Category Archives: Words Words Words

Post-4th Thoughts, and an RIP

I wrote some of my post-4th street impressions in a post on Words Words Words.
I was shocked and greatly saddened to hear of George Carlin’s death. In these dark times we need our jesters more than ever, and the world is diminished by his absence from it. In his honor, allow me to just say, Shit, [...]

Arrival

I’ve made a little post about my journey to Minneapolis over on Words Words Words. Have a look.
I’m thrilled to be here, and excited to explore Minneapolis and the upcoming convention.
It’s so green and beautiful, and the weather so gorgeous (a cool and refreshing 78 degrees at the moment) that it is hard [...]

Books dying, news at 11

I wrote a little rant about a oft-repeated bit of nonsense over on Words Words Words.
Also you might enjoy this awesome photo of me, Reesa, Steve and Kij Johnson from the Nebula Awards.

Authorial responsibility

What is an author’s responsibility to his readers? I just opened a discussion of this topic on Words Words Words.

Unrealism in world building

I wrote a little ramble on unreality in world building over on

Steve’s Firefly Novel

My punalua, Steven Brust, has just released his Firefly novel, My Own Kind of Freedom, free for download under a creative commons license.
This isn’t my writing, but I put a bunch of hours into getting this ready for public consumption and I am super-excited to finally be able to share it with the world. I [...]

The top

The LJ feed for Words Words Words is currently in the Top 300 LJ Syndicated feeds with 251 readers. This ties us with Al Jazeera and ‘The Daily Puppy’. It’s nice to know we’re at least as cool as puppies.
Since we’ve just enabled crossposting of the feed to Steve’s LJ I suspect this number will [...]