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The Flying Snowman →

By John Scalzi Leave a Comment, scalzi.com

Over at Metafil­ter, they’re hav­ing a dis­cus­sion on this Wired piece, which among other things details how the lava in The Return of the King is not quite right and how Gol­lum shouldn’t sink when he falls into it. I…

Ash is on sale!malindalo.com
For a lim­it­ed time1, my first novel Ash is on sale as an ebook for $2.99! Get it for:Want a sam­ple first? You can down­load sam­ples from those retail­ers, you can read Chap­ter 1 here on my web­site, or you can read a dif­fer­ent…

Ash is on sale!
malindalo.com

For a lim­it­ed time1, my first novel Ash is on sale as an ebook for $2.99! Get it for:

Want a sam­ple first? You can down­load sam­ples from those retail­ers, you can read Chap­ter 1 here on my web­site, or you can read a dif­fer­ent…

Total Lunar Eclipse on December 10, 2011timeanddate.com
A total lunar eclipse on Decem­ber 10, 2011, will be the final eclipse of the year. This will be sec­ond of two lunar eclipses in 2011.Ani­ma­tion show­ing the moon’s pas­sage through the earth’s par­tial (outer cir­cle) and full shad­ows (inne…

Total Lunar Eclipse on December 10, 2011
timeanddate.com

A total lunar eclipse on Decem­ber 10, 2011, will be the final eclipse of the year. This will be sec­ond of two lunar eclipses in 2011.

Ani­ma­tion show­ing the moon’s pas­sage through the earth’s par­tial (outer cir­cle) and full shad­ows (inne…

10 ways to update the Peter Pan story that wouldn’t suck
Annalee Newitz, io9.com
Syfy’s lat­est stab at updat­ing the Peter Pan story, Nev­er­land, remind­ed us how much this whole tale needs to be retired. Or reboot­ed beyond recog­ni­tion. Here are our out­ra­geous sug­ges­tions for mak­ing a truly mod­ern Peter…

10 ways to update the Peter Pan story that wouldn’t suck
Annalee Newitz, io9.com

Syfy’s lat­est stab at updat­ing the Peter Pan story, Nev­er­land, remind­ed us how much this whole tale needs to be retired. Or reboot­ed beyond recog­ni­tion. Here are our out­ra­geous sug­ges­tions for mak­ing a truly mod­ern Peter…

"Pathetic email." →

By Sean Ferrell onDecember 9, 2011 8:54 PM, seanferrell.com

That was the sub­ject line on an email I received this after­noon from a won­der­ful­ly tal­ent­ed writer friend. The writ­ing hasn’t been going well, she wrote, and there are great big ques­tion marks made of doubts set­tling around her, and she’…

The Good, the Bad, and the Funny: Authors Talk Humor in Children’s Bookspublishersweekly.com
Sug­gest­ing that funny books might be some of the “most dif­fi­cult to write because of the sub­jec­tive nature of humor,” Bird went on to ask the panel how they first came to write humor­ous books for kids.“I was try­ing to write books that…

The Good, the Bad, and the Funny: Authors Talk Humor in Children’s Books
publishersweekly.com

Sug­gest­ing that funny books might be some of the “most dif­fi­cult to write because of the sub­jec­tive nature of humor,” Bird went on to ask the panel how they first came to write humor­ous books for kids.

“I was try­ing to write books that…

Crazy Alternate Reality Blogfest and Giveaway Time →

medeiasharif.com

Last year, towards the end of 2010, I did a give­away for reach­ing my goal of 100 books read. I held an inter­na­tion­al con­test and gave 3 peo­ple an oppor­tu­ni­ty to win 1 book of their choice from my 2010 read­ing list.

This year my goal w…

Croak Giveaway over on Nova Ren Suma’s blog! →

ginadamico, wordpress.com

In case you’re still jonesing for a sweet fix of the give­away mad­ness (note to the author­i­ties: I am not a drug deal­er) (obvi­ous­ly), head over to the blog of the love­ly Nova Ren Suma, author of Invis­i­ble Girls. She’s doing an…

Pure Imagination: Legend Blog Tour—Marie Lu Guest Post & Giveaway
Lori Lawson, pureimaginationblog.com
I am so excit­ed to have Marie Lu on the blog today! Do you guys remem­ber how much I loved Leg­end? It’s my favorite dystopi­an of the year, by far. So it was great to get a lit­tle insight on how Leg­end was writ­ten from…

Pure Imagination: Legend Blog Tour—Marie Lu Guest Post & Giveaway
Lori Lawson, pureimaginationblog.com

I am so excit­ed to have Marie Lu on the blog today! Do you guys remem­ber how much I loved Leg­end? It’s my favorite dystopi­an of the year, by far. So it was great to get a lit­tle insight on how Leg­end was writ­ten from…

Photography: Capturing teens in a new lightala.org
Close your eyes for a moment and imag­ine this photo as approx­i­mate­ly 18X24 in the teen space at your library. The photo is framed and hang­ing on a wall. Okay, you can open your eyes now. It’s a bit hard to describe because the size influ­ence…

Photography: Capturing teens in a new light
ala.org

Close your eyes for a moment and imag­ine this photo as approx­i­mate­ly 18X24 in the teen space at your library. The photo is framed and hang­ing on a wall. Okay, you can open your eyes now. It’s a bit hard to describe because the size influ­ence…

50 Unexplainable Black & White Photosbuzzfeed.com
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50 Unexplainable Black & White Photos
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benc17 thinks 50 Unex­plain­able Black & White Pho­tos is WTF about 11 hours ago

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Taryn Fagerness: I'm looking for a new inte ... →

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I’m look­ing for a new intern. I promise I don’t bite, and I have a great selec­tion of tea. http://t.co/031TzeOp

Michelle Wolfson: For the record, I still ac ... →

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For the record, I still accept PDF sub­mis­sions. When request­ed, of course. So I have no beef with you, Adobe. #pubappx