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Today is the last day of November and that makes it 30 days since I started my attempts to write 500 words of fiction every day. How’d I do? I think the results were mixed. 500 words/day for 30 days is 15,000 words of fiction for the month. By those standards, I did just fine. [...]

Short fiction I read in November 2011

Here is this month’s list for short fiction I managed to read. Still aiming for that allusive 1 story/day, 30 stories/month, but this month was a particularly busy one for me. That said, I think I did on okay job. As always, bold titles are recommended. Call Center Blues by Carrie Cuinn (Daily SF, 11/2/11). [11/2/2011] Nightfall [...]

I’m part of today’s Mind Meld over at SF Signal

Looking for recommendations on some of the best SF/F in 2011? Check out today’s Mind Meld at SF Signal: Our favorite SF/F media consumed during 2011. In addition to me there are recommendations by Jessica Strider, Charles Tan, Patrick Hester, Fred Kiesche, Jeff Patterson, Andrew Liptak, Larry Ketchersid, Karen Burnham, and Jay Garmon.

Website host migration: a status update

Yesterday, I completed the testing of migration of this site (WordPress install, database, etc.) to a new hosting service. The tests were successful meaning all that’s left is to wait for the official domain transfers to go through. Based on the update I received today, that should happen on Saturday. Therefore, if everything stays on [...]

Guest post on going paperless over at the Evernote Blog

I have a guest post up at the Evernote Blog: “Why I went paperless” which explains my process for going paperless and offers some tips on how to get started. If you are interested in this kind of thing, go check it out.

My latest Wayward Time Traveler post is up at SF Signal

This week’s installment concludes the 4-part arc where I’ve reported on my adventures as a “Correspondent to the Past.” Join me as I travel to report on events in the science fiction world in 2039. And for those interested in the previous installments in this arc: Correspondent to the Past, Part 1: 1939 Correspondent to [...]

What I was reading on November 28 over the last 15 years

Just because I felt like posting it: 1996: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 1997: Today and Tomorrow and… by Isaac Asimov 1998: Nothing1 1999: The Eternal Footman by James Morrow 2000: Foundation2 by Isaac Asimov 2001: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris 2002: A History of the American People by Paul Johnson 2003: The Making of the Atomic Bomb [...]

12 reasons I love e-books (and a few areas for improvement)

The long holiday weekend, during which I did plenty of reading, reminded me once again why I love e-book and why I am an e-book convert. Since obtaining my first e-reader (a Kindle) I’ve read 26 books in e-book format. I have since graduated to reading on an iPad (Kelly is now using the Kindle). [...]

Vacation in the Golden Age, Episode 28: October 1941

As I finished up the issue at hand, I looked ahead on the calendar and discovered one of those nice little congruities which life sometimes tosses you. I will finish 2011 with 30 Episodes in this Vacation. That isn’t any news, but what is kind of cool is that Episode 30 takes us through 1941 [...]

Post Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving We stayed home for Thanksgiving this year, and hosted dinner for the first time ever. Our newlywed friends, Sarah and Jay, prepared a turkey and pie and brought other goodies with them and came over in the afternoon. Earlier in the day, we cooked. I made a green bean casserole and some organe-glazed carrots. [...]

Voice in storytelling

When I sold my first story to Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show back in 2007, editor Edmund Schubert told me what really made that story work was the voice in which it was told. The second story I sold–this time to Apex Magazine, also had a unique voice. And I realize now, looking back [...]

Annual Arlington Thanksgiving Turkey Trot

We were up early this morning, despite having the day off work, so that we could be at the starting line at the annual Arlington Turkey Trot: a charity 5K walk/run the proceeds of which go to provide food for people who might otherwise go hungry. Dozing off to sleep last night, I’d forgotten about [...]

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@FredKiesche It's been so long since the one time I read MITHC that I just don't remember the details. :-( 2 hours ago
@FredKiesche Of course, this was happening at a time when many people thought the U.S. might be invaded by either Japan or Germany. 2 hours ago
@FredKiesche And I love the fact that they can't figure out what unit the .45 is in. Very post-singularity kind of thing. 2 hours ago
@FredKiesche Plus, you've got to love the Heinleinesque gun fights in the midst of a posh restaurant. 1 person w/a laser; the other a .45 2 hours ago
@FredKiesche He's one of those writers I haven't read much of... until recently. Chatted with him a few times at cons. @PrinceJvstin 3 hours ago
@FredKiesche Not buying, but still reading, I take it... I think the industry builds Lent into its business model. 3 hours ago
@PrinceJvstin And the first half of RECRUITING STATION reminded me of Hubbard's FEAR (in tone). Also a creepy story. @FredKiesche 3 hours ago
@PrinceJvstin It is my thesis for the story in my next Vacation post. @FredKiesche 3 hours ago
@PrinceJvstin The villain in the Swanwick story is even creepier than the villain in RECRUITING STATION. @FredKiesche 3 hours ago
@FredKiesche Publishing-related economics classes of the future will devote entire lectures to the cash cow known as the Kiesche Effect. 3 hours ago