Top 10 Blog Posts for December 2013
Happy New Year! Here’s the list: 10. Why I Stopped Paying Attention to Feedburner Subscriber Numbers 9. The Diversity Pledge: Crunching My Numbers for 2013 8. Draft Post Bingo: What should I finish? You Decide! 7. Draft Post Bingo Winners: What I’ll Be Finishing Next 6. Crowdfunding Links of the Week: Kaleidoscope (a Diverse YA […]
The Diversity Pledge: Crunching My Numbers for 2013
I think this is the first time I’ve seriously looked at my reading numbers. And now I’m going to share them with the world. The list only includes novels, collections, and narrative non-fiction. I have not factored in multiple books by the same author. Here’s the author list: Gareth L. Powell Myke Cole Christopher Barzak […]
Self-Published Books vs. Literary Awards: A Logistical Problem?
Back in August, The Guardian posted a column by Liz Bury entitled “Why is self-publishing still scorned by literary awards?” The article doesn’t exactly make an argument about the apparent snubbing of SPed books in the literary awards circuit, but Bury does essentially imply in the body of the article that the inability of these awards […]
Speculation Station: Worlds Without Gunpowder
Liz Bourke foisted this question upon me on Twitter using her profound ability of psychic suggestion and the promise of free alcohol.[1] The question is this: what would the world look like if gunpowder had never been discovered? First, a few caveats: I’m only going to consider worlds like our own in which the materials […]
Infographic: Space Travel, Then and Now
I haven’t checked the validity of the claims in the image (which I got here), but it’s interesting nonetheless. Enjoy:
Video Found: Bohemian Rhapsody, Star Wars Style
The best part: Emperor Palpatine busting out a guitar solo using force lightning.