Daily Archives: September 16, 2010
All Right, Seriously, WTF
Posted on September 16, 2010 52 Comments
I mean, really: Blame Mary Robinette Kowal, I got it from her.
Just Arrived, 9/16/10
Posted on September 16, 2010 3 Comments
What’s come in the mail: * Bones of Empire, William C. Dietz (Ace): In the far future, a bioegineered cop must hunt down shape-shifting aliens who threaten the empire of humanity! With guns! At least if the cover is to be believed. And why would the cover lie? This is out October 5. * When […]
The World’s Largest and Most Ironic Green Thumb
Posted on September 16, 2010 24 Comments
The last several weeks at the Scalzi Compound have been dry ones, which means that our vasty yard has turned a shade I call “California Brown” — except for this one peninsula of green, which you can see here. And what is causing the emerald fjord to jut into the vast brown expanse of our […]
Writing: Find the Time or Don’t
Posted on September 16, 2010 186 Comments
Over the last couple of months I’ve gotten a fair number of letters from aspiring writers who want to write but find themselves plagued by the vicissitudes of the day, i.e., they’ve got jobs, and they’re tiring, and when they come home they just want to collapse in front of the TV/spend time with family/blow […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying