Random Freelance Woes
It’s been an interesting night, what with my friend ceasing her employment at my current freelance job due to some logical reasons that I generally agree with, my worrying about how to pay for graduate school because I don’t have rich parents to offload thousands of dollars onto me, and my considering the various ways […]
The Interwebs and Interwebs Personae
There’s been a lot of talk about the Interwebs and the personae that people put on when they are online (often being different from who they are in real life); a lot of this discussion seems to be related to something being called RaceFail09, which, based on my limited knowledge, is essentially what happens when […]
GRRM: Tired of Your Crap
…and for good reason. This was brought to my attention by a friend (whose blog I would mention here, except I’m not sure he or she would like me to for very complicated reasons):Apparently GRRM is pretty much sick and tired of all of you out there yelling at him about the lateness of his […]
io9: Worth Reading or Consumerist Fluff?
Mulluane recently suggested I should talk about this topic. I’ve been avoiding it under the assumption that nobody really wants to hear what I think about the enormous blog site io9 and whether I agree with some folks out there that think it’s largely a meaningless place for literature enthusiasts. SF Signal has already asked […]
Author Conduct: A Slippery Slope to Insanity (Part Two)
Now to part two of my Author Conduct deal. The Cole A. Adams/Kevin W. Reardon/Steve Berman FiascoAlright, so basically here is what happened:Steve Berman is an editor who said of Kevin W. Reardon’s story “The Portico Angel” that “a bad opening crippled this story for me plus the various relationships felt off.” Shortly after Reardon […]
Author Conduct: A Slippery Slope to Insanity (Part One)
I’m not the first one to discuss this issue and most certainly not the most prominent to do so. In recent days/weeks/months there has been an (sort of) out pour of stupid authors/artists doing stupid, if not psychotic, things to other folks in similar fields. Both instances have floored me, in a way, not because […]