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The Mermaid Handbook
So I have not updated this site in many, many moons, and for a while my life became less mermaidly in general, but now that has all changed and my true nature has once again asserted itself. I have...
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Mermaid Linden’s Mermaid Minute
So I have to share this Kickstarter with you all, from neighborhood geeky science mermaid Linden Wolbert, one of the most lovely and ocean-loving mermaids out there (read my previous interview with...
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Mermaid Updates!
So it’s been a FEW MONTHS since I’ve written in here, and so much mermaidliness has piled up that I figure I better get some of it down now. I did mean to post on Saturday, which was not only the first...
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Rachel Smith’s NC Merfest Diary, January 3-5
So last weekend was the NC Merfest in Cary, North Carolina, which yours truly did not attend but Dive Bar mermaid extraordinaire Rachel Smith did—and generously kept a diary of the goings on so that...
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Kerry Dale, The Prince Disguised as a Damsel in Distress
So a few months ago I received a gorgeous email from one Kerry Dale, a beautiful drag performer and artist from Winnipeg, Canada, who’s loved mermaids since he was a child and now does a popular Little...
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Mermaids magazine — finally!
So Mermaids is finally coming out, and I’m really excited. It’ll be a special issue of Faerie Magazine, put together and edited by yours truly, featuring our favorite half-ladies half-fish in all their...
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ChristoMer Starfish
So last month I went to MerPalooza in Tampa, which I really should have posted about already and where, among many other things, I got to serve as one of the judges of the poolside mermaid pageant run...
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Dark Beach’s Surf/Punk “Mermaiding”
So I recently learned about an Oakland-based punk/surf band called Dark Beach consisting of two awesome, mermaid-loving girls named Melissa (on drums) and Faith (on guitar and vocals). Here they are:...
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Andrew Brusso and Weeki Wachee’s 2014 Calendar
Andrew Brusso; image by John AthanasonSo the brand-spanking-new 2014 Weeki Wachee Mermaids 16-month calendar is now available online, featuring gorgeous images from famed photographer Andrew Brusso....
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Newsworthy mermaids, MerPalooza, plus my new book
Many, many mermaidly things have been happening of late. The New York Times Magazine, for instance, ran a big story about Weeki Wachee by super-smart Virginia Sole-Smith (who quoted yours truly in the...
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Olivia De Berardinis’ Sexy Pin-Up Mermaids
So legendary pin-up artist Olivia De Berardinis has painted a zillion gorgeous bombshells over the years (she’s been doing it since the mid-70′s and has been contributing an original painting every...
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Francesca Lia Block’s Magical Creatures
So I am a huge fan of Francesca Lia Block. I first read her classic YA novel Weetzie Bat in 1995, when I’d just moved to Los Angeles from New York to attend grad school at UCLA and wasn’t totally happy...
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Artist David Delamare and His Many Many Mermaids
So artist David Delamare is kind of a big deal, mermaid-painting-wise, and you’ve probably seen one of his mermaid masterpieces whether you know it or not. At least in your dreams or drunken wanderings...
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Joy de Vivre’s la Vie Sirene magazine
So I’ve been aware of Joy de Vivre and her Siren School for a while, and was even set to visit one of her San-Diego-area camps last year that involved irresistible swan maidens and a whole lot of white...
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Artist Caroline Waloski’s “Flights of Fancy”
So this Friday evening you might want to transport yourself to Greenport, New York, to attend the opening reception for artist Caroline Waloski‘s brand-new mermaid-themed exhibit “Flights of Fancy,”...
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Mini Mermaid Tails from Applejack Apparel
So I recently heard from one Kaycee Militante, mermaid aficionado and proprietor of the ridiculously cute Applejack Apparel, where you can buy super inexpensive, handcrafted tails for the little...
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Raina the Halifax Mermaid’s Extremely Helpful “Fishy Business”: How to Be a...
I last talked to Raina the Halifax Mermaid for this blog a couple of years ago (here’s the inimitable interview), and she’s been up to a whole lot of mermaidly stuff since. She has even proven the...
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Sexuality Activist Lana Fox’s Mermaid Voyage
So Lana Fox is an erotic author and sexuality activist who runs a course on erotic self-love entitled “The Mermaid Voyage: A Two-Week Journey of Erotic Self-Discovery.” Admit you want to take that...
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Tiffany’s Mermaid & Myth Month
I have many fascinating things to post and will ATTEMPT to do so while being holed up in a cottage in rural Pennsylvania finishing a very bleak and unmermaidly crime novel, but I will start by pointing...
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Bambi the Mermaid and Saving the Coney Island Mermaid Parade
So there are 13 days to go of Coney Island USA’s Save the Coney Island Mermaid from Extinction! Kickstarter, and they’re three-quarters of the way there.. but they still need a ton of support. So I...
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