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These days I really enjoy me some gothic-symphonic metal. It’s hugely popular in Europe, with the iconic bands being Nightwish from Finland and Within Temptation from The Netherlands. Lacuna Coil is sometimes called a gothic metal band, but I think that’s just because their primary vocalist is female. For some reason, all gothic metal bands seem...

A while back, I found a blog post that completely revolutionized how I view my own creativity. The blog post is called “How to Manage Your Life as a Creative Person: The Creative Lifecycle” by Deirdre Eden Coppel. I had never heard of the concept of a creative lifecycle before, but it made a lot of sense to me. I’ve been through this cycle nume...

I just saw a brilliant blog post over at Writer Unboxed, one of my favorite writing-related websites. The blog post was about low-tech tools for writers, and we’re not talking about the ubiquitous ballpoint pen and notepad. These tools are a little cooler than that. You should jump over there and check out the blog post, because it’s really qui...

Several years ago, my wife bought me an album on iTunes, and it was a singularly awful experience that convinced me never to buy music from iTunes again. But iTunes may have just redeemed itself. Now, most people know me as an unrepentant fan of Apple products. Regardless of how evil their corporate monster becomes (it’s hard to say who is wors...

If you’ve been following some of the comments around here closely, you may have glimpsed a few hints about something that I’ve been keeping pretty close to my chest. I’ve only told a couple of people about it—not because it’s really that big of a secret, but because it’s the kind of thing you don’t enter into lightly. I have been thinking about...

I suppose this will be one of those somewhat whiny, self-indulgent writerly posts. Feel free to disregard. I’ve been losing some of my excitement for my current work-in-progress. This seems to be a pretty normal pattern for me. I work on a story project for a few months, and after a while the excitement starts to just go away. I’m not sure why...

The Intro - Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing I’ve blogged before about the podcast Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing and how great it is. Shaun Farrell, the creator and host, interviews fantasy and science fiction authors about their books and the publishing process, and he’s a really great interviewer. I’ve listened to a number of other podcasts ...

This is one of the cooler things I’ve seen. If you like archery at all, you’ll like this, but if you’ve ever played an archer in a role playing game and been frustrated at how long you have to wait in between shots, you’ll love this. This girl is shooting arrows at an average of one arrow every 1.7 seconds. (Yes, I sat there and timed it.) At...