Context, a writing convention in Columbus the last weekend this month, has just posted their preliminary programming schedule, and I’ve gotten my assignments for panels, all of which […]
No One Can Hear You – A 100 Word Story
Yup, it’s flash fiction time again! As always, this is based around Laurence Simon’s weekly challenge for the 100 word-stories podcast. It’s a great exercise for writers – […]
On Working For Free and (My) Hypocrisy
Among the Amanda Palmer-centric areas of the intertubes, there’s been a lot of furor about Amanda Palmer asking musicians to play local shows with her band for (essentially) […]
How Anti-Piracy Activists Can Be Used to Destroy Negative Reviews
Anyone who posts their comments (let alone official reviews) of books, music, or movies online should be very, very concerned about the state of anti-piracy legislation. To get […]
Writing the Other: Taking a Lesson from Les blanches exotiques
I’ve been following Les blanches exotiques for a few weeks now. It’s usually hilarious (to me) because it’s so damn spot-on. It also flips the discrimination narrative in […]
HOWTO show your book covers in a blog sidebar with clickable links.
My pal Sarah Hans asked how to make a sidebar widget on her blog with clickable book covers. It’s pretty easy to do one like mine; I have […]