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Portugal, In Photos, Part Two
HEY WHO HAS TWO THUMBS AND A CASE OF COVID? *shakes little plastic baggy of two severed thumbs at you* This guy. As in me. As in I have COVID, and also this little baggy containing two severed thumbs....
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“With Fear For Our Democracy, I Dissent”
“With fear for our democracy, I dissent” — Justice Sotomayor, today, in a statement that is chilling in its necessity and also vital. That statement, her statement, keeps doing laps around the inside...
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Portugal in Photos: Street Art Edition
Given, well, everything, I thought today’s photo selection could focus a bit on Portugal’s prodigious, and I do mean prodigious, street art presence. Obviously, Portugal is home to a deep presence of...
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Nattering Nabobs Of Netherworldly News
As ever, once in a while it becomes essential to upend a vital news post upon ye weary heads, whereupon I tell you the things I’m doing, the places I’m going, the stuff I’m, er, stuffing? Whatever....
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Fine, Let’s Talk About The Election
I don’t want to talk about politics. Not because I think writers and artists shouldn’t talk about politics — they can, and should, and are arguably well-equipped to do so. It’s just — it’s just very...
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Oh Noes!
Here now, a little guest post from my friend, Anastacia Visneski, fresh from the start of her Kickstarter, which she’ll talk about below. It features quokkas, which from my vantage point is about all...
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Black River Orchard: Dragon Award Nominee??
Oh! Holy crap, Black River Orchard is up for best horror at the Dragon Awards and that’s just lovely. Book of Accidents won the award a couple years ago (swoon), and thanks to everyone for helping get...
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The Staircase In The Woods: Coming April 29th
Listen, I’m going to try not to lose my shit here and shriek at you in a joyful tone that only bats can detect, but it’s gonna be tough because — *gesticulates wildly, pointing at the cover to this...
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Where’s Wendig: Fall 2024 Edition
WHALE HELLO THERE. Time for another update in the wacky world of “where the sweet hot hell is Wendig going to be in the coming months?” If you wanna come find me at a sanctioned event and not, say, in...
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THE BUCK NINETY NINE FOR THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS
I suspect that the book I presently get the most reader mail about (er, in a good way!) is The Book of Accidents. It’s a book that just really landed with people I think in a certain way, especially...
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NaNoWriMo Shits The Bed On Artificial Intelligence
So, NaNoWriMo — the organization behind the official implementation of the challenge of National Novel Writing Month — has come out firmly on the side of generative AI. Further, they’ve gone and...
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Whaaaaaaaat, Black River Orchard Won A Dragon Award?!
Well, holy shit. I am shooketh to learn that Black River Orchard won the Dragon Award for Best Horror, up against formidable competition, and that is both an honor to me and a (pleasant) surprise. I...
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Generative AI Is Not Free
One of the occasional defenses of generative AI is that it quote-unquote ‘democratizes’ art and writing — and then, as with the NaNoWriMo statement yesterday, it becomes somehow problematic to condemn...
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Kevin Hearne: A Niche that Needed Filling
And now, a guest post from certified cool dude, Kevin Hearne: Okay: Whew. Here in September, things are looking a bit more hopeful. But back in January, I was worried about ruining my shorts because...
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Some Scammy Scammers Who Scam: “NewYork Book Publishers”
Look at these fuckin’ assholes. No no, look closer– This is the part where I tell the computer, “ENHANCE.” Let’s be clear, I don’t know these people, I don’t use them. One assumes the other authors in...
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A Nimble Nip of News Nougat
QUICKLY, TO ME, MY VALIANT READERS Ahem. Okay. Here’s just a scattershot blast of newsy-bits from yours truly. A reminder that I’m at a bunch of cool places starting next week, and you can find that...
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Beware, Beware! Monster Movie! Is Now Playing!
And away we go! Out now: Monster Movie!, my next middle grade horror from LBYR (Little Brown Young Readers) — let’s get your procurement services out of the way, shall we? Signed, personalized books...
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Kristin Owens: Five Things I (Painfully) Learned While Writing Elizabeth Sails
I apologize now. I don’t write horror, but the journey of a debut novelist is a terrifying experience. I write women’s fiction which can be defined seventy-two different ways (none of which I’m a...
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A Nimbus of Nifty News Narration: Staircases and Stands and OtherSuch
FIRST UP, if you’re headed to the big ol’ NYCC next week, hey, guess what? You have a special super secret (okay not that secret because I’m blabbing about it here) to get an early advanced readers...
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The Post About The Election
I haven’t done much here at the blog about the upcoming election, in part because, how do you not already know? How, in this era, could there be undecided voters, and further, how the hell could I...
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