BTW, Mr Scalzi, sir, I am at once intrigued and amused that a man who has achieved the exalted position of being able to afford to write what he writes when he feels like writing it STILL gets schtick from others. I thought once you fired the boss, life would be plain sailing. Clearly I thought wrong. Dr Seuss was right. There is no Solla Sollew!

Oh, well, probably too pedantic anyway.

Like many, you assume that the time I spend writing here is taken out of the time I spend writing novels. Barring weeks like this (when I’m trying to finish a project), it’s just not true, and in fact writing here helps me write my fiction my keeping my brain active and happy and thinking about other things. Likewise, considering I’ve published these many books in six years while also writing daily here, and have two more books coming this year, it’s pretty clear that my writing here doesn’t really keep me from publishing on a regular basis.

Also to the point, I personally get testy when people suggest, intentionally or not, that they know better than I what I should be doing with my writing time. This is why I say that I write what I write when I want to write it. Because that’s what works for me.

Making a Louisville Slugger into an electric violin is a seriously GOOD crazy thing to do!