Daily Archives: December 11, 2007
By the Power Vested in Me By, Er, Me…
Posted on December 11, 2007 66 Comments
… I declare today “National Get Your Wife Flowers For No Reason Day.” Why? Well, clearly, no reason. That’s right there on the label, people. Pay attention. If you have not a wife, consider getting your spouse/significant other/longtime object of non-stalkerish affections flowers. And yes, I participated. Can’t declare it without doing it, now, can […]
A Month of Writers, Day Nine: Scott Westerfeld
Posted on December 11, 2007 19 Comments
Speaking as a recent “New Heinlein,” allow me to express the opinion that if anyone should be called the “New Heinlein,” it’s Scott Westerfeld. Not because Scott writes like Heinlein, but because he’s filling a critical ecological niche Heinlein used to fill: Writing superior (and ridiculously well-selling) science fiction for young readers, some of whom […]
Looks Like I Picked the Wrong Day to Stop Huffing Freon
Posted on December 11, 2007 75 Comments
I’m getting this a lot today: Which is not good, because I have a book to write. However, even if the main computer melts down again, I am prepared: The novel is saved in folder shared across the home network and written to every time I save, so I can work on it off my […]
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