Poll Sarah Palin's Christian Nation

Pretty darned simple, ain't it? You betcha! :: wink ::

I was thinking random thoughts about publishing as I walked back to my hotel from dinner. (This is a sign that I continue to feel better - I’m no longer thinking random thoughts about cancer, by and large.) Back in stone age of the 1970s when I first started buying books myself, right through the mid-to-late 1990s when the Internet came into ( Read more... )

ETA: If you found this page directly and are wondering what this is about, see the explanatory post here.

Poll Book buying habits

After some delicate exploration, lasirenadolce and I have concluded I now have a dead spot on my belly. There's a point on the surgical seam where I have absolutely no sensation whatsoever, a bit below my belly button. It's perhaps the size of a quarter.

I've never had a dead spot before. It's a weird thing. I mean, it's a dead spot, it's not like I can ( Read more... )

The cancer funnies poll is now closed. daveraines is the winner, with:"Thank goodness it was shaped like macaroni, instead of spaghetti or, God forbid, lasagna."
daveraines wins a signed copy of the Mainspring [ Powell's | Amazon thb
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One of the best parts about the last couple of days is the flood of comments, emails, IMs and phone calls. Not that I didn't already know y'all love me or anything, but that has helped my spirits immensely. However, some folks distinguished themselves in cracking me up. Which on this blog calls for a contest ( Read more... )

arcaedia said today "Agent Manners suspects the number of authors who initially sell their first novel is probably a low percentage." That's an interesting question.

I'm certainly not one of those. The first novel I ever wrote will never see the light of day. (The January Machine, a science fiction thriller written in 1994 about time travel, zombies, ( Read more... )

This is the voting poll for the caption contest here. Commenters were challenged to coin a snappy caption for ( this charming candid photo of me at the Rainforest Writers Village. )

Spotted via scalzi's Whatever, Robin Hobb on the perils of blogging.

pnh talks crazy in response, to wit: "...it seems to me possible that for some writers, blogging is a time sink and a creative drain, while for others it's a source of connection, energy, and inspiration ( Read more... )

Free stuff from Tor - Including desktop wallpaper of the cover of Escapement [ Amazon ].

Don't forget the ARC contest voting poll

Taxidermie mécanique - I'll bet even you non-Francophones can sort out this title... The page is disturbingly awesome. (Thanks to therinth.)

Survey targets 'ghost mountains'

Biological ice nucleators - Is rain caused by ( Read more... )