Category Archives: Writers

Want to Save the World? Raise Taxes

Posted on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 by Keith

Stephen King wants to pay more taxes: If you want to pay more, pay more, they said. Tired of hearing about it, they said. Tough shit for you guys, because I’m not tired of talking about it. I’ve known rich … Continue reading →

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Amazon and the Price Fixing Wars

Posted on Monday, April 16, 2012 by Keith

Last week, the Department of Justice brought a civil suit against Apple and the Big Six publishing houses,[1] charging them with price fixing. This has a lot of people in the publishing industry intrigued, to say the least, and even … Continue reading →

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The Power of Names

Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 by Keith

Everyone knows that Mark twain was really Samuel Longhorne Clemens. And really, if you were born with a name like that, why change it? There are several reasons to use a pseudonym: Anonymity (which goes right out the window if … Continue reading →

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Bruce Sterling Will Now Tell Your Fortune

Posted on Thursday, January 5, 2012 by Keith

If yo aren’t already, go read Bruce Sterling’s annual new years future cast, State of the World 2012. A taste: FUTURE CHANGE AS SEEN BY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 1. Continue trend of seize the planet’s physical means of … Continue reading →

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The Sandbox

Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 by Keith

Over on his blog, John Rogers is schooling us in story mechanics: If you want to know what the creators intended a show to be “about”, you can usually go back and watch the last scene of the pilot.  In … Continue reading →

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As Goes Bella, So Goes the Nation

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 by Keith

Over at Goodreads, they’ve discovered something interesting about the readers of the Twilight books (click the link to see the infographic): There is no more divisive book on Goodreads than Twilight. It manages to top both our Best Books Ever … Continue reading →

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Countdown to NaNoWriMo

Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 by Keith

Just a reminder that National Novel Writing Month starts 2 weeks form today. I alas will not be participating this year, at least officially, as I’m already about half way through a novel and don’t want to stop just to … Continue reading →

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Crime and Punishment

Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 by Keith

While doing some research this morning, I came across this fascinating story about Russian poet and Novelist, Boris Pasternak, and his best known work, Doctor Zhivago: After his own novel was denied publication by the journal Novy Mir, Pasternak arranged … Continue reading →

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Observations from the Audience

Posted on Friday, September 23, 2011 by Keith

Elvira and I saw Neal Stephenson speak at the Bagdad theater last night here in Portland. We’ve been to several author events hosted by Powell’s over the last few months and without exception they were fun and enlightening. This was … Continue reading →

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Silencio

Posted on Monday, August 15, 2011 by Keith

Um, wow, 2 weeks of silence. That makes me a bad host, like inviting you to a party at my place and then ignoring you. For 2 weeks. Nothing terribly exciting to report as an excuse, I’m afraid. I’ve just … Continue reading →

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