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Less Interesting Books
Per the “lessinterestingbooks” meme, here’s my contribution: The Dresden Tax Files. The Slightly Peckish Games. Anansi Boys Band. Cattlefield Earth. Ender’s Game of Candyland. 20,000 Leeks Under the...
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Thrift Store Observations
Man, that’s a totally pimpin ride! I never knew Barbie was so cool. Oh, wait, of course! It is from Jem and the Holograms, not Barbie. Jem is to Barbie as Lady Gaga is to Hannah Montana. I”m pretty...
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“Surviving the eBookalypse” Live on Escape Pod
My story “Surviving the eBookalypse”, a satire about the future for books and their authors, is now live on Escape Pod: http://escapepod.org/2012/01/19/ep328-surviving-the-ebookalypse/ I wrote this...
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Dragons in Space!
Today, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station. A huge step towards commercial passenger flights into space and galactic Empire! And of course, the company hired...
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Prometheus Produce
/Begin Transmission/ So, I followed clues left in several newspaper ads and found my way to Prometheus Produce, hoping to discover the origin of the amazing deal. Signs at the entrance advised that I...
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National Fictioneers League
I see many of my writer friends posting about their anticipation of something called the NFL. I can only assume this is a National Fictioneers League? Well good! It’s about time authors got the...
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Occupy Writing: Art Book Covers
I’m starting Occupy Writing. First Item: Novels have art on the cover. Why don’t art books have flash fiction on the cover?! UNFAIR! I’m talking a nice, white cover with black print, featuring an...
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Happy August Day!
Happy August Day! Don’t forget to dress like Caesar Augustus and sacrifice a bull to Mithras! Wait, that is a thing on August Day, isn’t it? If not, it should be. And then it would evolve into...
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San Andreas the Oscar Contender
WHAT? I looked at the critic reviews for San Andreas on Fandango and was surprised to see this as the first review: “The film is so unusually moving and penetrating because it refuses to cloud its...
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Fun Little AMA on /r/Fantasy
While at Sasquan, I sat at the /r/Fantasy table for a bit and participated in a live AMA (Ask Me Anything). It was short, but I had a lot of fun with it, as is obvious from my answers Here’s the link:...
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New Scifi Christmas Classics!
Due to cutbacks, the PsyPhy Network’s Holiday Classics Crappy Remake Department and their Scifi Classics Cheesy Remake Department have been merged. Here are some of the resulting projects that are now...
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Real or Not Real: Horrible Santa Movies
Santa Claus has starred in a lot of movies. I can only assume he uses the money from his acting gigs to upgrade his workshop, what with technology always advancing. Hard to build iPods with chisels, ya...
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Important Update: All the Awards I’m Going to Win in 2016!
It’s award nomination time! AND THANK GAWD, I don’t need to ask you fine folks to nominate or vote for me or anything, because I already know all the awards I’m going to win this year. The people...
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Finn Fancy 3 Cover: Smells Like Finn Spirit!
Two big bits of news for book 3, Smells Like Finn Spirit: First off, revised Finn 3 has been officially delivered to my editor! And I am so proud of it. Of course, I’m biased, but honestly there are...
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The Real 2016 Election Map
I created this handy election map in case folks were trying to understand where we stand. Polls show that much of the blue areas are due to Hobbit, High Elvish and Good Wizard influence, thus the...
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FINN 3 BOOK BIRTHDAY!
TODAY IS THE BOOK BIRTHDAY FOR BOOK 3: SMELLS LIKE FINN SPIRIT!!! Logan says RUN to your bookstore and buy the Finn Fancy series! First day sales are a big deal. Tor (US) Version Available for...
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Favorite Bits and Big Ideas: Smells Like Finn Spirit
Over the past couple of weeks, Finn and I have held a couple of conversations together online in celebration of the release of Smells Like Finn Spirit: In the My Favorite Bit series hosted by Mary...
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Pretty in Pink Original Ending
I made a thing, just for fun. I got a copy of the book for Pretty in Pink that has the original Duckie Wins ending, and provide some commentary, analysis and trivia on the movie, the pros and cons of...
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