Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

Editor. Writer. Professor. Host.

Literary Meme: 50 Bookish Facts About Me

Stella Mutatina had a post not too long ago about the very same thing and I thought I would steal it for my blog. Anyone wanting to do this for their blog is welcome to. Call it a meme or simply something random and entertaining to do! Here goes: My favorite book of all time […]

SF/F Links: Early May Batch

Here are a few links to start off May. Hopefully you’ll find them of interest. Here goes: John Ottinger has another edition of Inside the Blogosphere up (w/ me as one of the contributors). The question this week was: “What is your reviewing process? Take us from the moment you receive a book till you […]

The Universe, the Library, and Everything

I spent several hours in the library yesterday, avoiding human contact because I promised I would do so in order to curb any potential of my catching swine flu or some other wicked demon disease launched upon the Earth to wipe out mankind. That wasn’t the only reason I was in the library, though. I’m […]

Rejection: Nobody Gives a Crap About Compsagnathus

This is certainly my month! This rejection was actually not a bad one, though. They had this to say: “While an interesting subject and some decent characterization, the point of this story fails to meet our expectations. What are you speculating on by writing this story? Work at making this a stronger focus in the […]