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December 2010

  1. The End is Near
  2. Just Arrived, 12/31/10
  3. My 2010 in Review
  4. To Avoid the Inevitable Onslaught of People Sending it To Me
  5. The Joys of Owning a Dog
  6. Note to John Seavey
  7. Science Fiction and Movie Studios
  8. A Reminder to Authors About Blurbs
  9. Some Things I’m Likely to Do in 2011
  10. Some Things I’d Like to Do
  11. The Year in Pets
  12. Sunsets 2010: The Quickening
  13. A Cr-48 Update
  14. Look! More Christmas Photos!
  15. Christmas Eve 2010
  16. Whatever Best of 2010
  17. Athena Wishes to Share Some Birthday Music With You
  18. Athena, Age 12
  19. The Ultimate Sacrilege
  20. Seriously Annoying
  21. An Interview With the Christmas Bunny
  22. Stats Geekery Addendum
  23. I Write About Some Science Fiction Films, and Try To Be Brave
  24. An Interview With the Nativity Innkeeper
  25. Early Cr-48 Impressions
  26. I’m a British Fantasy Award Nominee
  27. It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Nerdmas
  28. Candy Candy Candy
  29. Yet Another 10 Things I’ve Done That You Probably Have Not
  30. About Time
  31. Zoe, In Japanese Form
  32. A Relevant Issue With Cloud Computers
  33. Taxes and Obama
  34. Stargate: Universe Cancellation Followup
  35. Ending the Day on a High Note
  36. Stargate Universe Cancelled
  37. A General Reminder, Re: Bacon
  38. Just Arrived, 12/16/10
  39. Sequels, Remakes, and Transformers in 3-D
  40. Hey! Baen’s Updated Its Web Site!
  41. Oh, Bah
  42. The God Engines Available in Audio
  43. The King Reclaims His Throne
  44. ScalziCast 12/14/10
  45. This One Goes Out to Everyone Following Me on the RSS Feed
  46. Perhaps a Little Too Wrapped Up in Work
  47. SFWA and Dorchester Publishing
  48. Various and Sundry, 12/13/10
  49. Lopsided Cat is Dubious of the Monkey Thing’s Intentions
  50. Contemplating Winter and Personal Alternative Histories
  51. Life is Like That
  52. ‘Tis the Season For Sun Pillars, Fa La La La La
  53. A New Spin on a Holiday Classic From Paul and Storm
  54. A Quick Reminder re: Signed Books For the Holidays
  55. She’s Ready
  56. And Now, a Charity Promotion Thread
  57. My Very Own Christmas Classic
  58. Accurate But Misleading Movie Descriptions – Fantasy Division
  59. John Lennon in My Thoughts
  60. My Bacony Life
  61. Your Holiday Gift Suggestion List (Everything Else)
  62. The Android’s Dream and Agent to the Stars Out in Audio; Here’s a Sample
  63. Not Even Pretending I Didn’t Photoshop the Hell Out of This Sunset
  64. A Little (Free) Light Reading For the Season
  65. Patrick Rothfuss’ Worldbuilders Drive, 2010
  66. Me in the Google eBookstore, Plus Indie Stores and Google eBooks
  67. Monday Morning Announcements
  68. And Now A Seasonally Appropriate Blast From the Past
  69. A Girl and Her Dog, Continued
  70. How I’m Making Fans of Fantasy Insanely Jealous Today
  71. The Incredible Scalzi Weight Loss Plan
  72. A Girl and Her Dog, Grown Up Division
  73. Hey, Wanna Know Who Won That Fuzzy Nation ARC I Was Giving Away?
  74. Your Holiday Book Suggestion List (From Authors)
  75. Big Idea Update + Notice to Authors Re: Upcoming Promo Thread
  76. Clarion Submission Period Open
  77. Zoe’s Tale Limited Cover Art
  78. Here, Have a Jonathan Coulton Video
  79. Why, Yes, We DID Totally Call That on SG:U
  80. Translation Awards Fund Raiser
  81. December Notes
  82. Sci-Fi: The New Western?

November 2010

  1. John Steakley, RIP
  2. Agent to the Stars Mass Market Paperback Out Today
  3. And Now, A Video Interview
  4. Another Chance at a Fuzzy Nation ARC
  5. Meta Cat is Meta
  6. A Bitter November
  7. Fuzzy Nation Contest Update
  8. Quick Contest Reminder
  9. Dear Rabid SEO-Mongering Jackasses
  10. Not Dead
  11. Just Arrived, 11/26/10
  12. Ugh 2
  13. Why I’m Totally Having Ham Today
  14. Germany Gets Fuzzy
  15. We Pause This Blog For a Moment of Unmanly Squee
  16. Reminder About the Signed Books for the Holidays Thing
  17. My Annual “I’m Awake For a Sunrise” Picture
  18. A Science Fictional Thanksgiving Prayer
  19. Hey! I’m Giving Away a Fuzzy Nation ARC!
  20. You Will Either Want to Make This or Will Instantly Become a Vegetarian
  21. In Which I Now Reveal a Secret
  22. The Office Tour
  23. A Girl and Her Dog
  24. Comments Are a Lot of Work
  25. Next Year in Toronto
  26. The Executive Decision to Run Away From the Blog Until Monday
  27. Adventures in High Contrast Black and White
  28. Surprise! It’s Open Pimp Thread Time!
  29. Two More Countries Heard From
  30. That’s My Kid
  31. MFA Programs and Commercial Publishing
  32. Not Quite Accurate SF Movie Descriptions; Favorite Video Games
  33. Backscattering and Groping
  34. METAtropolis: Cascadia is Out
  35. Nebula Award Nomination Period is Open
  36. My Favorite Negative Review of The God Engines (Today)
  37. An Open Letter to MFA Writing Programs (and Their Students)
  38. How I Solved the Deficit
  39. The Man in the Frey Flannel Suit
  40. How To Get Signed Books From Me For the Holidays
  41. Cosmic Coincidences
  42. The Leaning Tower of Just Arrived Books
  43. NaNoWriMo and Kvetching
  44. A Daisy Dog Update
  45. And Now, A Highly Informal Note on Veterans Day
  46. Holiday SF/F Films
  47. Cooks Source Apology
  48. “Fuzzy Nation” in the UK; “Coffee Shop” at Tor.com
  49. “Election” Results
  50. “But Honestly, Monica”: A Song For These Times
  51. Look What I Got in the Mail Today
  52. Monday Morning Update
  53. Nothin’ But Blue Sky
  54. B&N Search Update, Buying My Books, and, You Know, Stuff
  55. Follow Up to Cooks Source and World Fantasy
  56. Fuzzy Nation Release Date
  57. If You’re Feeling Charitable Today
  58. The Stupidest Thing an Editor With Three Decades of Experience Has Said About the Web Today
  59. Dear Barnes & Noble: Crap is Cluttering Up Your Author Searches
  60. (New) New Theme Notes
  61. Awesome Scenes Are Not Enough
  62. Election Thoughts, 2010
  63. Warning: About to Change Themes Again
  64. New “Fuzzy Nation” Cover
  65. The Big Idea: Catherynne M. Valente
  66. Vote Cat Says Vote
  67. An Election: A Short Story Presented by Subterranean Press
  68. A Short Fiction Experiment

October 2010

  1. Give Her the Candy and No One Gets Hurt
  2. Saturday Morning Check In
  3. The Big Idea: James A. Owen
  4. New Monitor is Here
  5. A Touch of Color
  6. New Look, Etc.
  7. Warning: About to Change Themes
  8. Just Arrived, 10/27/10
  9. My Filmcritic.com Column is Back Up
  10. The Big Idea: Aliette de Bodard
  11. Why, Yes, I Have a New Short Story Coming
  12. The Damage
  13. Why I’m Heading to the Basement Now
  14. Hey, You Know What’s Really Scary?
  15. My Very Sensitive Author Photo
  16. Quoted for Truth
  17. The Yard FAQ
  18. The Big Idea: Kathe Koja
  19. Turns Out Sunday is For Not Being On the Blog, Too
  20. Saturday is For Not Being on the Blog
  21. It’s 9PM on Friday Night, Time for a Cat Video
  22. Daisy, Drowsy
  23. My Personal World Fantasy Schedule
  24. Reminder: SFWA Business Meeting at World Fantasy
  25. The Big Idea: Helen Lowe
  26. And Now Some Meta
  27. And Just How Is the New Pup?
  28. Science Fictional Dogs
  29. You Look Like You Could Use a Sunset
  30. Just Arrived, 10/19/10
  31. The Big Idea: Jackie Morse Kessler
  32. Narrative Usurpation; Quick Thoughts On the Previous Post
  33. Things I Don’t Have to Think About Today
  34. What I’ve Been Reduced To
  35. There is No Coke Zero in the House, But There is One of These
  36. Daisy Sits For a Formal Portrait
  37. Meet Daisy
  38. Procedural Note Re: The Big Idea
  39. The Big Idea: Graham Hancock
  40. Krissy in Profile
  41. Just Arrived, 10/14/10
  42. Reading Electronically: A Review
  43. Shorts and Singles
  44. Some Whatever Stats Geekery For You
  45. Lopsided Cat Wishes You to Know He Finds the New Chair Marginally Acceptable
  46. Harry Potter Gets Flattened
  47. Book Covers From Distant Lands
  48. On Where to Send Me E-Mail
  49. METAtropolis Out in Germany + Sequel News!
  50. The Big Idea: Matthew J. Kirby
  51. You Say You’d Like Some More Music? Well, Fine
  52. E-Mail Glitchination
  53. My (Unsolicited) Annual Plug for WordPress.com
  54. A Little Historical Perspective
  55. New Office Chair
  56. Viable Paradise 14
  57. A Visual Representation of My Literary Workshop Critique Style
  58. Heading Home
  59. Yes, I Know I’m on Google Quote of the Day
  60. The Big Idea: Paul Crilley
  61. The Science Fiction Film Dream Team
  62. The Big Idea: Richard Kadrey
  63. Work Work Work
  64. Travel Day
  65. When the Yogurt Took Over: A Short Story
  66. My New Problem
  67. What I Think About Atlas Shrugged
  68. Which Reminds Me: I’m Teaching at Clarion Next Year
  69. A Minor Programming Note

September 2010

  1. Ghlaghghee Kicks it Old School
  2. The Big Idea: J.K. Beck
  3. News on Agent to the Stars, Android’s Dream and The God Engines
  4. 25 Copies of Cherie Priest’s DREADNOUGHT to Give Away — Hurry!
  5. Yes, It Was a Very Good Year
  6. Stargate: Universe Season 2 Debuts Tonight
  7. The Big Idea: Sam Sykes
  8. Interview of Me in Lightspeed Magazine
  9. Justin Coussoule Visits the Scalzi Compound
  10. Just Arrived, 9/27/10
  11. Look, I’m Deploying a Cute Picture of My Cat to Distract You From the Fact I Have Nothing of Interest to Say
  12. Tax Frenzies and How to Hose Them Down
  13. Your Saturday Placeholder Entry
  14. The Scalzi Family Mutual Portraiture Club
  15. New Rule For the Internets, Six-Figure Income Division
  16. The (Relative) Peace of OH-8
  17. Athena Dabbles in the World of Comics
  18. Clash of the Geeks Updatery, 9/24/10
  19. Your “Whoa, Dude” Moment for Today
  20. The Big Idea: Nancy Werlin
  21. Oooh, New SG:U Season 2 Trailer
  22. Monsters, Tron and Solaris
  23. Summer’s Last Sunset
  24. A Chance to Win Clash of the Geeks
  25. Why Not Feeling Rich is Not Being Poor, and Other Things Financial
  26. The Big Idea: Elizabeth Scott
  27. Parenting and Writing
  28. Hello I Must Be Going
  29. Clash of the Geeks Write-Ups and Status Check
  30. Announcing Clash of the Geeks, a Chapbook from Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi and Subterranean Press, to Benefit the Lupus Alliance of America
  31. Canoes, Canoes, Canoes
  32. Off Doing Family Stuff
  33. This Will Be the Most Successful Whatever Entry Yet
  34. It Really Was Inevitable, Wasn’t It
  35. Black Sheep
  36. The Big Idea: A.R. Rotruck
  37. All Right, Seriously, WTF
  38. Just Arrived, 9/16/10
  39. The World’s Largest and Most Ironic Green Thumb
  40. Writing: Find the Time or Don’t
  41. Awwwww.
  42. Technical Note (Update: Mail From Last 24 Hours Gone, Please Resend)
  43. How to Lose the House
  44. Changing the World, One Science Fiction Movie at a Time
  45. Just Arrived, Hiatus Catching Up Edition
  46. The Big Idea: Nick Mamatas
  47. Tales from Melbourne
  48. State of the Scalzi
  49. My Big News: I’m Toastmaster of Chicon 7, the 2012 Worldcon
  50. I’m Back, Plus: 12 Years
  51. So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye
  52. This Concludes Our Broadcast Day
  53. My Life In Women’s Roller Derby
  54. Postmodernism in Fantasy: An Essay by Brandon Sanderson
  55. True Confessions of a Reading Addict, or, Geographically Inspired Reading, Anyone?
  56. I Remember
  57. A Conversation with Brett Warnock of Top Shelf Productions
  58. One of the most terrifying things you will see on the internet today
  59. The Big Idea: Sheri S. Tepper
  60. Heroes
  61. The Big Idea: Michele Lang
  62. In Honor of AussieCon4, Here’s Looking at the Finest Sci-fi Films to Be Filmed Down Under
  63. They Blew Up My Little Pony, Mommy!
  64. Ode to Oregon, Including a Trio of Sunsets
  65. The Awesome Side of SF Fandom
  66. Congrats to the Hugo Winners!
  67. Is It or Isn’t It?
  68. Dragon*Con!
  69. Free Fiction & An Open Pimp Thread
  70. The Movie-Adaptation Chances for This Year’s Hugo Class
  71. The Big Idea: Jennifer Ouellette
  72. The Big Idea: Laura Resnick
  73. How to — possibly — torpedo one’s own career in epic fantasy.

August 2010

  1. Caption Contest Winner
  2. The Big Idea: Harry Connolly
  3. I can haz sunbeam?
  4. The Big Idea: Mark Van Name
  5. First Day of School
  6. Playlist Confessions
  7. OMG, Itz Another Caturday!
  8. The Swell Season Ensure that Their Fans are Not Left ‘Alone Apart’
  9. Thought experiment: How do you react when you witness bigotry?
  10. The Big Idea: Mike Shevdon
  11. Grown Up Decisions
  12. Wish me luck…
  13. Kermit goes to the Smithsonian. Plus bacon.
  14. The 2010 Summer Sci-fi Wrap-Up
  15. The Big Idea: Matthew Hughes
  16. My New Ride
  17. John’s Worldcon Schedule
  18. Stuff I Like, Part XVIIVJKX!!IL
  19. Love ‘The Wire’ and ‘Toy Story’? This Post’s for You…
  20. Your Plan for the Zombie Apocalypse
  21. Book tours are like time travel
  22. Happy Caturday
  23. Inception Parodies
  24. Don’t Stop Believing for About Forty Minutes
  25. Meet the Winners of the Wheaton/Scalzi Fanfic Contest!
  26. Unicorn Pegasus Kitten Update
  27. Reading tonight in NYC
  28. The Dollar Value of Nerd Love
  29. What He Said.
  30. My Monday
  31. The Big Idea: Anthony Huso
  32. …I got nothin’.
  33. The Coolest Thing You’ll See Today
  34. Exciting News for Bryan Fuller Fans: Scripting a Pilot for SyFy
  35. Now Have Another
  36. Things Weren’t Really That Different When I Was A Kid
  37. Dormouse, Dormice
  38. Here, have a sky
  39. I Heart Scott Pilgrim
  40. Oh, peaches! Oh, woe!
  41. The Big Idea: Zoe Ferraris
  42. The Rumpus (“Busting at Its Seams” edition)
  43. Subterranean Press Movin’ Out Ebay Auctions
  44. A Celebration of Heinlein: A Tor.com Blog Symposium
  45. Ten Great Directors Who Flopped in Sci-Fi
  46. The Big Idea: Ted Chiang
  47. Choices, choices…
  48. Kagan, the SCOTUS, and You!
  49. Herding Cats
  50. Well, you see, when two fantasy writers love each other very much…
  51. The Last Colony Wins A Seiun Award
  52. A Word From The Jury Of Awesomeness
  53. The Thing About Monkeys
  54. Video Game Neuroses
  55. Lions and tigers and catnip, oh my!
  56. Inception Obsession
  57. This is my life right now.
  58. The Big Idea: Kat Richardson
  59. The God Engines Now Available In Apple’s iBook Store
  60. At NASFIC
  61. Pondering Inception’s Sequel Odds and Revisiting the Bechdel Test
  62. “Hey, Wasn’t there Supposed to be a Fourth Guest Blogger?”
  63. The Other One
  64. Shadowlight Productions with some kick-ass puppetry
  65. The Big Idea: Mary Robinette Kowal
  66. Admitting one’s problem is the first step…
  67. My Dice, Let Me Show You Them
  68. Sup
  69. To comfort you in your time of need…

July 2010

  1. Heading Out
  2. A Pre-Hiatus Gift to You: A Free E-Book!
  3. Meet the Guest Bloggers
  4. Here, Have a Stargate: Universe Season Two Trailer
  5. The Big Idea: S.A. Swann
  6. A Passing Thought
  7. The Upcoming Scalzi Hiatus: What You Need to Know
  8. Science Fiction Film Meets the Bechdel Test
  9. Droid X Day II: The Droidinationing
  10. Angry Red Sunset
  11. Marjorie M. Liu and Kelley Armstrong Have a Conversation About Writing
  12. Look! I Am Drawing Your Attention to These Things!
  13. The Big Idea: A.C.E. Bauer
  14. Droid X First Impressions
  15. As Required By the Internets
  16. Oooh
  17. What Hollywood Doesn’t Want to Hear Right About Now
  18. Sunday is For Counting One’s Fingers
  19. The Trouble With Mid-Career Advice
  20. And Now, a Completely Context-Free Quote From My Wife
  21. Today’s Cane Shaking On the Lawn: Apps
  22. Meanwhile, in the Land of Cats
  23. Also, Holy Crap, Harvey Pekar’s Dead
  24. Sherrod and Breitbart
  25. And Now, Some Complete Randomness
  26. Thinking (in Type) About Buzz, Inception and Predators
  27. Sunset, 7/20/10
  28. Reminder: Vote for the Hugos
  29. “The President’s Brain is Missing” Live at Tor.com; “After the Coup” Live at eBookstores
  30. The Big Idea: Anne Zouroudi
  31. From the “Disgusting Yet Fascinating” Drawer
  32. Wireless Giveaway: Act Quickly! (UPDATE: All Gone!)
  33. Coda
  34. Kodi Addendum
  35. Kodi, 1997 – 2010
  36. Where I Have Been, Revealed
  37. Where Have I Been
  38. Away From the Keyboard (Again!)
  39. It’s Not Dreamscape
  40. How to Read My New Short Story a Week Early
  41. The Big Idea: Alethea Kontis
  42. Away From the Keyboard, 7/12/10
  43. I Have No Time to Play Today, So Here’s a Picture of a Cat and Some Books
  44. Various and Sundry, 7/10/10
  45. SFWA and Night Shade Books
  46. Another Typical Day at the Scalzi Compound
  47. My Latest Thing
  48. The Big Idea: Karen Lord
  49. Today’s Small Thing Which Brought Me Such Joy
  50. For When You Want to Send an E-Mail to the SFWA President
  51. SciFi 70s Flashback!
  52. Hey, John, What Does the Front of Your House Look Like At the Moment?
  53. The Big Idea: Carrie Vaughn
  54. Mary Robinette Kowal Sneaks You a Peek at Her Debut Novel
  55. “Judge Sn” Review at San Francisco Book Review
  56. July 4th at the Scalzi Compound: A Visual Guide
  57. Status Check, Re: USA
  58. Just Arrived 7/3/10
  59. To the Anonymous Person Who Just Sent Me That Thing
  60. The Dark Object Has Arrived
  61. One Terrifying Way Being SFWA President is Changing My Life
  62. The Big Idea: Amelia Beamer
  63. Update on Wil Wheaton/John Scalzi Fan Fiction Contest
  64. An Entirely Sober Note to Begin MY REIGN OF TERROR My SFWA Presidency

June 2010

  1. Canadians! They’re Everywhere!
  2. The Full-Time SF Novelist: Probably Not as Endangered as You Think
  3. Summer Schedule + Upcoming Hiatus Announcement
  4. Just Arrived, 6/29/10
  5. Why, Yes, I Still Actually Buy Books
  6. The Big Idea: Larry Doyle
  7. My Autographing Policy
  8. Green Giveaway: Act Quickly! (UPDATE: All Gone Now)
  9. I’ll Tell You For the Last Time
  10. Scenes From a Summer Thunderstorm
  11. Hay Bales: A Sunday Photo Essay
  12. The Android’s Dream Wins the Kurd Lasswitz Preis
  13. Sunset 6/26/10
  14. What We’re Doing With Our Saturday
  15. I Have Houseguests!
  16. The Fantasy of Modern Technology, and the Reality
  17. Back in MY Day, We Got One Blog Post a Day, and We Called It THE NEWSPAPER
  18. The Big Idea: Meg Gardiner
  19. Spontaneously Appearing Cake: A Poll
  20. Unicorn Pegasus Kitten in Song Form
  21. Office in Progress
  22. Please Stand By
  23. Science Fiction Films and the Environment
  24. I Totally Have a Deadline Today
  25. And Now For Some Winsomely Winsome Music
  26. The Self-Awareness of Incompetence (or Lack Thereof)
  27. Repeat
  28. Joe Barton Just Wants to Have His Life Back
  29. Dude, I am HUGE in Germany + METAtropolis Review
  30. 15 Years
  31. The Big Idea: Nnedi Okorafor
  32. Dateiversary
  33. Book Sequels and the Likelihoods Thereof
  34. The Failure Mode of Clever
  35. 80s Science Fiction Films: Which Should Get the “Karate Kid” Treatment?
  36. One of the Better Questions I Ever Asked
  37. From the “Hey, This is Nice” Bin
  38. The Big Idea: Leanna Renee Hieber
  39. Hugo Voters Packet is Expanding
  40. Two Weeks to Viable Paradise Application Deadline
  41. The God Engines Available on Kindle; Other Electronic Formats Soon
  42. Taking the Weekend Off
  43. Quick Fanfic Contest Update
  44. The Big Idea: Michael Koryta
  45. My w00tstock Bit: Morning Announcements at the Lucas Interspecies School for Troubled Youth
  46. Final w00tstock Notes
  47. Six for Six!
  48. Athena’s Pickle Juice Adventure
  49. Sci-Fi Rides I’d Cruise In
  50. My METAtropolis “World Without Oil” Haiku Contest Winner
  51. The Big Idea: Stacia Kane
  52. Still Reading Haiku
  53. On When I’ll Announce My METAtropolis Contest Winner
  54. Appallingly Early Tuesday Update
  55. Reminder: METAtropolis Contests Final Day
  56. Prepping for w00tstock
  57. Up in the Air
  58. Saturday Update
  59. Jeanne Robinson
  60. Oh, Joy, More Travel
  61. The Enduring Power of Bacon Cat
  62. Wheaton/Scalzi Contest Addendum Entry Post Thing
  63. Good Luck, Paul Cornell And Pulse!
  64. The Big Idea: Ryk E. Spoor
  65. Post-Tornado Watch Clouds
  66. METAtropolis Contest, One of Five: Win the Tor Edition!
  67. Splice This
  68. I’m Alive
  69. Why, Yes, I DO Look Insufferably Smug Here, Don’t I
  70. Because the Fan Club Has Had Quite Enough of That “Patience” Nonsense
  71. About That Miranda Supreme Court Ruling
  72. Quick Note to Authors/Editors/Publicists Wanting a Big Idea Slot
  73. The Head of John Scalzi Demands Blood
  74. Revealing the Unicorn Pegasus Kitten + Sunday/Monday Recap

May 2010

  1. Oh Crap, I’m Connecting Through O’Hare
  2. Wil Wheaton/John Scalzi Fan Fiction Contest to Benefit the Lupus Alliance of America
  3. Oh, And…
  4. Status Update: Sunday Morning
  5. Status Update: Saturday Morning
  6. Status Update: Friday, Noonish
  7. The Nicest Sports Story You’ll Read Today
  8. The Big Idea: David J. Williams
  9. Public Art
  10. Off to Phoenix
  11. Sunset, 5/26/10
  12. German METAtropolis Cover
  13. The Big Idea: Robin Becker
  14. 3D Movie Prices — IN 3D!!!
  15. The Wife is Strangely Unconvinced I Will Return Her New iPad
  16. Once Upon a Time Judy Blume’s 401(k) Went Belly Up and George Lucas Wanted to Help
  17. Pictures, 5/24/10
  18. Apropos to Absolutely Nothing at All
  19. My Phoenix Comicon Schedule
  20. The Big Idea: Vicki Pettersson
  21. Off Today
  22. Just Arrived, 5/22/10
  23. Product Placement
  24. The Rand Paul Conundrum
  25. One Small Detail Regarding The Big Idea
  26. And What Does It Say About Me That My Response Is To Haul Out An Obscure 12″ Version of an Equally Obscure 80s Synth-Pop Song
  27. The Big Idea: Paolo Bacigalupi
  28. Today’s ZOMFG Moment
  29. Modern Marriage
  30. The Final Frontier, in Film and in Real Life
  31. Why “Punishing the Publisher” Usually Doesn’t
  32. For Those of You Who Missed the Live Show
  33. The Big Idea: Greg Van Eekhout
  34. Some Notes on Being Elected President of SFWA
  35. Also, to Catch Everyone Up Fully
  36. SciFi Birthday Wishes
  37. Quick Nebula Recap
  38. Busy Busy Busy
  39. The Big Idea: Alaya Johnson
  40. The Greatest Poll of All
  41. Jane Siberry Gives It Away
  42. Florida Book Signing This Friday
  43. In Shocking News, Popular Media Figure Makes Money
  44. The Big Idea: Holly Black
  45. Okay, That’s Vaguely Spooky
  46. Oh, Hey, Look, a Deadline
  47. The Big Idea: Guy Gavriel Kay
  48. 41
  49. The Last Picture of the 40-Year-Old Me
  50. The (New) New Keyboard
  51. The Wind Done Blowed
  52. Just Arrived, 5/8/10
  53. Very Vaguely Related to Previous Entries Today
  54. Thing I Did Today Some Might Think Out of Character (But Isn’t)
  55. Just Arrived, 5/7/10
  56. The Big Idea: Maurice Broaddus
  57. Various & Sundry, 5/6/10
  58. Iron Man 2 Questions
  59. The Big Idea: Ellen Datlow
  60. A Money Entry of Sorts
  61. Author Pokes Fanfic Hive! Film at 11!
  62. 2010 Hugo Voters Packet and AussieCon4 Online Registration Now Live
  63. Signed First Editions of The God Engines Available
  64. And Five Minutes After the Rainstorm
  65. Surprise Shower
  66. Input This
  67. The Big Idea: Jeri Smith-Ready
  68. One Of Those Small Ironies
  69. Back Home
  70. Hey, Look, It’s the Weekend

April 2010

  1. Asimov’s Accepting Electronic Submissions
  2. The Big Idea: Mira Grant
  3. Quick Romantic Times Recap
  4. Marjorie Liu’s New Video Game
  5. The New Desk
  6. Science Fiction Film Summer Preview
  7. Early Wednesday Morning Check In
  8. Today’s Good News
  9. Update on Me
  10. Two SFWA-Related Links
  11. The Big Idea: J.A. Pitts
  12. Today’s Thing I Just Don’t Quite Understand
  13. The New Netbook
  14. Toronto Recap
  15. Merril Update; More Travel
  16. The Big Idea: Leah Cypess
  17. In Toronto
  18. Your “Hey I’m Traveling” Pimp Thread
  19. Can Michael Bay Do Romantic Comedy?
  20. Heading Down Under
  21. MFAs, Writing and Teacher Guilt
  22. A Note I Probably Should Have Posted Prior to Wednesday
  23. The Big Idea: Pamela Ribon
  24. Just Arrived, 4/19/10
  25. Reminder: I’m in Toronto on Friday
  26. Taking Off the Weekend
  27. Two Quick Links for a Friday Afternoon
  28. The Big Idea: Vance Briceland
  29. Yet Another Reminder That When You Call Obama a Socialist Actual Socialists Think You’re Ignorant as a Gerbil
  30. Birthday Parties Come and Go But Therapy is Forever
  31. Questions for Orbit, Re: Its New Digital Short Fiction Program
  32. Just Arrived, 4/14/10
  33. Science Fiction Not From “SciFi Directors”
  34. The Cilantro Division
  35. And Now, A Brief Moment of Public Recognition (and Thanks)
  36. Fuzzy Nation Sold
  37. Today’s “Oh, Look, Spring” Moment
  38. So, Taxes
  39. The Big Idea: Ian Tregillis
  40. Fuzzy Addenda
  41. Just Arrived, 4/11/10
  42. Your Deep Thought For a Saturday
  43. eARCs: Big Fat PublicityFail
  44. By Request
  45. Speaking of Little Fuzzies
  46. The Big Idea: Heather Tomlinson
  47. Quick Fuzzy Nation Addendum
  48. The Super Secret Thing That I Cannot Tell You About, Revealed: Introducing Fuzzy Nation
  49. On How Many Times I Should Get Paid For a Book (By Readers)
  50. Film’s Most Successful SF Writer
  51. No, I Don’t Have One
  52. Yes, This
  53. State of Me
  54. The Big Idea: Susan Beth Pfeffer
  55. Hugo Thoughts, 2010
  56. 2010 Hugo Nominees
  57. Happy Easter
  58. What? We Can’t Use Slave Labor and Call It an Internship?!?
  59. Reminder: SG:U is Back! Tonight! At Nine! On Syfy!
  60. The Big Idea: Jetse de Vries
  61. Tom Becker
  62. Announcing the Announcement of Something: Or, Did You Know It’s April Fool’s Day?
  63. Fake 3D: An Extra Dimension of Suck?

March 2010

  1. In Some Ways Admirable, In Some Ways Delusional
  2. In Exile
  3. Today’s Strangely Compelling Silliness
  4. Final Nebula Vote Reminder
  5. The Big Idea: Dan Wells
  6. Just Arrived, 3/29/10
  7. Engaging in w00tstockery, June 7 in Minneapolis
  8. This Week’s Geek
  9. Reader Request Week 2010 #8: Short Bits
  10. Reader Request Week 2010 #7: Writery Bits
  11. Reader Request Week 2010 #6: Depression
  12. The Big Idea: Kelly O’Connor McNees
  13. Why Obama Scares Me (In A Good, Non-Tea Baggery Sort of Way)
  14. Reader Request Week 2010 #5: Rural Ohio, Revisited
  15. Column Moves; Living in Science Fiction Film Universes
  16. Reader Request Week 2010 #4: Quitting Writing
  17. Reader Request Week 2010 #3: How I Think
  18. Ooooh, Pretty
  19. The Big Idea: Tom Fowler
  20. Reader Request Week 2010 #2: Rewriting the Constitution
  21. I Can Say This Because He’s My Representative
  22. Reader Request Week 2010 #1: Christianity and Me
  23. Health Care Passage Thoughts
  24. Ever So Slightly Ridiculous
  25. Not Dead
  26. Peter Watts Update
  27. Just Arrived, 3/19/10
  28. A Veritable Festival of White Hot Linkages (and Stuff)
  29. Interview at The Nebula Awards Site
  30. Because I Know More of You Enjoy Phineas and Ferb Than Will Admit in Mixed Company
  31. Why Hollywood Gets the Future Wrong
  32. Reader Request Week 2010: Get Your Requests In!
  33. Messmaker, Messmaker, Make Me a Mess
  34. The Big Idea: Carrie Ryan
  35. The Slightly Less Temporary Temporary Office
  36. The New Office Floor
  37. The Temporary Office
  38. (Probably) Offline Until Tuesday
  39. The Definition of Last Minute
  40. In the Kingdom of the Worms
  41. My Floor, In Pre-Floor Form
  42. Oooh, Look, a Trailer for SG:U Upcoming Episodes
  43. New Colors
  44. Today’s Little Irony
  45. A Small Note Re: Response Times
  46. How Oscar Slipped Past Avatar
  47. For Paul and Storm Fans and Those Who Just Don’t Know They’re Fans Yet
  48. The Office Stripped Bare
  49. The Big Idea: Skyler White
  50. Just Arrived, 3/10/10
  51. My Office, In Handy Box Form
  52. Why Of Course I’ll Be Happy To Show You My Prom Picture
  53. Today’s Reminder of the Consistent Awesomeness of My Wife
  54. Amelia Beamer, Sex and Zombies, Serialized Fiction
  55. The Big Idea: Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist
  56. A Quick Note to Universal Home Entertainment
  57. Because People Ask: Book Acquisition Details
  58. Just Arrived, 3/8/10
  59. Monday Morning Housekeepery
  60. Your Oscar Night Open Thread
  61. My Ubiquity In Your Online Life: A Poll
  62. The Future Soon Now
  63. EBooks, Free, The Value Thereof
  64. The Big Idea: Teri Hall
  65. MilSFery
  66. Comments and Communities
  67. Final SF Oscar Thoughts
  68. Oscar and Me
  69. Just Arrived, 3/3/10
  70. The Big Idea: Blake Charlton
  71. Casting My (SFWA) Vote
  72. Micro(ish) Update
  73. Talk Amongst Yourselves
  74. Just Arrived, 3/1/10
  75. Your March Science Fictional Reminderations

February 2010

  1. Knowing When Not to Bigfoot Someone
  2. A Birthday Tune
  3. The Awesome Yet Terrifying Power of Abba Zaba
  4. TGE Review at SFReviews.net, Plus a Bonus Childhood Story
  5. The Big Idea: N.K. Jemisin
  6. Today’s Irony Twofer
  7. This Manuscript Hires People
  8. Handing You Off to Charlie Stross Today
  9. Technical Note Re: E-mail
  10. Video Games Into SF Movies
  11. Just Once I Wish I Could Have a Normal Picture of Me and My Daughter
  12. Zeus Works on His Cheshire Cat Trick
  13. The Big Idea: David Louis Edelman
  14. Signed Chapbook for Auction at “Con or Bust”
  15. Stargate Universe: I’m Back For Season Two
  16. The God Engines: Hugo Consideration Edition
  17. USA Today Piece on Science Fiction and the Oscars
  18. Just Arrived, 2/22/10
  19. The Big Idea: Robert McCammon
  20. One Star Reviews Revisited
  21. My Secret (Failed) Media Tie-In Past
  22. Interesting Note on Marriage in the United States
  23. Final God Engine First Editions — Signed! — at Subterranean Press
  24. Taking the Day Off
  25. Mustaches of Years Gone By
  26. And Now, a Nebula Awards Geek Out Moment
  27. 2009 Nebula Award Nominations
  28. Tough But Fair
  29. Nebula Award Nominations to Be Announced Tomorrow
  30. The Big Idea: Alex de Campi
  31. Inglourious Basterds: Is It Science Fiction?
  32. Just Arrived, 2/17/10
  33. From the “How Cool is This” Department
  34. Various & Sundry, 2/17/10
  35. The Cake That Refreshes
  36. Me Stuff, 2/16/10
  37. Athena Wishes You a Groovy Mardi Gras
  38. Just Arrived, 2/16/10
  39. The Big Idea: Alexey Pehov
  40. I Hereby Unilaterally Declare February 15th To Be International Grover Appreciation Day
  41. Yet Another Snow Day
  42. Today’s “Dogs! And Cats! Living Together!” Moment
  43. Sunset, 2/14/10
  44. Various & Sundry, 2/14/10
  45. Happy Valentine’s Day
  46. In the Words of Neo: Whoa.
  47. All Sorts of Wrong
  48. The Big Idea: Stephen Deas
  49. Just Arrived, 2/11/10
  50. Today’s Tale of Epic Cluelessness
  51. Winter Survival, Science Fiction Style
  52. Buzz Buzz Buzz
  53. My Evanescent Internet Fame
  54. John Scalzi Answers Mail, Generically
  55. New TGE Review, Plus Retailer Availability Update
  56. Ich Bin Gestucken
  57. And Now, the World’s Least Impressive Icicle
  58. For the Kodi Fans Out There
  59. Your Science Fiction Award Nomination Suggestions
  60. There’s Snow Place Like Home
  61. Up in the Air: An Open Pimp Thread
  62. View From the Getty
  63. In Other News, I’m Old
  64. Kindle Versions of My Books Now Back Online
  65. Oh, and About The God Engines
  66. Books Back on Amazon (But Not Kindle)
  67. The Big Idea: James Knapp
  68. And Now, The Obligatory View Out the Hotel Window
  69. A Technical Thing re: Amazon and My Tor Books
  70. Mission Accomplished
  71. Hey, You Know What
  72. Science Fiction Oscar Thoughts
  73. A Quick Interview of Me, By Me, To Catch Up With Everything Amazon
  74. Why In Fact Publishing Will Not Go Away Anytime Soon: A Deeply Slanted Play in Three Acts
  75. SFWA Has a Point to Make
  76. Back Naps For Hep Cats
  77. The Big Idea: Katharine Beutner
  78. A Note Re: Amazon Links in Big Idea Pieces
  79. Just Arrived, 2/2/10
  80. Initial Oscar Thoughts, 2010
  81. A Call For Author Support
  82. Just Arrived, 2/1/10
  83. Procedural Notes, 2/1/10
  84. And Now, For Those Who Need It, For Whatever Reason: A Picture of My Cat
  85. Seriously? Now They’re Just Being Dicks
  86. All The Many Ways Amazon So Very Failed the Weekend

January 2010

  1. Dear Amazon:
  2. RIP, Kage Baker
  3. In Which I Attempt Math — AND WIN!
  4. On a Personal Note
  5. It’s All About Timing
  6. A Quick Note On eBook Pricing and Amazon Hijinx
  7. Macmillan Books Gone Missing From Amazon
  8. Re: That “GOPers Are Nihilists” Comment of Mine
  9. The Intervention is Not Going Well
  10. Modeling Only the Finest in Pun-Based Geek Apparel
  11. A Musical Question On a Thursday Evening
  12. From the Whatever Archives: “Holden Caulfield in Middle Age”
  13. J.D. Salinger Dead
  14. State of the Union 2010
  15. The Big Idea: Sara Miles
  16. It Is a Good Day To Die!
  17. Meanwhile, On the Home Front, I Have Growing Suspicions My Male Cats Are Totally Gay
  18. Obligatory Quick Assessment of the iPad
  19. iPad Book Availability: No Idea
  20. Kage Baker
  21. Perhaps an Indication of How Far Into My Own Head I’ve Been the Last Several Days
  22. Quick Backend Note re: Comments
  23. LA Times Article on Science Fiction and the Oscars
  24. For the Deskgrazing Set
  25. The Big Idea: Margaret Ronald
  26. Dear The Internets: I Am Running For President of SFWA
  27. Meanwhile, On Instant Message, The Truth Emerges
  28. Bits, 1/25/10
  29. You Know —
  30. Weekend Update
  31. Zeus the Cat Confronts the Existential Conundrum of a Weekend Away From the Internet
  32. Inevitably Someone Will Complain About Being Called a “Larva”
  33. Apropos of Today’s Supreme Court Ruling
  34. The Big Idea: Josh Sundquist
  35. 3D Thoughts Plus AMC Notes
  36. Dude. Whoa. Just, Like, Whoa.
  37. Cherie Priest on Authorial Control
  38. A Reminder Regarding Political Prognostications
  39. Judge Sn: The Abridged Audio Version
  40. Political Thoughts Before Bed
  41. Brief Administrative Note Re: Deleted Comments
  42. Just Arrived, 1/19/10
  43. A Small Piece of Advice to Hopeful “Big Idea” Participants
  44. The Big Idea: Mark Teppo
  45. From the “Is There Nothing Sacred” Category
  46. Workspace Context
  47. Workspace
  48. Helping Shawn Powers
  49. Today Is Family Time Day
  50. Cult Pop Interview
  51. Today’s Observation on the Subject of Language
  52. Instant Podcast 1/15/10
  53. Things I Don’t Miss
  54. The Big Idea: Alan DeNiro
  55. Avatars, Blades, Spiders
  56. Sunset 1/12/10
  57. Agent Auf Deutsch
  58. Today’s Completely Context-Free Statement Which Will Make No Sense to Any Of You Now But Will Later, If You Remember It, Which You Probably Won’t
  59. Interviewing the Larbalestier Way
  60. Various & Sundry 1/12/10
  61. Just Arrived, 1/12/10
  62. The Big Idea: Patrick Lee
  63. A Small Request Re: Notifying Me About Typos
  64. Just Arrived, 1/11/10
  65. Possession is Nine Tenths of a Nap
  66. Shorter Joel Stein
  67. Frosty: The Snow, Man
  68. How Athena Spent Her Saturday
  69. That Takes Me Back
  70. TGE Soon at Borders; Taos Toolbox; Freer’s “Dragons”
  71. A Mildly Cranky Note to Would-Be Interviewers
  72. The Big Idea: Sarah A. Hoyt
  73. Producers, Science Fiction, Oscars
  74. Special Guest Cat
  75. Just Arrived, 1/6/10
  76. “The Big Idea” Open Call to Publicists, Editors and Authors
  77. The 2010 Award Pimpage Post
  78. Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Out in Trade Paperback
  79. Hey, You
  80. Quick God Engines Shipping Update
  81. Viable Paradise Writing Workshop Accepting Applications
  82. Housekeepery and Blog Neepery
  83. New Year’s Vacation
  84. Five Years of OMW and SF
  85. Hello, 2010

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