Monthly Archives: April 2011
Pseudonyms, etc
Posted on April 20, 2011 105 Comments
I was asked, apropos to the Scott Adams thing, if I ever walk the Internets in a guise other than myself and/or bearing a screen name that does not make it clear who I am. The answer is no, and for two primary reasons. The first is that it’s a hassle to remember a whole […]
Easter Creatures
Posted on April 20, 2011
Over at the FilmCritic.com this week, I’m doing the sort of in-your-face, no-holds-barred, let-the-chips-fall-where-they-may, keeping-it-awesomely-real investigative report that you’ve come to expect — nay, demand — of me: I’m looking at which science fiction film creatures could, in a pinch, replace the Easter Bunny. That’s right, people. It is on. They might as well just […]
Elaborately Self-Justified Sock Puppets Are Still Sock Puppets
Posted on April 19, 2011 118 Comments
I’m trying to puzzle out the logic of this Scott Adams blog post justifying the use of a sock puppet on Metafilter, and I have to tell you it’s not making a whole lot of sense. Basically he’s got an elaborate explanation for why he wanders about online anonymously, related to his fame and how […]
Interview at GeekDad
Posted on April 19, 2011 30 Comments
Over at Wired’s site today, I’m being interviewed about Fuzzy Nation, science fiction and the writing life and about being both a geek and a dad (which is appropriate because I am both). The interview goes into some detail about my choice to reboot H. Beam Piper’s novel Little Fuzzy and why I think (or […]
A Nice Thing For a Tuesday Morning
Posted on April 19, 2011 13 Comments
Apparently Whatever topped the SFX Magazine reader’s poll for Best Celebrity Blog. Awww, thanks, folks. I appreciate the vote of confidence, and am still mildly amused that I constitute some version of a “celebrity.” I was recently asked by someone to quantify my celebrity, to which I said “Well, I was a Q-list celebrity, but […]
Let Claritin Season Commence!
Posted on April 18, 2011 59 Comments
And here’s Daisy, initiating the annual “cut-grass-and-pollen dance,” signaling the joyous time of year when I ingest allergy medicine or suffer sinus pressure roughly equivalent to the pressures found at imminently exploding supervolcanoes. It’s a special time of year, it is.
Another Starred Review for Fuzzy Nation
Posted on April 18, 2011 25 Comments
w00t! Kirkus Reviews is the one handing out the star this time, and says this about the novel: An acclaimed modern sci-fi writer adds depth and unexpected poignancy to a “reboot” of H. Beam Piper’s classic 1962 novel Little Fuzzy… In a genre flooded with bloated epics, it’s a real pleasure to read a story like […]
Adding Phoenix to My Book Tour
Posted on April 18, 2011 13 Comments
Hey! Are you or is someone you love, close to the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area? Then you’ll have a chance to see me there this May, because I will be there for two — count them, two! — events. 1. I will be a guest at the Phoenix Comicon, where I will be doing panels […]
My Wife’s Birthday
Posted on April 18, 2011 108 Comments
It’s today. If you thought you might want to wish her a happy birthday, I would encourage you in that thought.
Wil Wheaton’s Doppelganger Will Serve You Now
Posted on April 17, 2011 27 Comments
When I was in Austin I went to dinner with friends, and one of the wait staff here was this guy, who looked enough like My Pal Wil that I felt it necessary to take a photo of him and post it here. I don’t know if he gets a lot of the “dude, you […]
Saturday Morning in Dallas
Posted on April 16, 2011 64 Comments
I was supposed to be home by now, but high winds and the storm system running across the country kept me in Austin another night, which I spent in high style, at the Holiday Inn Express near the airport, at which I ordered in pizza and was out like a light before 10pm. Now I’m […]
The Big Idea: Janni Lee Simner
Posted on April 15, 2011 9 Comments
Janni Lee Simner’s latest novel Faerie Winter features a world in change — moving from state of being to another in a way that’s both dramatic and unprecedented. But how to tell of that dramatic change, especially when the writer’s own personal experience with the sort of change being described is vastly different? For Simner, […]
Hello Austin
Posted on April 14, 2011 25 Comments
Here’s the obligatory picture out the hotel window. Now to get registered, and then to sign books. Catch you all later.
Off to Austin
Posted on April 14, 2011 11 Comments
For to sign books and do panels at the Texas Library Association conference. As I am traveling today and then will be busy scribbling in books, I’ll probably be scarce around here today. But do check my Twitter feed, I’ll probably be updating there. If you’re going to be at TLA, I’ll be doing a […]
684
Posted on April 13, 2011 7 Comments
That was the magic comment number on yesterday’s Fuzzy Nation giveaway contest. And this is the fellow whose comment was at that number. Congratulations to him, and thank you everyone for playing. Don’t worry — I’ll give away at least one more of these before I’m through. Probably next week.
My Wife’s New Toy
Posted on April 13, 2011 34 Comments
We got the new mower a week ago, but fate (and rain) kept it and my wife apart. No longer! Here she is, happily ensconced in its chair, subjecting the lawn to its first whirring slice-ination of the year. As you might be able to guess from her expression, shortly after I took this picture […]
And Now: Bees!
Posted on April 13, 2011 28 Comments
Because it’s that time of year. Nope, didn’t get stung. I’m not a flower, and they have work to do.
Obama’s Deficit Reduction Speech
Posted on April 13, 2011 262 Comments
Since I know some of you will want to discuss it (politely), here’s the place to do it. For those who haven’t seen it yet, here’s the text. I normally point to the New York Times for stuff like that, but in deference to those of you with paywall issues, I’m pointing to Talking Points […]
Guess the Alpha Pet in This Relationship
Posted on April 13, 2011 24 Comments
Go on, guess! Mind you, the cat has a history of dog bed appropriation. When your name is Zeus, I guess you just think it’s your due.
Multiple Revenue Streams, Revisited
Posted on April 13, 2011 19 Comments
Yesterday I rather cryptically announced on Twitter that at that moment someone was using me as an example of something; that person was Cory Doctorow, in a Twitter discussion with author David Hewson about writer career models. Hewson wrote about how he wouldn’t take career advice from Cory, which precipitated a rather long Twitter conversation […]
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