Three major publishers have announced that they’re going to make sales data available to their authors.   I mean, like, wow. Those of you unconnected with the arcane world of publishing may have assumed that sales data was always available to authors.  I mean, why wouldn’t it be? Because publishers stood to make millions by not […]

So . . . who owns the world economy?  Some systems analyst guys in Zurich (I suspect actual gnomes) have analyzed what they call “the network of corporate control.” (Please note that economists didn’t even think of doing anything like this.) As the New Scientist comments: From Orbis 2007, a database listing 37 million companies […]

Tonight’s dinner was Samak al Kamoun, a whole fish grilled in a paste of garlic, paprika, olive oil, lemon juice, and cumin seeds lovingly toasted by yours truly and ground by hand with a mortar and pestle. The grill scorched it a bit, so next time I’ll bake it.    

I’m happy to announce that Taos Toolbox 2012, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, will take place June 10-23, 2012, in Taos Ski Valley. Teaching will be Walter Jon Williams, Nancy Kress, and special lecturer Daniel Abraham. Submissions will be accepted beginning December 1.  Start honing your manuscripts!