Journal

I will admit that I laughed out loud when the reporter said, “You’re a happy fellow.” (If you can’t see the video, go here.)

This was recorded at the “Out of Excuses Retreat,” and the questions came from our attendees. Here are the questions! (You’ll have to listen for the answers.) How have your opinions on self-publishing changed in the last few years? What did you find difficult early in your career? How did you address this? What do

The thought bubble over the first cat’s head is, “Wait… Is that a balloon?”

This is an amazing series of photographs by Charles Fréger. For the past two years, he’s been taking photos of pagan rituals, which are still active. So far, he’s visited nineteen countries for the “Wilder Mann” series. The photos are eerie and beautiful. Go look at the entire set. When you arrive on the site, use

The problem with only needing six hours of sleep is that when I go to bed early, I wake up while it’s still dark. 3:30 is a time that should only come once per day, if you ask me. My body looks at the dark outside, and the time and decides that it’s still tired.

During recent conversations, I’ve become aware of three things. When I say that I think about writing for audio, people imagine radioplays. The way I think about writing has been influenced by also being an audiobook narrator. Some of the writing for audio stuff would actually be useful for other writers. So… here we have

What do you do when something goes wrong, really wrong, with your career? What happens if it’s your fault? What about if it’s someone else’s fault? Mary leads by talking about the Glamour in Glass misprint — the first line was omitted in the hardback — and the difference between her private and public reactions

There are wonderful people in the world. Patrick Nielsen Hayden offered to run “The Lady Astronaut of Mars” on Tor.com so that I had a definitive, published-this-year, version of the story.  Since one of the things that the Hugo committee mentioned regarding the disqualification of audiobook version of “Lady Astronaut of Mars” was the presence