thicket" | 107.7 The Fox | Theresa First Look at James Hetfield in the Dark Western Thriller "The Thicket" https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/01/blank-wednesday.html The Knotted Thicket: blank Wednesday My list-making for Blood and Taxes continues apace, and it's starting to resemble (slightly) an outline. To me, anyway. 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All in a day's work. knottedthicketoctober https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/02/ranging-farther-afield.html?showComment=1235828280000 The Knotted Thicket: Ranging farther afield Man, I've hardly read anything this month. I'm only eight books into my read-50-books-this-year reading. That's terrible! I'm reading Nath... knottedthicketrangingfartherafield https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/01/nothing-to-brag-about.html The Knotted Thicket: Nothing to brag about I sometimes enter the Writers of the Future contest (although not recently), so I get their spam. Today they emailed to tell me all about t... knottedthicketnothingbrag https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-cold-and-virtue-has-gone-out-of.html?showComment=1255959423102 The Knotted Thicket: It's cold, and the virtue has gone out of everything. Someone needs to tell Mother Nature that it doesn't get this cold in mid-October in the Tennessee valley. We had to turn the heat on today. ... https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/03/flowers-and-words.html?showComment=1237482960000 The Knotted Thicket: Flowers and Words Ah, Wednesday night. So much better than Tuesday night. Everything's blooming like crazy around here: Bradford pears, weeping cherry trees,... knottedthicketflowerswords https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2011/03/holy-crap.html?showComment=1299422380661 The Knotted Thicket: Holy Crap! Angry Robot just requested the full of Bell-Men . *falls down dead from shock* knottedthicketholycrap https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/04/hit-road-already.html?showComment=1239047400000 The Knotted Thicket: Hit the road, already! I got a little work done on Little Sparrow this evening--not much, but more than yesterday. Sparrow and Hildy are preparing to leave town. T... knottedthickethitroadalready https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/06/writing-is-not-extreme-sport.html?showComment=1245257439293 The Knotted Thicket: Writing is not an extreme sport My life is so boring. I should take up an extreme sport just so I have something to blog about. I always did want to learn how to hang-glide... knottedthicketwritingextremesport https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/11/only-two-months-left-in-2009.html?showComment=1257118612556 The Knotted Thicket: Only two months left in 2009! Here is is, November 1, and I've written 800 words on my Nano book. I stayed up to midnight last night to start (since I was watching Ghost ... only twoknottedthicketmonthsleft https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/02/thoughts-to-keep-you-up-at-night.html The Knotted Thicket: Thoughts to keep you up at night Your favorite book, the one you would have reread until it fell apart, the one that would have changed your life forever, will be published ... knottedthicketthoughtskeepnight https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/12/no-one-noticed-my-makeover.html?showComment=1292175167120 The Knotted Thicket: No one noticed my makeover This has been a nightmare of a week at work. Seriously. I won't go into details since they're boring to everyone but me and have nothing to ... no oneknottedthicketnoticedmakeover https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/03/day-to-twitter-about.html?showComment=1267686432112 The Knotted Thicket: A Day to Twitter about Actually, it's a good thing I didn't have access to Twitter today, because I would have bored everyone silly. After the horribleness and exh... a dayto twitterknottedthicket https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/04/no-axe-grinding-here-of-any-sort.html The Knotted Thicket: No axe-grinding here, of any sort, promise Quick addendum to my earlier post--I hope I didn't give the impression that anyone who doesn't get out of my stories exactly what I thought ... knottedthicketaxe https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2009/10/bee-zombies-they-eat-books.html?showComment=1255070600506 The Knotted Thicket: Bee Zombies! They eat books! Yes, I've been looking at the search terms that led people to my blog. "Bee zombie" is one, which absolutely charmed me. And if you Google "... knottedthicketbeezombieseat https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-need-more-hours-in-day.html?showComment=1291299623540 The Knotted Thicket: I need more hours in the day The end of the semester is kicking my butt. I've been blaming NaNoWriMo for my time management issues this past month, but yesterday I didn'... i need moreknottedthickethoursday https://kcshaw.blogspot.com/2008/11/intellectual-rights-my-butt.html?showComment=1225934280000 The Knotted Thicket: Intellectual rights, my butt You can blame my boss for this entry, because she came in to the office with a sheet of gold-foil stampy things--some kind of faux Easter se... intellectual rightsknottedthicketbutt