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Another vintage year goes on the auction block.

Item 250355888964; sale ends January 14.

Continued from Muse Fanfiction, v. 2007.2.

These are not RRRs but solo projects which share the same thread. Start your own, or just stop by and visit.

And if you don’t celebrate Christmas, be merry anyway. Any excuse for merriment, we always say.

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Reliable sources inform us that the Muses will visit the blog this evening (Tuesday, December 1918) at some time between 6 and 7 p.m., blog time. Watch for ’em on this thread!

You heard it here first: Starting in the January 2008 issue, Muse‘s Q&A page will have two new question-answerers slaving away to requite your curiosity.

The new columnists are Ruth Flanagan and Andy Soth. Ruth is a science writer turned middle-school teacher. Andy is a TV producer, all-round jolly good fellow, and, not coincidentally, Ruth’s husband. They’re old buddies of Robert’s, and — well, we’d better get them on the blog to let them tell you for themselves.

Q. Why the change?

A. In a word, time. In three words, too little time. Rosanne’s day job and other activities were getting so demanding that she was having trouble keeping up with the column, as much as she enjoyed it. Pondering what to do next, Robert immediately thought of Ruth. He’d been a fan of articles she had written for magazines like Discover and New Scientist back in the Pleistocene Epoch and later had great fun working as her editor at Earth. Robert called and asked if she’d like to join the Great Muse Adventure. “Sure!” she said. “Can Andy help, too?” “Tell you what,” Robert said: “You two write the column together for a year, while I take a vacation.” And so far, everybody is living happily ever after. (Of course, technically the year hasn’t started yet, but never mind.)

We’ll haul Ruth and Andy over to MuseBlog soon to say hi and generally get an idea of what they’re in for. Meanwhile, if there are any questions… Yes? You, in the back?

This one’s odd: an art magazine called Muse from Armenia.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260187989556

These Muses are different. They’re not the magazine of life, the universe, and pie-throwing. They’re the identically named magazine of the Canadian Museum Association. You probably won’t want to buy them, but if you’re curious you can see them at

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250185576372

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Just a quick reminder that you can reach Muse‘s editors and publisher using the magazine’s little-known online e-mail form.

Muse‘s publisher, Carus Publishing, also puts several other magazines. We’re curious: Do you read them? Did you ever? Do you even know anything about them? If so, what do you think?

For reference, the magazines are as follows:

The Cricket Magazine Group

– “Bug” magazines: Babybug, Ladybug, Spider, Cricket, and Cicada

– Nonfiction magazines: Click, Ask, and Muse

The Cobblestone Magazine Group

Appleseeds, Calliope, Cobblestone, Dig, Faces, Footsteps, Odyssey

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By special request of Alice: a thread for thinking up creative new catch-phrases to put on Muse‘s cover. Right now it’s “The magazine of life, the universe and pie throwing.” That’s not bad — and it’s certainly more exciting than what was there before. Can you do even better?

Now more than ever.

Continued from v. 2007.1.

The GAPAs have been conferring amongst themselves. In typically all-embracing GAPA style, we’ve decided to hold two Kokonventions: a big one on August 15, and a smaller one on August 10 for those who can’t make the other one.

We’re still working on a program of events for each. Right now, the main difference is the August 10 will have three GAPAs present (Rosanne, Robert, and Rebecca), whereas August 15 will have just two (no Rosanne, alas).

So… roll call, please. Who’s still interested?

Here’s the current list:

Friday, August 10
Julieb
curious and questioning
Shadowkat
Lady Visala of Reverie
Midnight Fiddler

Wednesday, August 15
kt the gr8
Glassboro

Both Dates (?!?)
Quintessentia
Capricious
Green Qween
Red-tailed HAWK
Purple Panda & Taiwan Hippo Fan

Not Sure Which, but Interested

West Coast MBers Yearning for a Kokonvention of Their Own
E2MB
Alice
emmatheduck

Oh, why not?

The history of this thread is a bit tangled, as is the numbering of previous MM threads. To see what has already been posted, go to

www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=171 [Never mind.]
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=205
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=383
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=450
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=545

Spoilers are inevitable on this thread.

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