Archive | October, 2009

Are Authors Really Their Characters?

I was surfing the web the other day and ran across a great and funny article about five authors who were tougher in real life than were the characters they invented. Yes, of course, I was hoping I’d be one of the five—in vain, alas. Kinda tough to be more kick-butt than a Jedi-ace-X-wing pilot, […]

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Why Did the Mint Surrender to Morons?

Yesterday I got sent an e-mail from a friend with the subject line “Do NOT accept the New Dollar Coins!” It had been forwarded several times, so I worked my way down through the headers and finally got to the meat of the issue. The email reported that these new Presidential Dollar coins (issued in […]

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My New Project

A number of folks have asked recently what I’m working on. Yeah, I know, it’s been a bit since there’s been a new book out there. Such is the life of a writer that not everything you write gets published right away—or sometimes at all. Since I write for money, if someone wants a development […]

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Saturday Double-header

Saturday Double-header

Saturday, 24 October, I’ll be holding two events in Second Life 4 PM (7 Eastern, 4 Pacific) I’ll offer my Nano-sprinting talk. It will take about an hour and a half and will cover all the topics that will make participating in this year’s National Novel Writing Month much easier. This is the talk that […]

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Resisting Temptation

Temptation is an occupational hazard for writers. Pretty much anything we want to do or try, any experience we can have, can be justified as “research.” Given that a lot of what I do involves being on top of technological developments, and filling my head with a vast variety of experiences that I can bring […]

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8th Wonderland

Yesterday I mentioned that I was working the International Horror and Science Fiction Film Festival. This is the fifth year that I’ve been the IHSFFF’s Director of Science Fiction programming. It’s great fun, but can be very tough, since I have to winnow down a pile of wonderful films into the handful we get to […]

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Pumpkin Pie Milkshake

This weekend I’m working the International Horror and Science Fiction Film Festival. The IHSFFF is in its fifth year, and each year I’ve been the Director of Science Fiction Programming. This means I get to see the creme de la creme of the submitted films, pick two feature films and put together two short film […]

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