Those of you who have been following me on Facebook or Twitter might know that I've been making my way through the Mega Man Legacy Colle...

Reason #1: Because the intersection represented in this not-to-scale diagram is very small. The red circle is the real killer. That ...

A friend directed me to this great video on persuasion. It's about the psychology behind why people make decisions, and how you can ethi...

"Time travel is theoretically impossible, but I wouldn't want to give it up as a plot gimmick." — Isaac Asimov So. Back t...

This is why I'm politely noncommittal when people tell me their ideas.

Following up our conversation a couple weeks ago , I present Adam Heine's Official Definition of Speculative Fiction: 1. Speculative F...

This data comes from Wikipedia's list of steampunk works . I didn't see any glaring mistakes or omissions, so I ran with it. I'v...

About a year ago, I took a look at the growth of this blog , what I thought was working and wasn't. It looks like a heck of a lot has ch...

[You've entered the Giveaway in Support of YA Asian Book Covers , right? Today might be your last chance ! (Boy, I should've thought...

I can't think of a story with no mystery at all, whether it's a revelation of secret paternity , a mentor back from the dead , or a ...

(I've been using my temporary insanity tag a lot lately. That's what querying will do to you, I guess.) So here are statistics on ...

As of this morning (last night for you in the Americas), the first draft of Post-Apocalyptic Dragon-Riding Ninjas (with Mechs!) is finished...

I'm a slow writer. Like, really slow. I mean, I wrote the freaking book post on writing slow . So I'm a little weirded out to hav...

It's hard to find good statistics on what's going on in the publishing industry. If you read J.A. Konrath's blog, it sounds like...

I learned some interesting things in the aftermath of the Rule of Cool post . In particular, did you know the underwater future of Waterworl...

I want to take a look at how a blog grows, what does and does not affect it, what you can do to... Okay, that's a lie. I just want to ...

Something I noticed the other day when my daughter asked if she could listen to music on the way to school.

Average American You are an average American. You sleep 8 hours, eat 2.5 hours a day, work 40 hours a week, and commute a quarter of an ho...

I don't actually like the Followers widget on the sidebar there. I mean, yes, it feels nice every time the number goes up, but it...