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If you made a New Year’s resolution to sleep in late more often (as is my constant wish) then here are some articles that should make you happy.  This one gives you three reasons why it’s smart to sleep in late, including the fact that making yourself get up to…

In a long line of embarrassing query attempts that make the rest of us writers want to hunt down and beat the guilty party (bit harsh, maybe? meh), here is the latest tale of horror and woe that befalls the slush pile. Working alongside Jenny Rappaport, this agent had a…

Jason Evans, the moderator of the Clarity of Night blog, is gearing up for another short fiction contest. For those of you who have taken part in these before, you should be getting excited. For those of you who haven’t entered this contest before, here’s your chance. The way it…

Since I’m in denial that the holidays are over (and since we still have New Years Eve coming up), let me point you to the website of Jenn Reese, who has posted one of her short stories based on the Zodiac. This one is about the queen of the snow…

With the tagline of “Kill your darlings,” The Blood Red Pencil has post after post of excellent writing, revising and editing advice. Staffed by a growing number of magazine and book editors from all across the industry (their goal is to eventually have 50 editors contributing) BRP covers topics from…

Having read Felix Gilman’s Thunderer, this excerpt of his new sequel, Gears of the City, quickly reminded me why I enjoyed his first book so much. He created an extraordinary world composed of one enormous city, with gods that mucked about in the streets and sewers or flew above the…

Everything I’ve read of Brandon Sanderson‘s so far has been fantasy, even if fantasy with somewhat rules-oriented systems of magic. So it is fun to see that Tor has made a new novella of his available on their website (for free) and it is purely science fiction. Read it here:…

If you enjoyed either or both of the Hellboy movies, then check out this sock puppet presentation of Hellboy 2, which sums up the plot (and plot holes) in less than 6 minutes, and in a rather amusing fashion. I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

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If you haven’t heard already, kissing has now become nigh unto a superpower. Apparently it can make you go deaf, if done properly.  No idea what I’m talking about? Lookee here: Kiss ruptures girl’s eardrum… So…in the holiday spirit, let me remind everyone to KEEP AWAY FROM MISTLETOE!  Now give the…