2012 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced - Look, it's me! Whee!

How To Use Your World - An analysis of world building using my novel Mainspring as a negative example. Including some rather personal snark. Heh.

Fall or Fly? - On writing and day jobs. (Via Marta Murvosh.)

Borrowing E-Books - Andrew Wheeler on Amazon's latest abusive-to-authors ( Read more... )

The Acts of Whimsy cancer fundraiser is still live. It has made goal, but additional support is always welcome, especially given my new complications. Please check it out if you have not done so yet.

The Lakeside Kickstarter has expanded its stretch goals to include documenting the science around my genomic testing by traveling to the testing lab ( Read more... )

Yesterday on Facebook, a conservative friend said, I suspect part of the issue is that most writers and artists of the last 150 years working in the fantastic field have been (more or less) refugees from religion, of one sort or another. To them, a more perfect (or at least more fun) world is a world where god and church... are just not present. ( Read more... )

An unexpected foreign rights check in the mail this week, as well as an expected-but-no-idea-when contract and a hoped-for-but-unexpected contract. This business is so weird. I made more writing money in three days than I've made in months. In order, Mainspring earned out in Germany in its first reporting period (or first year, I'm actually not ( Read more... )

A Correct Review - A reader who really doesn't like Mainspring. Gets a tad personal about it, even.

Ken Brady on Felix Baumgartner's record setting jump yesterday - What he said. I couldn't have put it better.

Bacon 25 Ways - Mmm. Mmm. Bacon. (Via Jersey Girl in Portland.)

Ukraine’s Anime Girl and Real Barbie Meet Face to Eerie Face! - Hmmm. ( ( Read more... )

A review of my novelette "A Long Walk Home"

A review of Mainspring - In my local library newsletter.

National Geographic photo contest 2012

Scientists Use Stem Cells To Create Eggs In Mice

Black mamba venom could contain a fantastic painkiller - As effective as morphine, but with fewer downsides. Non-opiate painkillers are very important.

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Mainspring, by Jay Lake - A mixed (at best) review, with some interesting observations.

One does not simply use iOS6 to walk into Mordor - Hahahah.

Things For Christians Not To Say To Someone Who Has Cancer - Yep. This. And frankly, speaking as an atheist, if God has anything whatsoever to do with my dancer, then He's a cruel manipulative ( Read more... )

The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 151): Interview with Author Jay Lake - They interviewed me at Worldcon.

Jay Lake, "Hnacie pero" (2007) - A review of Mainspring. I'm not sure of the language. Romanian or Hungarian, possibly.

With a Nasal Drawl - A discussion about writing about language. (Found at Language Log.)

Sturgeon's Law - Hahahaha! ( ( Read more... )

Srdce světa (Jay Lake) - A Czech review of Mainspring. They didn't like it very much, insofar as I can tell via Google Translate.

Philip Athans on Shared Worlds and “The Fathomless Abyss” - SF Signal with an interesting interview.

Enormous Roman Mosaic Found Under Farmer's Field - Cool. (Via ( Read more... )

Review of Mainspring by Jay Lake - They liked it.

A reader reacts to When the Villain Comes Home - They liked my story.

Global warming? Sea otters to the rescue! - Teh cutes! (From David Goldman.)

FBI's New Billion Dollar Face Recognition System - Feel safer yet? (Via my aunt M.)

“We” Don’t Owe $16 Trillion; and You Don’t Owe $50,000

Romney: ( Read more... )