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Clarkesworld, Year Four, part one - A review that covers my short story, "Torquing Vacuum".

Think Seeing A Little Male Nudity On TV Is Too Explicit? Then ... It's Time To Hear The Hard Truth.

At Fake Hospital, Kaiser Runs a Testing Ground for New Technology - Pushing around supply carts for miles, tending to plastic babies, and maintaining an ( Read more... )

The Macroeconomics of Middle Earth - Hahahah. (Snurched from ( Read more... )

A reader reacts to the anthology Cthulhu's Reign - Not so much with the love for my story.

A reader reacts to the anthology Westward Weird - In which I have a story.

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What Publishers Don't Do - Andrew Wheeler on Michael Chabon and e-books. Chabon got this one wrong, which is unusual for him, I think.

Rocket-Powered 'Aerotrain' - Some awesome retrotech. (Via H-.)

Through a sun tunnel - APOD with an interesting image and write-up. I'd never heard of these.

Frankincense, Staple of Christmas, Doomed

Where the ( Read more... )

If Dragon’s Mass Eve Be Cold And Clear - Go check out ( Read more... )

A reader reacts to Green - Not so much with the liking, I am thinking.

A review of Boondocks Fantasy - Including some favorable comments on my story, "Jefferson's West".

Kurt Vonnegut's chalk talk on the shape of a story - (Via a mailing list I'm on.)

No One Cares About Your Reading - On book tours. (Via Patty Garcia.)

Goodbye, Oxford comma? ( Read more... )

Macmillan posts an excerpt of my novel Green - In support of the forthcoming trade paperback release.

The Ads Were More Boring Than the Super Bowl - Scrivener's Error with a number of interesting things to say about economics, publishing and the economics of publishing.

Welcome to Beautiful Jay Lake Family Campground and R.V.Park - I really need ( Read more... )

Stuff No One Told Me (But I Learned Anyway) - Hilarious. And somewhat thought-provoking. (Via @inkhaven.)

Hippos Licking Crocs - Um, yes.

Seeing New York: 1904 - Electric buses and the Flatiron Building. It's just like today!

Palm-Size NMR - The portable but powerful magnet could be used to find archaeological artifacts or to detect ( Read more... )

Sally Forth on writing fantasy

The Roaring Secret - Ruthanne Reid on psychotic persistence and other writerly virtues.

"Little Red Riding Hood" seriously reinterpreted - (From LJ, but chemo brain lost the attribution.)

Day 21- Running 6 Miles! - Blake and I inspire through the Internet. You don't need to shave your head in solidarity, but if you ( Read more... )