Well he’s shocked, shocked I tell you. Quoth the Fed Chair who served under presidents and congresses of both parties, we’re suffering from a “once-in-a-century credit tsunami.” He explains his shockedatude by saying to the House Committee on Oversight and Read more…
I’ve always thought of myself as a primarily linear writer. I start writing on page one, and I keep writing until I reach the end. I rarely, if ever, skip around while writing a draft. I’ve occasionally written a dramatic Read more…
I’ve mentioned before the preponderance of a certain type of fantasy cover. Now SciFiGuy has compiled the entire cover trend into a helpful educational video. (via Smart Bitches.)
Pending confirmation from DAW, the title is going to be either: Journalists and Dragons: Stories of the Cleveland Portal or Journalists, Dragons and Dwarves: Stories of the Cleveland Portal I think I’m more partial to the second one. UPDATE: Sheila Read more…
Just a little small celebratory post, I’ve passed the halfway mark in both the Apotheosis trilogy and the current book Heretics. Which, since this is the middle book of the trio, it sort of makes sense both milestones would coincide. Read more…
The good news is that DAW’s going to re-issue my two Cleveland Portal novels, Dragons of the Cuyahoga and Dwarves of Whiskey Island in an omnibus edition due out August 2009. W000t! The bad news, Sheila at DAW told me Read more…
So you’ve heard about ACORN and its voter registration drives where convicted felons are registering Mickey Mouse to vote 72 times across at least 12 different states. Needless to say this is red meat to the RNC, and the conservative Read more…
Last Friday I posted, among other things, that we should really start worrying when stores start taking cigarettes and booze in lieu of cash for payment. A 27-year-old Florida man named Shawn Alexander Pannullo apparently has had a crisis of Read more…
I’ve destroyed an entire star-system, simultaneously blown up a network of a hundred-odd wormholes across about 100 light years, and I’ve just carpet-bombed an entire planet with pure distilled singularity. . . And I’m only half done with the trilogy.
To keep myself from writing too many depressing political posts in my blog in a row, I’m going to break things up by posting a few videos. First off is a video I came across independently via Galleycat and Whatever. Read more…