The Hobbit: The Desolation of Tolkien - Daniel Larison is very unhappy with Peter Jackson. I pretty much agree with his points, though I am perhaps less vociferous in my articulation thereof.

Literary self-loathing: How Jonathan Franzen, Elizabeth Gilbert and more keep it at bay - Really? Yeah, maybe for them, but I’m with Scalzi on this one. ( Read more... )

So, the Clayton Memorial Medical Fund has been a big presence in my life these past few years, helping me financially at times of great need. (I did not need them this year, as it happens, thanks to all your generosity with the Sequence a Science Fiction Writer fundraiser back at the beginning of the year.) Their reserve funds are running low, and ( Read more... )

Dude, Where's My Accent? - Why the California Vowel Shift may have us all by the tongue. Also this. Snerk. (Via David Goldman.)

Lovebible.pl - Charlie Stross is very funny.

Why Do We Call People Redheads Instead of Orangeheads?

Who Put the O in Portland? - More on the ‘round maps’. I was also struck by this comment: [T]here's scientific evidence ( Read more... )

Novelist Error Messages - Hahahah. (Thanks to Lisa Costello.)

Where writers get their ideas - Hahah.

6 Modern Playgrounds to Make Your Inner Child Lose Its Mind - Some weird stuff. Hah. (Via ( Read more... )

Today is Thanksgiving here in the United States. For the rest of you, I suppose it's just Thursday. But whether it's Thursday or Thanksgiving, this is as good a day as any for giving thanks ( Read more... )

Milo Fowler is giving away a personalized copy of my new novella from Prime Books, Love in the Time of Metal and Flesh

Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and Whether It Was Intentional - Boy, do I have a lot to say about this. (Via Beverly Block.)

You, Me, and Every Word We Know - Ta-Nehisi Coates on the languages of labeling, in-groups ( Read more... )

Everything Is Going Swimmingly - Scrivener’s Error with various interesting meditations on copyright, self publishing and ebooks, among other things.

If Disney Villains Were Drop Dead Gorgeous, The World Would Not Be The Same - (Thanks to Lezli Robyn.)

DIY Death: Natural, At-Home Funerals And Their Boomer Appeal - (From multiple sources.)

( Read more... )

I may have missed one or two things, but here is my 2013 fiction bibliography, for your information, and by request, for award consideration. As my illness slows me down, this grows ever thinner of course. I will amend this list as needed.

Novels

Kalimpura, Tor Books, 2013 - Book three of the Green trilogy

Novellas

“ Hook Agonistes”, with Seanan ( Read more... )

We Are All Strange - The final video edit.

The 2014 John Picacio Calendar - A Kickstarter for a project of which I am a small part.

14 Ways to Tick off a Writer - Because reasons.

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin rules out sharing Westeros - (Via Scrivener’s Error.)

★What are some of the funniest and most clever advertisements? - Heh ( Read more... )

My Orycon day one was rather abbreviated by medical and legal/disability activities, and compounded by the trailing edge of jet lag due to our Wednesday return from Maryland. I did manage to greet a few folks, and attend my panel on living with late stage cancer. (Which was ironic, given the fairly horrid day I'd had.) I then went out to dinner ( Read more... )