Failing again. Failing better.
I know, I gripe about the TSA and drones a lot on this blog, but after reading this story, I think you’ll understand why I think a lot of the TSA airport security policies are nothing more than security theater. It’s supposed to make you feel safer, but it doesn’t actually make you safer. It’s…
Member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and winner of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, Gene Wolf is a major figure in the genre community. Perhaps best known for his novel in four parts The Book of the New Sun, Wolf is sometimes intimidating to readers because of his dense but beautiful…
I don’t know if I can count the number of blog posts I see about how writers need to have a “platform.” Writers need to have a website and a blog. They need to have a presence in social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Writers need to get their Klout score up. And on and…
Fans of this site will know that I am a fan of fairy tales, so I was very happy to read that 500 new fairy tales have been discovered in Germany. Locked away in archives for 150 years, they were collected by Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, the only man Jacob Grimm felt could replace him…
So you just ate lunch, and you’re feeling a little sleepy. Your productivity is already dropping, so why not read this? It’s a long interview of William Gibson by the Paris Review about his writing and his writing process. It’s definitely worth your time. Too long you say? Well check out this article on speed…