Meanwhile, on the internet…

This week's required reading from all around the internet:

1. Tony Lee on how professionals should behave at cons (and he is right. This is my own outlook, too, which is why conventions keep paying to have me back).

2. Wil Wheaton interpolates Neil Gaiman's classic "George R. R. Martin is not your bitch" (and he is also right).

3. Russ Dickerson offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how he created the foil stamps for Maelstrom Set 2.

4. Nick Mamatas with an inspiring success story on the 3-year anniversary of Haikasoru.

5. Mike Oliveri on depression and writers who off themselves (something he and I have discussed on many a drunken night).