Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

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Going through my blogroll I discovered this post over at Wands and Worlds. On February 5, 2008, a terrible tragedy struck when a tornado swept through central Arkansas. Among those killed by the tornado were a beautiful 10-year-old girl named Emmy Grace Cherry, along with both of her parents, Dana and Jimmy. Emmy was a […]

Should SF/F authors read in their genre?

Apparently this is the next big issue that people are discussing across the blogosphere, and likely elsewhere. It all started, so it seems, with an interview Pat over at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist did with David Bilsborough. Some people have taken great offense with certain things Mr. Bilsborough said and it has sparked a bit of […]

Twitteriffic Stuffs

Here’s my random twitter nonsense for the day: 23:22 I just wrote Ch. 1 for The Mysterious House of Mr. Whim. Working on Ch. 2. Feeling much better about it now that I’ve rewritten the start. # 23:38 Today has been interesting. I’m fiddling with a new style of narrative for me, and writing a […]

Racing To Nowhere

L. E. Modesitt, Jr. has a fantastic post regarding our “race” to maintain what we have and our desire to work harder for it, even though it isn’t working. The real Red Queen’s race is the one that has been around since the beginning of civilization — and one whose effects have been largely mitigated […]