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July 28, 2010

July 16, 2010

What Took You So Long? The quiet hell of 10 years of novel writing. This, my friends, is the story of my life.

June 16, 2010

Top ten signs you need to go back on your meds:
1. You’ve just thrown a puppy at the Hell’s Angels
2. … after mooning them
3. … on the grounds of their clubhouse
4. … and you’ve attempted to escape on a bulldozer.

Really, I think we can stop there.

June 8, 2010

Today’s NatGeo photo of the day is what Blade Runner would have looked like with Amélie‘s art direction.

June 2, 2010

The RIAA? Amateurs. Here’s how you sue 14,000+ P2P users

May 10, 2010

Over on her blog, Jenny Crusie is compiling a list of romantic comedies — just movies, for now — and then refining the best-of lists for the ’30s through the ’70s. There are a ton I haven’t seen; I’m off to Netflix now…

May 5, 2010

An open letter to professionally-published authors who despise fanfic of their own works — well said. Also worth noting: Jim Butcher’s fanfic policy, which is the most sensible I’ve seen.

April 13, 2010

Special Deductions for Freelancers — a tax form for the marginally employed.

March 24, 2010

WordPress Workshop Day — I am teaching the afternoon session on themes. Use discount code WPLEARYS to get 10% off your registration!

March 22, 2010

Why This Moment Matters

What the health care reform bill means for you — an interactive thingy from the NY Times.

March 15, 2010

Wordle tells the story on the health care debate pro-reform: “People need insurance.” Anti-reform: “Government costs people money.” Yep, that’s about the size of it.

March 9, 2010

Web Standards for E-books — Joe Clark is always worth reading, but in this article he’s tackling the intersection of my two professions. Excellent stuff.

February 28, 2010

They get points off for staring the article with, “Since ancient times,” but if you need to hand someone an intro reading list for urban fantasy, you could do a lot worse than Library Journal’s list. My other quibble? I would have starred Bitten.