Daily Archives: February 24, 2009
The Speech Comment Thread
Posted on February 24, 2009 139 Comments
Here you go. Have fun talking about it. My thoughts, briefly: Good speech, done well. But then, I’m a sucker for a president who says, in essence, “You know all that crap everyone else kept putting off? Yeah, now we’ll be dealing with it.” Jesus Christ amen, man. I wouldn’t complain if I got to […]
Charlie Stross Offers You a Frosty Tumbler Full of Ice-Cold Perspective
Posted on February 24, 2009 28 Comments
Relating specifically to the trouble authors have with multi-volume epic series, and the finishing thereof. Will you quaff this heady elixr? If you’re one of those pulling a long face about GRRM being “late” on his next book, you should. And everyone else will get a nice POV on a specific writing issue. Go now.
The Big Idea: Catherynne Valente
Posted on February 24, 2009 29 Comments
Today begins a very busy week of Big Ideas here at Whatever — I’ll be dropping in a new Big Idea every day between now and Friday, because, you know what, I don’t think you’re reading quite enough these days, do you? Yeah, see, that’s what I thought. And to start us off, here’s one […]
No, I Won’t Get You a Job on Stargate: Universe
Posted on February 24, 2009 81 Comments
This is one of those “put up now to refer people to later” pieces: Dear random people sending me mail on this particular subject: Yes, I work on Stargate: Universe as its Creative Consultant. No, that does not mean that I will help get you a job on the show. Here are some of the […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying