Category Archives: Writers

Dickens in a Dirigible

Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 by Keith

A few weeks back, Charlie Stross opened a can of virtual worms in this post about the weekpoints of Steampunk as a genre. I observed the hubub from a safe distance (those zeppelin jockies have explosives, man, even if they … Continue reading →

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The New Cacophony is Old Again

Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 by Keith

Dumping this here for later reference.Because I seem to have wandered into that haunted house and want to think more about why the mirror turn the way they do, what flavor of smoke is being used. (Link via Bruce Sterling) … Continue reading →

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A Message From Our Sponsor

Posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 by Keith

Over at Locus, Cory  Doctorow has a column in which he praises the expertise of the professional sales force: Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get an e-mail from someone who’s ready to reinvent publishing using the Internet, … Continue reading →

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Author’s Guild vs. The Kindle 2 in a Race to See Who is Least Relavant

Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2009 by Keith

So, the Author’s Guild* has decided that the new Kindle’s text-to-speech thingy is a threat to author’s rights, audio book sales and maybe even the book industry’s very existence. Where they were when Paris Hilton’s biography came out, I don’t … Continue reading →

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The Cutting Edge of Respectable

Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009 by Keith

POD self-publishing has had a bit of a spotty reputation, what with crappy production values in the early days and most of the content proving Sturgeon’s Law pretty handily. A lot has changed in the last few years though, most … Continue reading →

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Nanowrimo 2008

Posted on Sunday, November 2, 2008 by Keith

It’s National Novel Writing Month again! And like last year, I’m unable to participate. Last year, I was hip deep in my second novel (more on that shortly) and didn’t want to stop that one to write another.* This year, … Continue reading →

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Jane Espenson Is: The 5th Beetle

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Keith

Just a reminder that real Life is still stranger than fiction: Remember how I was just in Vancouver? Well, instead of checking luggage, I had a box of clothes FedExed up there and then back down here when I left. … Continue reading →

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Very Very Short Stories

Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 by Keith

Each of them is 101 words long. You can do very cool stuff with brevity. Just ask Jorge Luis Borges.

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Weeping On Saturn to Last All Century

Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 by Keith

British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90.

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Strike!

Posted on Thursday, November 8, 2007 by Keith

If you’re wondering what this whole WGA writer’s strike thing is all about, but only have enough time to go one place to get the low down, you could do worse than stopping by John Roger’s place over at Kung … Continue reading →

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