One person’s insomnia is another person’s writing time

Or, as in this case, they are both the same person: me. I’m not sure exactly what it is. I think it might be the heat. Could also be the congestion, or the fact that my brain has been churning on this story. I managed to get some sleep between 11pm and 1am, but haven’t [...]

My iPad has arrived!

It was originally supposed to ship today and be delivered on May 31. Then I was notified that it shipped on May 22 with a delivery date of May 26. But when I checked this morning, I saw that it was out on the FedEx truck for delivery! I rushed home at 9am, since I’d [...]

Facebook game requests

For reasons I am not clear on, I have received a flood of game requests for the various games that are played in the Facebook world. To save potential game requesters a little bit of time in the future (and to quote President Obama): “Let me be clear…” I don’t do Facebook games. Please don’t [...]

The Great Escape (of the Little Man)

(Queue the background theme music.) So it’s Friday night and I’m sitting the hotel bar at the Nebula’s having drinks with best-selling fantasy author Michael J. Sullivan when my phone rings. It’s Kelly calling and she usually doesn’t call unless it’s urgent. “What’s up?” I said. “Well, the Little Man managed to climb out of [...]

30 day song challenge, day 30: your favorite song at this time last year

Really? This is the big category after 29 days of moderately interesting categories? We’re really going to end on this note? Ah, well, I’ve been going along with it for 29 days, one more won’t kill me. I have to say that my favorite song this time last year is probably still my favorite song [...]

30 day song challenge, day 29: a song from your childhood

I’m not quite sure how I missed yesterday. I was doing so well and then I woke up this morning to realize that I never posted day 29 yesterday. Not much I can do about that now, other than post day 29 and day 30 today. So you get two for the price of one. [...]

A minor grumble about the local post office

Over where I work, there is a Post Office conveniently just a few blocks away. When I went there in March to mail off an manuscript overseas (since rejected) there was a sign saying that the post office would be moving to a new location in April. The address for the new location was 1301 Fern St. [...]

A case of busy with a side of “convention voice”

Some brief updates of things going on this week and a few other random items: Visits to my website have been fairly steady for the past few month, when aggregated by week. But last week, for some reason, there was a fairly big overall jump (33%) and that trend seems to be continuing into this [...]

SF Signal Podcast on the Hugo Award Best Novel Finalists (with me!)

Episode 53 of the SF Signal podcast is now available online for your listening pleasure. This week’s installment includes a panel discussion on the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel finalists, and among the panelists involved in the discussion is yours truly. Take a listen to it, if you are so inclined, because it really [...]

30 day song challenge, day 28: a song that makes you feel guilty

Whew, I almost didn’t get this one out today. This was a moderately tough one because I can’t really think of a song that makes me feel guilty? Guilty of what? So I’m going to cheat slightly this time around and tell you about a song that makes me feel, well, awkward. And that song [...]

Nebula Weekend 2011, Day 3

Well, the Nebula Weekend is over for me now, but I still had a blast at the various events this morning. I arrived at the hotel at about 9:30 and ran into Allen Steele and (the Nebula Award-winning) Eric James Stone and chatted with them for a little while. Then I grabbed a quick breakfast [...]

Nebula Weekend, Day 2, Part 2: The Awards

By now, the whole world knows who won the Nebula Awards. But just in case you’ve been under a rock somewhere, the winners were: Short story: “Ponies” by Kij Johnson and “How Interesting, A Tiny Man” by Harlan Ellison (TIE) Novelette: “That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James Stone Novella: “The Lady Who [...]

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Home and in bed. Post on Nebula Weekend, day 1 will have to wait because I am beat! #Nebs2012 5 hours ago
Ran into Stan Schmidt as I was leaving the hotel. Heading home from a fun evening at #Nebs2012 6 hours ago
Here is @Scalzi and @MykeCole in the uke. See what you are missing @scottedelman. #Nebs2012 http://t.co/9HTltEsu 7 hours ago
Just finished a fun interview with @NancyFulda for @sfsignal. 10 hours ago
Heading back to my office to park the car, and then I'll be walking over to the #Nebs2012 hotel. 12 hours ago
RT @NancyFulda: Attention VA residents: It's not too late to plan for the #nebs2012 signing session. Snag a date to impress with how man ... 14 hours ago
Heading off to get ready for the Nebula Weekend. Have some things to do first. Should arrive at the hotel around 4pm. #nebs2012 15 hours ago
@lesleysmith Some people post videos (with permission, of course). I'll see if I can find out... 15 hours ago
@lesleysmith Of course! :-) 15 hours ago
@lesleysmith It does sound fascinating and it's good a good set of panelists to go along with it. Should be fun. 16 hours ago