I'll be signing books at Dragons & Fairy Tales Books & Games on Saturday, November 20, from 5-7pm. They are located at 3535 E Ranches Parkway, Suite A, in Eagle Mountain, Utah. I won't be the only one there -- look who else will be signing: Larry Correia, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells, John Brown, Jake Black, Jaleta Clegg, David West,... read more »

Even though I lived in England during the Tom Baker years, I was never a fan of Dr. Who while growing up.   But when the new series started up, I heard enough good things about it from friends that I started watching.   And I enjoyed the first several episodes, but I still didn't consider myself a fan of... read more »

Yesterday, I sold my second story to Daily Science Fiction, and I realized I never blogged about selling the first.   Fortunately, it hasn't come out yet, so there's still time to subscribe via email (It's FREE!) so you'll get to see it as soon as it comes out. The two stories are "Buy You a Mockingbird" and "Waiting for... read more »

President Obama has proposed returning the tax rates on top earners to what they were under the Clinton administration. (Although his proposal would actually lead to higher tax rates after two years, due to provisions of the health care overhaul.   But that could be remedied.) I don't think it's a good idea to raise tax rates from where they... read more »

According to the prestigious science journal Nature, I am the author of “The greatest science-fiction story ever written.” It’s true: That’s the title of my story, which Nature published in their October 28 issue. (Although most of their articles are science fact, Nature publishes a one-page science fiction story in each issue.) You can decide for yourself whether the title... read more »

I will be at MileHiCon this weekend. Here’s my schedule: Saturday noon Dr. Who Legacy - D. Beetem, I. Brazee-Cannon (M), R. Lyons, M. MacYoung, E. Stone Saturday 2pm Autograph table - R. Hoyt, S. Hoyt, E. Stone Saturday 7pm Author Reading - E. Stone, M. Rotundo Sunday 10am Autograph table - R. Case, T. Hutcheson, E. Stone Sunday noon... read more »

Saw this at my local grocery store: I took the photo with my new T-Mobile G2 with Google phone, which I got on Friday. I like the phone a lot.

AlphaOops: H is for Halloween is a very fun sequel to the original AlphaOops messed-up alphabet book.   Written by my friend Alethea Kontis and illustrated by Bob Kolar, the book explores Halloween with the help of each letter. H gets to go first this time. This is the kind of picture book that is fun for both adults and... read more »

For the first time, astronomers have found a planet other than Earth that’s in the right temperature zone for liquid water. Naturally, in the excitement, that leads one of the scientists interviewed for the story to make a stupid logic error that I have seen several other people make when discussing the possibility of extraterrestrial life: But because conditions are... read more »

Today is the official release date for Blood Lite II: Overbite. My story humorous horror story “American Banshee” is in it, along with stories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Kevin J. Anderson and Janis Ian, Mike Resnick and Leslie Robyn, Amy Sterling Casil, Heather Graham, L.A. Banks, Kelley Armstrong, Allison Brennan, Sharyn McCrumb,   Mike Baron, Edward Bryant,   J.A. Konrath,... read more »