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A Very Public Service Announcement

Well, folks, it’s time to get moving with a long-delayed project. It’s time to start serializing The Promised King, Book II: The Finest Deed. No, the book isn’t done, but I’m not going to let that stop me! When I … Continue reading

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Letter to a Mother, Gone to Sea

Today is International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, a holiday decreed by fantasy author Jo Walton in response to Howard Hendrix, a guy who views people who put their written work online as equivalent to union scabs, or something like that. I, … Continue reading

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Tales of a Dead President

Over at Buffalonews.com, they’ve posted the nine finalists for the short story contest online, including the Grand Winner of All The Universe (ahem). Apparently they’re only up for thirty days (after which time I’ll probably post my own story here, … Continue reading

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The Ecstasy of Influence

Anyone interested in the increasingly important issues of copyright and intellectual property needs to read this Jonathan Lethem essay. A brief sample: Honoring the commons is not a matter of moral exhortation. It is a practical necessity. We in Western … Continue reading

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It’s just stringin’ words together

Well, folks, since the Buffalo News website doesn’t update until 9:00 a.m. ET, and since I don’t get home from work until around 3:30 p.m. ET, I won’t have a direct link to the Item In Question until late this … Continue reading

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Writings Elsewhere — an Index

This is an index to writings of mine that appear online, outside of this blog. For Green Man Review: films: Amadeus music: Skott Freedman, Some Company Talisman, Music of Russian Princesses from the Court of Catherine the Great Aaron Copland … Continue reading

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