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Gen Con Writer's Symposium 16 Aug 2013 | 04:19 pm
This weekend I'm appearing at the Gen Con Writer's Symposium in Indianapolis. This Symposium is part of Gen Con Indy, meaning the author panels are free for any Gen Con attendees. So come see tons of ...
Million Writers Award update: Last days to nominate stories, judges and donations needed 31 Jul 2013 | 04:33 am
We're into the last days for nominations to the storySouth Million Writers Award. The deadline for nominations is August 3rd. For the rules, go here. Editors of online magazine can submit their nomi...
Tenth annual storySouth Million Writers Award now open 9 Jul 2013 | 06:20 am
The storySouth Million Writers Award is now open. This is the 10th annual edition of the award, which is for any fictional short story of at least a 1,000 words first published in an online publicatio...
Spoiler mockery of World War Z 22 Jun 2013 | 06:56 pm
You must understand two things about World War Z the movie. One, never forget that the only thing the film has in common with World War Z the novel is the title. If you read the novel you must rememb...
Interesting observation about Rotten Tomatoes and film reviews 21 Jun 2013 | 03:59 pm
One of my favorite sites is Rotten Tomatoes, which did the Nate Silver poll averaging thing—only in this case for film reviews instead political polls—long before Nate Silver became "Nate Silver." For...
I don't debate racists 15 Jun 2013 | 03:27 am
If you've been following the latest SFWA controversy, you may have encounted a certain racist troll who is a member of that organization (but perhaps not for much longer, per that last link). Now, sai...
XB-1 is reborn. Again. 14 Jun 2013 | 03:47 pm
With all the negative things bubbling around science fiction and fantasy these days—a la SFWA and a certain racist troll who is a member of the organization—it's easy to forget that the beating hearts...
Czech SF/F magazine XB-1 shuts down 5 Jun 2013 | 03:35 am
Sad news today out of the Czech Republic—the SF/F magazine XB-1 has announced that their June issue will be their last. Economic problems and a lack of advertisers were among the issues mentioned as b...
Czech SF/F magazine XB-1 shuts down 5 Jun 2013 | 03:35 am
Sad news today out of the Czech Republic—the SF/F magazine XB-1 has announced that their June issue will be their last. Economic problems and a lack of advertisers were among the issues mentioned as b...
Time for the men of SF to tell the sexists to go to hell 3 Jun 2013 | 04:45 pm
Over on Twitter, K. Tempest Bradford writes: This would be a good time for the men who write science fiction who aren't douchecanoes to step up and tell the other dudes to go to hell. Amen to that. Th...
