For all you folks interested in writing SF and fantasy:  the application period for Taos Toolbox begins December 1 Toolbox is a two-week master class taught by myself, Nancy Kress, and special lecturer Daniel Abraham.  It takes place June 10-23, 2012, in the lovely mountain environs of Taos Ski Valley. For more information, by all […]

You know, every writer— and I imagine most everyone else— has an inner Veruca Salt.  Not the band, though you could have one of those  in your brain too probably,  but the girl in the red dress from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its various film adaptations, the one who begins every sentence with […]

Off crowdsourcing in Milan, of course. Via boingboing, it’s an actual translated to-do list from Leonardo da Vinci. It’s interesting that six of the ten items involving asking other people how to do stuff.  Leonardo was interested in inventions, not re-inventions.  If someone else had the answer, he went to that person. Think of what […]

Despite at least four visits by Comcast’s highly-trained technicians, the Internet connection remains mostly down.  I can get email (over time), and respond to it (over time), but anything more serious than that is pretty much impossible. I’m growing a little bored with my vacation. This afternoon I went to the local library to grab […]