Introducing Charlotte Allen, from the Washington Post. Before I deconstruct her rampant idiocy, let me allow her to spew a few of her own words: The theory that women are the dumber sex […] is amply supported by neurological and Read more…
This is an actual assault rifle. As in, it shoots real bullets. This is so wrong, and yet so cool. (Read more here.) I wonder if fellow hamster Marie might want one.
Still a-novelling, so my blogging is minimal, but I thought I’d post link to some deconstructions of good query letters (query 1, query 2) posted some time ago by Nathan Bransford of Curtis Brown Ltd. both showing impressive examples of Read more…
Blogging is taking a back seat to the new novel (30K+ yea me!) And yes, I bumped up the total wordage of Valentine’s Night, the spec novel I’m working on while waiting to hear back from Anne. Two reasons. I Read more…
Presented for your consideration, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of California. Whose attitude toward the free flow of information on teh interwebz seems cribbed from North Korea. Apparently a swiss bank is somewhat miffed at Wikileaks.org a website organized by Read more…
Well my latest spec project is still rolling along quickly, quickly enough that if Anne continues being overworked at Bantam, I might get the whole thing done before I have to do any editorial revisions on Wolfbreed #1 (titles, I Read more…
No, I can’t explain it. (blame the Smart Bitches) If that didn’t weird you out, maybe you want to watch this.Or not. (Blame Mrs.Giggles)
Reading Scalzi’s great posts on making a living as a writer got me to thinking about the worst piece of career advice I ever got: “Take some brainless low-paying job just to make ends meet so you can devote all Read more…
I’ve gone on at length about the replicator economy, what will happen to commerce as the cost of “stuff” goes to zero and the ability to copy anything becomes ubiquitous. Understanding the implications of this is going to make the Read more…