There’s nothing like staying up with a feverish child (no, not serious, but she has to go in to the pediatrician on Monday…sigh) to get you thinking about a whole host of matters, the serious and non-serious variety alike. I’ve tended to avoid the New Year’s resolution model, since I’m not really sure why I […]

Just a quick note to wish everyone a very happy holiday season–I’ll have a more substantive post in the next few days, once I’m done putting together the toys my daughter was lucky enough to be showered with this X-mas (that’s Dad’s job, you know!). Until then, be safe and enjoy the holiday. Greg

Having finally surfaced from final grades, I had a chance to catch up with long-lingering E-mails (the lower priority kind), and headed over to his blog to check out a new post by Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby. CD Baby distributes music for independent artists, and is one of the real innovators in the […]

Of all the things that have changed about America good and bad, one thing certainly hasn’t: if there’s money to be made on something, we will figure out a way to make it. It’s all about seizing the opportunity when you get your fifteen minutes of fame. And lo and behold, one opportunistic man from […]

Just a quick note today to congratulate Bryan Thao Worra, Laotian American poet extraordinaire, for being an NEA Fellow in Literature for Poetry. Insofar as this is one of 42 awards out of a thousand applications and carries with it a 25,000 dollar award, this is all kinds of a big deal, and no one […]

I was all set to write a pleasant post about Thanksgiving and other seasonal traditions when information about the terrorist attack in Mumbai hit the news, and I quickly decided it wasn’t the best time for nostalgic walks down memory lane. For the last few days I’ve been wrestling with how to discuss the issue…which, […]

There’s a kind of romanticized story about the brilliant author having a flash of genius in a restaurant and hastily scribbling the idea on a cocktail napkin. (I’m sure it’s not all that romanticized, actually, since the brilliant authors also tend to be the ones who forget their notebooks.) But what the story also points […]

I’m just swamped with grading. But I will have more post goodness within the next few days, so stay tuned! (And of course, donations of good will to the “more papers…more papers!” fund are always appreciated. 😉 ) Greg

If I had to hazard a guess, I’d say that at least three quarters of fantasy authors have been gamers at some point in their lives. And when I say gamers, of course, I don’t mean the people who play Life or Monopoly once in a while (not that there’s anything wrong with those games–though […]

I just got back from the convention a few hours ago, and so I now have the chance to give my take on day two–and a couple of general thoughts about the convention as well. I got started on Saturday morning (after a great breakfast at Thompson’s Restaurant in the hotel–and if you’re ever in […]