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A Dash More On E-reading

Not to distract from the Friday cat blogging, but I wanted to post a brief follow-up to J. Steven York's post on ebook readers, linked yesterday by Kelly, while the topic was still fresh on the blog.

Per Wired magazine, it seems that Dell and Intel are looking into launching a tablet reader program akin to what we now see in the cell phone industry. That is to say, you would get a "free" (or possibly very affordable) tablet reader when you sign up for a unspecified subscription period, just like

Friday Cat Blogging + Bits of Travel Zen

Five little kitties all in a row



No, I wasn't licking your toothbrush, why do you ask?



You...again?



I'z ready for my closeup!



What do you mean I no fitz in box?



I'z not fat, I'z big furred.



Kitty-made bio-hazard symbol? You decide:



Now that's what I call heavy reading.



"I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords..."

More of the Smart

Laura Rede of the Death Pixies saying very smart things about Writers of the Future.

J. Steven York on the future of ebook readers.

Today Neil Gaiman linked to a couple of earlier posts about letting go of a piece, or when is a story done. 1 and 2, both a bit down the page.

And, just added, Mike Briggs (Patrica Briggs' husband) saying incredibly smart things about copyright. Snurched from Kat Richardson.

Baen's Universe Closing

Another loss for short SF publishing: Jim Baen's Universe is closing.

More Smart Things + Follow Up

First the smart things follow up: By coincidence* there are a bunch of folks talking about time and persistence and writing and sacrifice this week, not just Scalzi. Via Jay lake**: calendula_witch on practice, the Boston Globe's article on Grit, and one of Jay's own older posts on psychotic persistence. Also, over at the Death Pixies, Robbie Knutson on procrastination.

Next up, J. Steven York with a very smart post on agents.

Dean Wesley Smith has a smart new entry in his life without series on

Smart Things--A Bunch

Nola J. Moore saying smart things about collaboration.

Michael Damian Thomas saying smart things about in-group slapfights, a post triggered by this smart post on the same subject by Cristalia.

John Scalzi saying smart things about making the time to write. I'm not wholly in agreement with him on this one, but I think his is one good way to look at the issue.

Justine Larbalestier saying smart things about how you judge your own success. She picked up the topic from Maureen Johnson's excellent post

Quick Hit—Interview

Just a quick heads up: I'm myshelf.com's author of the month for August which means that they did an interview with me. IMHO this was a particularly good interview.

Monday Morning Open Thread and WIP

Hey all,

Finally back from my travels. 3 trips, 4 time zones, 8 states, 15 days. I'll write up a trip a trip/meeting/con report in a couple of days including cool stuff and a Smart car on the road report. In the meantime, what's everyone doing?

On the writing front: I'm still in the limbo between turning the last book in and hearing back from my editor/proposing the next book. So I'm thinking about writing a new first 3 chapters to my 2nd book so I can move it from basement storage to agent and ac

Friday Cat Blogging--now with bonus carrot blogging

Feed me, Seymour! Or, Bob. Really anyone will do.



I hate sitting for portraits, but sometimes one
simply must indulge the peasants.



I can reach you from here. You know that right?



Eeeeek, a peeping paparazzi!



Are you really leaving again? I'z gonna cry.



Carrot tops:



Both kinds:

You Know What I Hate About Being a Writer? Writing.

First of all, I have to apologize for the silence here at the blog over the last several days. I kind of forgot that our usual main poster, Kelly, was still on vacation. Plus, I didn't have much to say about writing over the past few days that couldn't be summed up by the above subject line.

Normally, I enjoy my work tremendously. I love that my day job is basically getting to play pretend. Many days, I even love wrestling with words, phrases, clauses, etc. I usually don't complain about revision