Archive for January, 2012
Alpha Workshop for Young Writers Fundraiser
January 17th 2012 at 3:37 pm
“The Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers (ages 14-19) will be held July 18-27, 2012 in Pittsburgh, PA. At Alpha, students can meet others who share their interest in writing science fiction, fantasy, and horror. They can learn about writing and publishing from guest authors, including Tamora Pierce and Kij Johnson. Also, they will write [...]
Space X February launch delayed
January 17th 2012 at 3:12 pm
Okay, this February 7th was going to be a big deal, a test of the Space X Dragon capsule (unmanned for this launch) to dock with the ISS, thus ending the gap of dependence on the Russians to both send stuff up to the ISS (and eventually people as well). It’s a milestone event. Seeing [...]
Myke Cole talks about making a living as a writer
January 17th 2012 at 2:05 pm
Myke Cole talks about how he’s changed his life to make a living as a writer. I have completely downsized my life. I spend roughly a quarter of what I used to (I’ve calculated this) in a given year. I live in this neighborhood because of the price and the proximity of cheap shopping and [...]
[Personal Advertising] Arctic Rising excerpt at Tor.com, plus ARC giveaway
January 13th 2012 at 2:34 pm
If you’ve been interested in seeing more about Arctic Rising, Tor.com just ran the first two chapters of the book up on their website. And over here you can comment for a chance to win a free copy.
Drive: the surprising truth about motivation/creativity
January 13th 2012 at 11:59 am
For over a year now I’ve been recommending a book to various creative friends called Drive. Nicola Griffith just posted a great RSA animation about the book. For those of you not finding the time to read the book, just watch this insightful 10 minutes instead, it covers some of the observations made by Pink: [...]
The impending snowpocalypse
January 12th 2012 at 5:22 pm
At the grocery store to pick up some bread for sandwiches. Was a bit taken aback by the fact that it was packed at 2:30pm on a weekday. Turns out everyone is doing the ‘ZOMG snowpocalypse’ routine. What amused me most were what grown men considered provisions (if I were trapped in by the snow [...]
Econ blogs
January 12th 2012 at 5:05 pm
Over at Modeled Behavior, Karl Smith takes a look at the fundamentals of the economy for the US starting this year. I read Krugman for one slice and approach, and Karl for another (I’m happy to read opposing debate). Both allow me to calibrate, and have taught me a lot. Certainly I’ve stopped reading all [...]
Comments comments comments
January 12th 2012 at 4:28 pm
It’s been a year since I turned off comments, and as I’ve mentioned, it’s been great for me, the blog. It’s still an explosively debated issue elsewhere. Matt Gemmell has a round up discussions about comments here that I found fascinating. To arbitrarily claim, or to just have decided, that the motive for comments-off is [...]
Sick
January 10th 2012 at 4:10 pm
One of the twins came down sick, and I finally succumbed last night. Between waking up to the sound of a kid coughing all night to make sure she was okay and my own descent into creaky headaches and a sore throat I’m bust for the day. I think I have enough energy to get [...]
Charles Stross does some deep delving into the near future
January 9th 2012 at 3:45 pm
Charles Stross just took a 4,000 or so world mind dump on his blog. You could do a lot worse than peruse it for some insight: Politics: It’s fairly obvious that there’s an ongoing global political crisis of legitimacy, and it’s happening everywhere. In China, post-Tiananmen Square, the CPC is clinging on because it can [...]
