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Announcements, new editions, travel, diving, cooking and the working life of a novelist — 268 entries, all of them here in full.
June 28, 2010 · 66 words
Mystery Plane (2)
The last time I was at an air museum, I posted a picture of a mysterious aircraft and challenged you all to solve the puzzle. Diana Rowland came up with the solution in, like, twelve seconds, but now that I’ve been to the Museum of Flight I hope to do better. What is this aircraft? […]
Read entry →June 28, 2010 · 117 words
Back from Seattle
So I’m back from Seattle, having had a wonderful time with any number of old friends. And having finally met Ursula K. Leguin, and actually been on a panel with her, as opposed to just looking at her from across the room as she’s mobbed by admirers, which I gather happens to her more or […]
Read entry →June 23, 2010 · 70 words
Away to Seattle
I’m leaving for Seattle to help with the induction of Roger Zelazny into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, which will take place on Saturday. I’ll be doing a panel on science fiction on Saturday morning at 10:00, followed by a signing at 11:00. Both will be at the Courtyard Seattle Lake Union hotel, and […]
Read entry →June 23, 2010 · 817 words
News from the Mideast
A note on Turkish soft power: I posted a couple years ago about the Turkish telenovela Noor, which turned out to be a huge hit once it was translated into Arabic and marketed in the Arab world. Arab women were stunned and fascinated by the male hero, who openly loved and supported his wife, allegedly […]
Read entry →June 23, 2010 · 232 words
Post Toolbox
I am still a bit rocky from the two weeks of Taos Toolbox, and remain very much sleep-deprived. I came down from the comfortable temperatures of the mountains to the 100-degree heat of the Middle Rio Grande Valley, so all I’ve wanted to do is cower under the air conditioner and sleep.
Read entry →June 11, 2010 · 112 words
Virtual Tee
A few choice quotes from Toolbox workshop critiques. All this goes on the virtual tee shirt. “Nothing says ‘fuck you’ like a corpse hand in the face.” “The house is on fire but I dropped my drink.” “You can’t be Orwell and Kafka simulaneously.” “Lovecraft was scared of everything. But these guys are really okay.” [&hel
Read entry →June 10, 2010 · 170 words
Massive Flow
The Onion does it again. Massive Flow Of Bullshit Continues To Gush From BP Headquarters LONDON—As the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico entered its eighth week Wednesday, fears continued to grow that the massive flow of bullshit still gushing from the headquarters of oil giant BP could prove catastrophic if nothing is done
Read entry →June 4, 2010 · 192 words
What? Friday Already?
Friday already? It has been a very busy week. The next weeks are likely to be busier. For the last few days I’ve been busy with so many things. The runup to Taos Toolbox, the master class in writing that I’ll be running for the next two weeks. The quarterly organizational meeting at the karate […]
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