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Congrats to the Hugo Winners!
Posted on September 5, 2010 56 Comments
Alas, I am not one of them this year — but that’s OK, because I never expected to be nominated in the first place; being nominated truly is its own honor. And alas, John is not one of them either (he was up for best novella for The God Engines). But believe me, the folks […]
How to — possibly — torpedo one’s own career in epic fantasy.
Posted on September 1, 2010 35 Comments
OK, I told myself I wasn’t going to use the AWESOMA POWAH of being a guestblogger at Whatever to promote myself. And I’m not! Really! But the mandate I got from John was to write about whatever I felt like writing about, and, well, if there’s one thing pro writers like to write about, it’s […]
Wish me luck…
Posted on August 26, 2010 37 Comments
…just do a better job with the wishing than this, okay? From Cake Wrecks, one of my favorite non-lolcat sites. I have a job interview today! Alas, I’m not quite as published as John yet, and thus not quite able to become a full time writer — although I don’t think I’d want to, even […]
Stuff I Like, Part XVIIVJKX!!IL
Posted on August 23, 2010 17 Comments
NukuNuku is annoyed with me, because lately I’ve been on an anthology kick. And when I find something good to read, I tend to ignore her a bit — until she comes over and swats the book out of my hand, that is, and yowls in my face. So much for the polite Canadian stereotype. […]
Inception Parodies
Posted on August 20, 2010 9 Comments
You knew they were coming: Both were recommended by fellow writer and snarkmeister G. L. Valentine, whom you can usually find over at Tor.com dissecting the latest films for “what the hell were they thinking?” purposes. (But she actually liked Inception.) She also blogs about fashion. BTW, there are at least half a dozen parodies […]
What He Said.
Posted on August 18, 2010 5 Comments
I’d been struggling to come up with something to say about the Park 51/”Ground Zero Mosque” affair that would not start with a profanity and devolve from there into frothing monosyllabic incoherency, but China Mieville beat me to it. His statement ends with a profanity, but it’s a well-earned one. And he further calls for […]
…I got nothin’.
Posted on August 17, 2010 30 Comments
Photographed on the Lower East Side, near the Delancey Street F station: So… yeah. I guess we can consider this an open thread.
Now Have Another
Posted on August 15, 2010 11 Comments
Submitted for your approval : My camera is old, and one of the first things on my “stuff to buy when I next have a windfall” list is a digital SLR. But the old clunker still manages to capture some things just right. This isn’t today, which is gray and dreary; I took this a […]
Here, have a sky
Posted on August 13, 2010 24 Comments
Not the view from my new apartment, and not even today. This was taken from my old apartment’s balcony, last month sometime. Posting because the last 2 weeks have been unusually hazy and dreary, and generally poor photo-taking weather. I’m tired of waiting for it to clear up before I show you guys some of […]
Kagan, the SCOTUS, and You!
Posted on August 10, 2010 82 Comments
Apologies for being a bit slow to react on some political stuff that’s happened lately. Moving is hard, moving is hard. There are many boxes; where the hell is my hammer? (With additional apologies to Li Po for butchering his lovely “The Hard Road” for my own sordid purposes.) So Elena Kagan has been sworn […]
Well, you see, when two fantasy writers love each other very much…
Posted on August 9, 2010 13 Comments
…they get drunk enough to say “yes” when I ask them if I can put this up on Whatever: This is one big reason why I love New York: there are so many writers here that every day is like a science fiction/fantasy convention. Today’s photo comes from the aftermath of Saturday’s “guerilla reading” by […]
Inception Obsession
Posted on August 6, 2010 41 Comments
Spoilers herein for the movie Inception. You have been warned! I’ve seen the movie Inception four times, including on IMAX. Thinking about buying it when it comes out in DVD, etc. I even bought the Hans Zimmer soundtrack; it’s excellent music for writing about gods and epic stuff. Now, let me put this in context: […]
This is my life right now.
Posted on August 5, 2010 35 Comments
Just moved into a new apartment yesterday, so am a little discombobulated at the moment. Shall wax eloquent about Inception tomorrow, when I’ve recombobulated a little. In the meantime, it’s a great apartment — significantly larger than my last one and cheaper, and with a lovely night-view of lower Manhattan and my favorite bridge in […]
S’up?
Posted on August 1, 2010 45 Comments
Hi folks. I noticed that the traffic at my blog has gone boom in the past couple of days, so I guess it’s time for me to introduce myself — though as John points out, this isn’t my first appearance in these here parts. I’m also known to make the occasional comment in various threads, […]
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