For the first time in several years, I got my taxes done a few weeks before they were due. So I’m tax-stress-free today. I’d like to thank the top 5% of earners in this country for paying more in federal income taxes than the rest of us combined. (And just to ward off the otherwise inevitable question, the latest figures... read more »
I’m going to be revamping my website soon, so I was glad to come across this list of “Ten Components of a Rocking Author Website.” (Thanks to agent Sara Megibow for pointing out the link.) I can see several ways in which my current site is lacking. If anyone has other suggestions for things they’d like to see on my... read more »
I’ve decided to be a host blogger in the Codex Blog Tour. What is the Codex Blog Tour, you ask? It’s a chance for me to interview some of my fellow members of the Codex Writers. My first victim guest is Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen, who is not only one of the founding members of Codex, but also (if I... read more »
Diabolical Plots has taken on the challenge of reviewing the voluminous output of Daily Science Fiction. The review of December’s stories is very positive toward my story “Buy You a Mockingbird.” The conclusion: A well done work of science fiction wrapped in a small package. Recommended
Please stop obsessing about Obama’s birth certificate. By sounding like paranoid conspiracy nuts, you make it that much harder for conservative Republicans to get elected in places where the support of independents is the key to victory, which in turn makes it harder to get conservative policies enacted. Obama’s birthplace is not the problem. Suppose he had been born on... read more »
I may be the first person to put this bit of entertainment trivia on the web. While there are sites that have mentioned that the California license plate number for the limo in Die Hard is 1E49963, according to Google, no one had pointed out that there was a character in a TV show who had a car with the... read more »
Well, perhaps that's overstating it a bit, but... I worked as a funds manager for CitiAmerica, and being stationed here gave me an eight-and-a-half minute head start over Earth-based funds managers when it came to acting on news brought in from other star systems through the interstellar portal at the heart of the sun. From what I understood, the energy... read more »
Update: No longer available; see explanation here.
I have decided to jump on board the e-publishing wagon and electronically publish my novel Unforgettable. There are two parts to the experiment, and I want to see how well they work together: The novel will be serialized here for free on my blog, a chapter a week for the next 31 weeks. (And after the final chapter is published,... read more »
Just a warning to my friends to be careful about what you believe today, because a lot of people still think today is April Fool’s Day. It’s not: in order to avoid the loss of productivity on a standard work day, Congress officially moved April Fool’s Day to the first Saturday in April, so this year it falls on April... read more »
