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SIX OF THE BEST… contemporary changes in etiquette rules

With my wedding coming up in less than a month, you can damn well bet I’ve been reading up on etiquette rules, and how they’ve changed.

SIX OF THE BEST… contemporary changes in etiquette rules

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SIX OF THE BEST… things the X-Files pilot episode did right

Holy crap, this show’s pilot episode is good.

SIX OF THE BEST… things the X-Files pilot episode did right

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SIX OF THE WORST… things about the Abramsverse

If you didn’t know there was a Star Trek reboot series, helmed (for lack of a better word) by JJ Abrams, then you probably don’t live on the planet Earth. And even though the latest iteration isn’t written or directed by Abrams, it’s still part of that reboot universe.

Which, for some reason, a lot of Star Trek fans really don’t like.

SIX OF THE WORST… things about the Abramsverse

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Movie Review: “Swiss Army Man”

I have reviewed Swiss Army Man, a.k.a. “the Daniel Radcliffe farting corpse movie”, at Escape Pod. Here is a link for you to click so you can read it.

Filed under: comedy, escape pod, indie (or indie-style), movie, nonfiction, review, writing

“Stand Up”

If you read my collection The Clockwork Russian and Other Stories, you got first crack at reading my unpublished story “Stand Up”, about an autistic asexual nongendered superhero. It’s one of the stories I’m proudest of, because it was difficult to write from that point of view. According to one reviewer:

“Stand Up” is that good. I won’t spoil the premise. Roseman is proud of this one, he notes. I think he should be. If this piece isn’t expanded into a full-length book, it at least needs to b...

submission and publication update for June 2016

The life of the short-story writer can pretty much be boiled down to submitting as much as possible, as often as possible, in hopes that someone will publish your work. To that end, I’m going to start updating you monthly as to what’s out in print (or online), where I have stories under consideration, and what kind of writing I’ve done.

You know, that whole “accountability” thing.

So here goes:

PUBLISHED

Nothing this month. Sad times.

CONSIDERING

AE, Allegory, Analog, Angry Robot Books, Asimo...

SIX OF THE BEST… things about Hamilton

Oh, come on, you knew it would be written eventually. The damn show has taken the theater world by storm, and it won like a zillion awards. You’re probably sick of hearing about it by now. Either that, or you listen to it on repeat.

SIX OF THE BEST… things about Hamilton

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SIX OF THE BEST… decluttering ideas

I’m moving soon, and before you move, you need to get rid of stuff. So I wrote a column about the stuff I’ve gotten rid of in the past month or so.

SIX OF THE BEST… decluttering ideas

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SIX OF THE BEST… from 20 years ago

When you declutter your house, you go through all your old boxes. Sometimes you find your school newspapers from 20 years ago. And sometimes you discover that you’re still doing the same thing you used to do way back then. Like writing top six lists.

SIX OF THE BEST… from 20 years ago

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SIX OF THE BEST… questions nerds should ask when buying a home

When nerds buy homes, there are additional questions and concerns that must be addressed before closing. Let me help by giving you six of the best of them.

Read the column.

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