This week's Russian pop song: "Light the Lights" by Fabrika. Note that although it sounds like they're saying "Die! Die! Die!," it has a very different meaning in Russian. Here are the translated lyrics (courtesy of Google Translate and megalyrics.ru): Light the lights Naughty fireflies And by the river near the river waves are quick and easy Yes, and high... read more »

Poet at Large Reviews reviewed my collection Rejiggering the Thingamajig and Other Stories . A key quote: It is a book that is hard to read all at once because unlike a novel you have to stop and think between stories where as with a novel the story runs chapter to chapter. Some of the stories are funny... read more »

My humorous horror story "Nine Tenths of the Law" is now available in Blood Lite III: Aftertaste, edited by Kevin J. Anderson. Here's how the story begins: The law offices of Thacker, Ford & Harward were on the upper floors of a downtown high-rise that had mostly escaped the ravages of the zombie troubles.  I walked past the attractive, living... read more »

In honor of the #Avengers, I ate shawarma last night at CousCous Mediterranean Grill in Murray. http://t.co/Hrf8iDIi #Yummy 10:44:48, 2012-05-19 RT @rosefox: Watch the #nebs2012 live at http://t.co/gwu39zVp 18:22:16, 2012-05-19 Blog post: http://t.co/6ttvv6US - Tweets for the week of 05-12-2012 23:59:46, 2012-05-19 Headed to Kanarraville, Utah, to see the eclipse. 16:39:26, 2012-05-20 @marionjensen Cars are lining the roads. 18:51:27, 2012-05-20... read more »

This week's Russian pop song: "I So Want To" by Infiniti. I must say the music video isn't exactly the most entertaining one I've seen, but I like the song a lot. Here are the translated lyrics (courtesy of Google Translate and megalyrics.ru): I so want to I so want to In the light of lanterns In the light of... read more »

This weekend I'll be at CONduit, Salt Lake City's annual science fiction and fantasy convention. This year, for the first time since I started going to CONduit, they have a major media star: Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager, will be there on Saturday. Other guests include: Tamora Pierce, the author guest of honor Mary Ellen Smith,... read more »

My Nebula-Award-winning novelette "That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made" is now available in The Nebula Awards Showcase 2012.  Edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, this volume brings together many of last year's winners and nominees: "Introduction: In Which Your Editors Consider the Nebula Awards of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel "Ponies" by... read more »

If you're selling e-books through Kindle Direct Publishing, did you ever wish Amazon would put totals at the bottom of the month-to-date sales statistics? Well, they still haven't done that, but I've created a bookmarklet that will do that for you. First, bookmark this link: Kindle Sales Total. The link itself doesn't go anywhere, so you need to bookmark it... read more »

Blog post: http://t.co/p73qfZmo - The Avengers vs. The Dark Knight vs. X2: X-Men United 08:36:18, 2012-05-14 @RickNovy @Keffy Just add the following to your search or alert: -site:http://t.co/BQXUUIy9 in reply to RickNovy 09:55:08, 2012-05-14 @RickNovy No. There should be no spaces between the minus sign, the word site, the colon, or the website address. in reply to RickNovy 10:58:04, 2012-05-14... read more »

This week's Russian pop song: "I'll Be With You" by Blue Affair & Sasha Dith. (The version I usually listen to is a slightly different remix.) Here are the translated lyrics (courtesy of Google Translate and sefan.ru): I'll be with you I will be with thee, thou shalt be with me, and Together we'll go for a walk in the... read more »