This blog has been languishing a bit. When my time isn't disappearing down the side roads of  life detours, it gets sucked into wrap-up for the next paperback release (Rough Passages. COMING SOON! Woo!)  and cleanup work on the current WIP.All the blogging-type energy has gone to writing five-minute  free association word riffs, and those get posted in the Other Things Blog. (Click HERE if you're feeling brave.)I can't stand the idea of letting any creative space sit idle, though, so here:  have some random phrases gleaned from conversations during the Nebula Awards conference weekend. Presented without rhyme or reason and mostly without attribution to protect privacy.These would make good story titles:

• Barbie & Ken Doing The Kama Sutra In the Basement
• A Big Cloud Of Foot Flakes
• Going To the Aviary To Hug the Owls

And some phrases:

• "One man's dirty underwear is another man's shooting star."from Dr. Kjell Lindgren's presentation about Life on the International Space Station.
• "In war there are no winners, only widows."not attributing because spoilers, but is that a great saying or what?
• Ocean gyresthat one might also make a good title.
• "Fairy tales are all bone and no meat."Seanan McGuire, during a panel on fairy tale themes in speculative fiction

More random notes from the conference will appear as time allows and the mood strikes.  Stay tuned, bookmark, follow the blog, whatever.