This. This was the best thing about seeing The Day The Earth Stood Still: “My name is James Tiberius Kirk!” Don’t even bother telling me that it’s gonna be lame or the million and one ways that it breaks all the Star Trek-verse rules. Doesn’t matter. I can’t wait.
In general a writer needs only one New Year’s resolution: Sit down and write on a regular schedule. Ah, were it that easy… Here are a few others. A lot are for short story writers, since most of us start out that way before moving on to novels. I WILL: Finish X number of short stories for the year. Send out at least one story a month. Or, keep stories in circulation. Research Ralan or Read more…
My alter ego is no Sasha Fierce, but sometimes I unleash my inner financial services analyst demon. Here is the latest, for your enjoyment: The subprime mortgage crisis — what Henry Blodget and Adam Gopnik get wrong More and more analysts are seeking to shift the blame to regular Americans for the woes brought down by the financial services industry. It’s hard to take Henry Blodget seriously, since he was banned from the securities business Read more…