Best of the Blog
Here are some articles that I’m particularly proud of, either because they’ve gotten lots of attention around the blogosphere, or simply because I think they’re durn good.On Book Promotion…
- How I Promoted My Book, Part 1 – November 27, 2006
- How I Promoted My Book, Part 2 – December 1, 2006
- A Guide to Ethical Self-Promotion – August 17, 2007
- Why Did You Buy That Book? – December 6, 2006
Grand Ideas and Flights of Fancy…
- Reverse Engineering the Turing Test – October 25, 2006
- Greasemonkeying with Reality – August 10, 2006
- Amazon for Voters – July 13, 2006
- Backing Up Things – August, 2006 (On Futurismic)
On Writing…
- Will the Novel Die? – March 17, 2008
- Introductory Science Fiction Books for Literary Readers – June 26, 2007
- On the Writing of Sequels – June 9, 2006
- From First to Final Draft: A Case Study – August 14, 2006
- How to Write a Novel (Part 1) – January 15, 2008 (On DeepGenre)
- How to Write a Novel (Part 2) – January 21, 2008 (On DeepGenre)
On Technology…
- Will Open Source Software Rule the World? – September 26, 2006
- How to Get Information to Flow Backward – July 18, 2006
Current Events…
- The Bourne Paranoia – October 4, 2007
- …And Justice for Some – January 12, 2007
On J.R.R. Tolkien…
- Revisiting Middle Earth: The Silmarillion – May 7, 2007
- Revisiting Middle Earth: The Hobbit – May 10, 2007
- Revisiting Middle Earth: The Fellowship of the Ring – May 14, 2007
- Revisiting Middle Earth: The Two Towers – May 20, 2007
- Revisiting Middle Earth: The Return of the King – May 25, 2007
On Film…
- The Day The Empire Strikes Back Changed Everything – May 3, 2006
- Alien: In Space, Nobody Can Hear You Screw Your Employees – July 21, 2006
Humor…
- 20 Lines That Could Have Dramatically Changed The Lord of the Rings – December 8, 2006 (On DeepGenre)
- 20 Reasons I Want to Live in a Cheesy SF Dome City – October 31, 2006 (On DeepGenre)
- 20 Ways Science Fiction and Fantasy Are Like Mozilla Firefox – June 21, 2006 (On DeepGenre)