My Green Tech column is on hold while they work out some website issues, but everything else is going strong.

First off, here are this week's Extinction Countdown columns:

Unfair trade: A week in the world of illegal wildlife trafficking

Slender hope: A tiny primate is rediscovered after 65 years

Endangered Sonoran pronghorn seen as ( Read more... )

Wow, I published a whole mess of articles last week. A few of them were timely, and the events have already passed, but I'm including them in the list because they're still worth reading.

Extinction Countdown: Rare dolphins endangered in Taiwan, Australia and Peru

Help Scholastic Donate 100,000 Books to Needy Kids

Go Green with Refurbished Phones

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It's a busy time in the Plattcave -- probably busier than I've ever been since hanging up my freelance shingle. In addition to the regular articles, I'm been working on newsletters, PR, web content, and a whole lot more. Meanwhile, I'm gearing up for the Maine Comics Arts Festival, for which I need to draw at least one my mini-comic before May 23rd ( Read more... )

NEW CLIENT!

Looks like I'm going to be writing biographies of comic-book artists for the next edition of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Should be fun.

NEW FAVE!

I've been reading a lot of Lewis Trondheim's autobiographical comics lately. Why didn't anyone tell me about this guy ten years ago?

OLD FAVE!

I'm also re-reading the Swamp Thing run by ( Read more... )

Hey, it's another big batch of article links!

Sushi-cide: Secret ballot kills hopes for bluefin tuna protections

Green Tech: Protect an Acre of Rainforest When You Sign Up for eBay's Green Team Challenge

Desmond Tutu Kicks Off Anti-Polio Campaign in Africa

Bugs off: Habitat loss killing Europe's butterflies, beetles and dragonflies

Green Tech: Can a ( Read more... )

I suck. At blogging, that is.

Or at least, I suck at maintaining this blog. The blogs that pay me to write for them, those I can keep up with. But this one? Sigh...

Anyway, it's Wednesday, so here's another batch of article links for you...

Fighting aliens with aliens: U.K. imports insect species to tackle invasive plant http://bit.ly/9LoiXS

Cell ( Read more... )

Time to catch you up on my recent publications! Enjoy ( Read more... )

U.S. Law Bans Genetic Discrimination

Eight Unusual Ways to Improve Your Soft Skills

Hope you enjoy them!

I interviewed Robert J. Sawyer, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Mike Resnick, Paul Barnett and Lawrence Watt-Evans for an article in this month's issue of Today's Engineer magazine. It's now available online here. I hope you'll check it out!

As we approach a snowed-in weekend (one foot and counting!), I thought I'd take a moment to reflect on a pretty good week:

• I actually wrote an entirely new short story on Tuesday, something I haven't done in months. Yay me!
• I have also started a new story collaboration with one of my old partners in crime. It feels good to have the old creative ( Read more... )