Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

Editor. Writer. Professor. Host.

I Have a Patreon Page: Show Me Your Love (Or Something Less Creepy)

It happened.  I said I would do it, and so I have. I’ve created a Patreon page so you’ll all show me how much you really love me, but on a slightly more regular basis. There are “goals” I’d like to achieve — namely, being able to focus more on blogging about the things I […]

Blogging, Patreon, Life: Thinking About Things…Publicly!

I originally posted the following on Google+, but I decided to crosspost it here to get input from folks who are subscribed to this blog.  Anywhoodles: So, Patreon.  In the last week or so, I’ve been giving serious thought to using it, partly because my look back at my blogging work in 2014 made me […]

2014 in Review (Stats, Data, Yikes): A Lax Year

I’m a bit late to the party here, but I figured since I set so many goals for myself this year, I should actually talk about what my 2014 looked like in terms of blogging.  In brief:  2014 was not a particularly good year for me as a blogger, which isn’t actually a surprise.  I’ve […]

Why I Stopped Paying Attention to Feedburner Subscriber Numbers

Readers of this blog probably haven’t noticed, but the little chicklet/button for Feedburner disappeared from my sidebar about a month ago.  The Twitter one, however, has stayed fixed in place (mostly so people can easily find my account; the feeds for my blog are linked above the Twitter gizmo).  There’s a good reason, too. One […]

Draft Post Bingo: What should I finish? You Decide!

I’ve been sitting on over 50 draft posts for a while now.  Some of these have been around for years, either because I couldn’t complete them (which explains why they are not listed below) or because I forgot about it.  So here’s the deal:  I’ve listed a whole bunch of these posts below, and you’re […]

Top 10 Blog Posts for March (Or, Weirdness You People Like in a 30 Day Span)

And they are: 10.  The SF/F and Related Blogs You Read 9.  Adventures in…Cancer?:  If Only You’d Been Bad Asthma (Or, Leading Up to Diagnosis — Part Two) 8.  Hugo Award:  What I Nominated 7.  Literary Explorations:  What the hell is a “strong female character”? 6.  Poll:  The Retro Nostalgia Film (#7) 5.  Death Star […]