Daily Archives: March 17, 2005
The Greatest Athena Picture Yet
Posted on March 17, 2005 12 Comments
Athena celebrating her victory on Dance Dance Revolution (800×600 image pop-up).
Class Act
Posted on March 17, 2005 9 Comments
One more reason to be glad Tor is one of my publishers, via this online obit of Andre Norton: Her last complete novel, “Three Hands of Scorpio,” is set to be released in April. Norton’s publisher, Tor Books, rushed to have one copy printed so that the author, who had been sick for almost a […]
An Earned-Out Universe
Posted on March 17, 2005 3 Comments
Good news from my non-fiction agent: The Rough Guide to the Universe has earned out its advance, making it officially the first of my books to do so (For Book of the Dumb I was paid a flat fee plus bonuses when the book hits certain sales points; under a more conventional contract I would […]
Hate Mail Entries
Posted on March 17, 2005 7 Comments
I had a request to repost the “How to send me hate mail” entries from 2002 — which surprised me since I though I had already reposted them. Apparently not. I will eventually repost them in their appropriate archived month, but for now, here they are in one omnibus edition. You’ll find them behind the […]
Hate Mail Entries
Posted on March 17, 2005 15 Comments
I had a request to repost the “How to send me hate mail” entries from 2002 — which surprised me since I though I had already reposted them. Apparently not. I will eventually repost them in their appropriate archived month, but for now, here they are in one omnibus edition. You’ll find them behind the […]
Quick Basement Update
Posted on March 17, 2005 10 Comments
For those of you wondering: It was a busted sump pump, not an actual busted pipe. Which is good because a busted sump pump is easy to fix, whereas a busted pipe (depending on where it is), not so much. We broomed out much of the standing water ourselves and then let the pros come […]
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