Signal Lost; Sorry For the Inconvenience
I wanted to apologize to everyone for my silence the last few days. My computer decided to cease functioning on Friday. It’s currently being assessed by a technodoc and should be back to operational capacity by Tuesday or Wednesday (depending entirely upon my ability to retrieve it from the technospital). Unfortunately, this means my ability […]
9/11: Thoughts
Here we are again, on this day that has shaped our lives as Americans. Anyone living today that thinks 9/11 hasn’t changed the landscape has been living in a box, buried in the abyss of nonexistence. It would be safe to say that our world effectively ended when 9/11 entered the social landscape. We had […]
Publication Against LGBT Content: Writers Be Aware
(LGBT = Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Notice I said “be aware” in the title. I am not saying you should avoid the publisher mentioned as unfriendly to LGBT in this post over at Crossed Genres. Rather, I’m telling you to be aware of it. What you choose to do with the information presented in […]
Disney Buys Marvel For $4 Billion
Matt Staggs brought this to my attention, but apparently Disney has purchased Marvel Comics for $4 billion USD. That’s right, the massive corporation that brought you Peter Pan and Hanna Montana now owns the rights to over 5,000 Marvel characters, or something of that nature. Might not sound like a big deal to all you […]
A Note About Book Reviews
There his been some talk in the blogosphere about changes in review policy (not specific to books, but to product reviews and the like). It seems there is a push to make it law that blog reviewers who receive products must disclose that information so as to make it clear that they are essentially being […]
Don’t Ask, Just Do!
I keep getting email requests from people about this, so let me set the record straight: You do not have to ask me if you can link to my blog. You can just do it. You have no obligation to ask. The only time you need to ask me about linking to something is if […]