Archive for April, 2010
Reading Recommendations: The Freelancer’s Survival Guide
I highly recommend Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s online work-in-progress, “The Freelancer’s Survival Guide.” I am quoted in it. I have learned from it. I have learned from Kris in other ways. And to top it off, Kris is a damned fine novelist as well as being one of the best sf short fiction writers of our [...]
Reading Recommendation: January by Becca de la Rosa
I loved this lyrical and fun story. I listened to it on a drive over Snoqualmie Pass, flecks of almost-snow mixed with lots of rain as I wound down toward the farmland that fills the eastern half of Washington State. As usual, the quality of the podcast version from Clarkesworld was great. Becca’s story only [...]
Reading Recommendation: Non-Zero Probabilities, by N.K. Jemisin
This was my walking-the-dog story today – I listened via podcast, but it is also available in print from Clarkesworld. I figured there must be a reason it is on both the Hugo and Nebula ballots, and it actually is a delightful short. It’s subtle, different (yeah!), and quite well-written. If you haven’t read or [...]
The iPad: After Week Two
This is just a quick update, and then I’ll do my next iPad piece in John DeNardo’s Mind Meld on the topic next week, returning this blog to it’s regularly scheduled programming. I still love the iPad. Promised experiment on reading: Not as good as the Kindle, but it is readable. Hint: turn down the [...]
The iPad: After Week 1
I’ve had my iPad for a week now, and I promised I’d blog about it. So here’s blog #1. In general, I like it a lot. I love Scrabble (I know – BORING – but I do). Maybe it’s the writer in me. The household teenager takes it for Tetris. Clearly a casual gaming hit. [...]
Reading Recommendation: The Love We Share Without Knowing, by Christopher Barzak
I just finished this book as my reward for a long (and pleasant) convention and getting 5K or more words done as well. After I read the last page, I realized I had been putting it off because I didn’t wanted to get to the end. It’s so magical and sweet and faintly sad I [...]
