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December 2013

  1. Miscellaneous Pictures, 2013
  2. Whatever Top Posts, 2013 Plus Thoughts on 2014
  3. 2013: Year of the Asshole
  4. The Big Idea: Shannon Page
  5. What’s On Tap for 2014
  6. Athena & Kristine, 2013
  7. My 2013: A Quick Recap
  8. The Scalzi Pets, 2013
  9. The Big Idea: Jason Fry
  10. End of the Year Thoughts on: NSA and Privacy
  11. The Sunsets of 2013
  12. Hey, It’s Christmas!
  13. Whatever Best of 2013
  14. Fifteen
  15. Midnight Star: Join the Site!
  16. The Big Idea: Timothy S. Johnston
  17. A Hallowed Tradition
  18. What We Did With Our Saturday
  19. I’m Alive
  20. On Being the Best, Or Not
  21. Targets of Opportunism
  22. The Death of the Blog, Again, Again
  23. You Should See the Other Guy
  24. Loathing is a Strong Word to Apply to One’s Self
  25. Still Life with Guitars and Ukuleles
  26. The Speculative Literature Foundation Announces a Working Class Writer Grant
  27. One For the Fan Club
  28. The Flag in Winter
  29. RIP, Peter O’Toole
  30. Book Signing is Done
  31. What I’ve Written In
  32. Jogging in the Snowfall
  33. While I Am Out and About, a Question to Keep You Occupied
  34. William Beckett in the House
  35. Last Day to Order Signed/Personalized Books From Me for the Holidays
  36. Sunset, 12/11/13
  37. Don’t Live For Your Obituary
  38. Francis and Snowden (and Time Magazine)
  39. Interview with Audible.com
  40. And Now, Just in Time For Your Afternoon Lull, Dogs! In Snow!
  41. And Now Three Things I Wish to Tell You About
  42. The Clayton Memorial Medical Fund Could Use a Hand
  43. The Counteract a Bigot Fund Drive Final Tally: Get Your Donations Ready!
  44. Off for the Day
  45. Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2013, Day Five: Charities
  46. RIP, Nelson Mandela
  47. Today’s Self-Interested Reminder
  48. Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2013, Day Four: Fan Favorites!
  49. Print/Digital, Part the Whatevereth
  50. Samuel R. Delany: Grand Master of Science Fiction
  51. Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2013, Day Three: Arts, Crafts, Music and More
  52. Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2013, Day Two: Non-Traditionally Published Books
  53. Lock In Afterthoughts
  54. Quick Note re: Dec/Jan Big Ideas
  55. Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2013, Day One: Traditionally Published Books
  56. As It Is December Now, I Can Post Christmas Music, So Here’s Mark Nevin
  57. Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2013 Starts Tomorrow!

November 2013

  1. Early Notice
  2. This Small Business Saturday, A Reminder
  3. Today’s Picture, 11/30/13
  4. Somewhat Appropriate Music for the Day
  5. Lock In, Super Finished
  6. Today’s Picture, 11/29/13
  7. Another Picture for Thanksgiving Day
  8. Today’s Picture, 11/28/13
  9. Lock In, Locked In
  10. Today’s Photo, 11/27/13
  11. Today’s Picture, 11/26/13
  12. Today’s Picture, 11/25/13
  13. Today’s Picture, 11/24/13
  14. Today’s Picture, 11/23/13
  15. Today’s Picture, 11/22/13
  16. Today’s Picture, 11/21/13
  17. The Big Idea: Mary Anne Mohanraj
  18. Reminder: I’m Totally on a Deadline
  19. Fuzzy Nation is the Number One Audiobook on Amazon Today
  20. Today’s Picture, 11/20/13
  21. Metatropolis Trade Paperback Out; More on Midnight Star; Reminder about Holiday Books
  22. Today’s Picture, 11/19/13
  23. The Difference a Day Makes
  24. Two Quick Things
  25. Today’s Picture, 11/18/13
  26. Holy Crap, We’ve Got Dragons
  27. A Less Than Universally Helpful Tip
  28. Today’s Picture, 11/17/13
  29. Today’s Picture, 11/16/13
  30. Quick Note About the Google Books Thing
  31. Today’s Picture, 11/15/13
  32. Reminder: Appearance at Bradford, OH Library, Saturday, 10am
  33. Today’s Picture, 11/14/13
  34. The Big Idea: Nicola Griffith
  35. As My Mailbox Is Filling Up About This, I Guess I Should Put This Here, Too
  36. Today’s Picture, 11/13/13
  37. RT Reviewers Choice Award Nomination + Goodreads Semifinals
  38. Today’s Picture, 11/12/13
  39. How to Get Signed and Personalized Scalzi Books for the Holidays, 2013
  40. Today’s Picture, 11/11/13
  41. Small Commenting Change
  42. Veteran’s Day
  43. The Creation Museum, Six Years On
  44. Today’s Picture, 11/10/13
  45. Today’s Picture, 11/9/13
  46. The Campbell/Hugo Conversion Rate
  47. Today’s Picture, 11/8/13
  48. “The Tale of the Wicked” in the 21st Century Science Fiction anthology
  49. Two November Events: Bradford, OH 11/16, and Highland Heights, KY 11/20
  50. Today’s Picture, 11/7/13
  51. The Big Idea: Sean Williams
  52. Your Evening’s Deep Cut From the ’80s
  53. Today’s Picture, 11/6/13
  54. Cover Reveal: Lock In
  55. November’s Experiment
  56. Today’s Photo, 11/5/13
  57. Vote For Someone Else for the First Round of the Goodreads Choice Awards 2013
  58. The Big Idea: Ryk E. Spoor
  59. Quick Note to the Americans
  60. Today’s Photo, 11/4/13
  61. The Big Idea: Beth Bernobich
  62. How You Know You’ve Arrived As an Author, 2013 Edition
  63. Today’s Photo, 11/3/13
  64. Today’s Photo, 11/2/13
  65. Today’s Photo 11/1/13
  66. Off To Chicago

October 2013

  1. Ender’s Game, Profit Participation, Box Office
  2. Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have Achieved Maximum Autumn
  3. Halloween, 2013
  4. The Big Idea: Max Gladstone
  5. Why I Wear What I Do
  6. The Big Idea: Richard Kadrey
  7. The Big Idea: Wesley Chu
  8. Sunset, 10/28/13
  9. Fall and Frost Shadows
  10. Ten Additional Things I Have Done That You (Probably) Haven’t
  11. Cover of the Japanese Language Edition of The Human Division
  12. RIP, Lou Reed
  13. Prepping For the Dinner Party
  14. An Important Message From John Scalzi’s Brain
  15. New Books and ARCs, 10/24/13
  16. The Big Idea: T.L. Morganfield
  17. Meet Laser Jackson
  18. Seriously, October, WTF
  19. Video Game Update: New Name, New Sneak Preview
  20. And Now a Word From Pope Francis, On the Matter of Ideology
  21. The Big Idea: Tim Pratt
  22. Audio Interview of Me at Geeky Pleasures
  23. Congratulations New Jersey
  24. Confirming Two Things for Wikipedia
  25. The Whole “Mark Reads The Android’s Dream”
  26. Today’s New Books and ARCs, 10/18/13
  27. The Aftermess
  28. The Big Idea: Nicholas Kaufmann
  29. Question for the Crowd: Who Writes Like Me?
  30. Metatropolis: Green Space Out Today + Metatropolis Trade PB On the Way
  31. The John Picacio 2014 Calendar Kickstarter
  32. The Big Idea: Caroline Frechette
  33. The 10 SF/F Works That Meant the Most to Me
  34. Today’s Installment of Those Crazy Neighbors
  35. Saturday Is For Deep and Meaningful Contemplation Of One’s Toes
  36. #GentlerHorrorFilms
  37. When Will I Be Turned Upon?
  38. Democrats: Don’t Get Too Excited For 2014
  39. New Books and ARCs, 10/10/13
  40. The Big Idea: Anton Strout
  41. At Unbearable At-ness of “@”
  42. All Hail Mayonnaise
  43. How the Shutdown Affects Me
  44. Spinning Boehner
  45. Five Years on WordPress VIP
  46. Venus and the Crescent Moon
  47. Eugie Foster Could Use a Little Help
  48. Two Notes on November Big Ideas and General Posting Schedules
  49. Sunset in a Pumpkin Sky
  50. Off For the Weekend
  51. The Gamma Rabbit Hand Puppet Finds a New Home
  52. Today’s Books and ARCs, 10/3/13
  53. Kaiju: Mangina!
  54. On a Lighter Note
  55. Why The ACA Matters to Me
  56. The Big Idea: Alethea Kontis
  57. But, John, Don’t You Have Anything to Say About the Government Shutdown?
  58. 2014 Appearance Schedule Updates + GaymerX2 Boss of Honor
  59. The Big Idea: Ann Leckie

September 2013

  1. So Long, September
  2. Today’s Cryptic Statement
  3. The Big Idea: Adam Mansbach
  4. And Now: Gamma Rabbit, the Hand Puppet
  5. Today’s Question for the Crowd: Your Most Boring Dream
  6. And Here’s a Stick Bug Just Hanging Out on the Side of My Garage
  7. Running Errands and/or Fighting Crime
  8. The Most Important Poll You Will Take On This Site Today
  9. The Big Idea: Steven Brust and Skyler White
  10. Why I Don’t Comment on Everything
  11. The Value of Negative Reviews
  12. The Big Idea: Brandon Sanderson
  13. Hungarian Cover of Zoe’s Tale
  14. Love Song For Internet Trolls
  15. The Big Idea: V.E. Schwab
  16. Popular Science Kills Online Comments
  17. New Books and ARCs, 9/24/13
  18. Hey! Have an Open Promotional Thread!
  19. A Reminder Regarding Off-Topic Comments
  20. Boehner’s Primary Challenger
  21. Lauren Beukes Presents The Spark
  22. Strange Horizons: Why You Should Support It
  23. An Awesome Picture of Our Pet Spider
  24. On Charging for Kaffeeklatches
  25. First Day of Fall, 2013
  26. Last Sunset of Summer, 2013
  27. My Local Bookstore is the Coolest
  28. Off to Buy Shoes
  29. My Brain is Mashed Potatoes Today, So Here is a Picture of a Spiderweb in the Wheel Well of a ’29 Ford
  30. The Big Idea: Alexandra Coutts
  31. My Friend Deven the Talking Head
  32. Electronic Version of The Mallet of Loving Correction Now Available
  33. The Big Idea: Jaime Lee Moyer
  34. Speech, Conversation, Debate, Engagement, Communication
  35. New Books and ARCs, 9/16/13
  36. How To Make Pictures Like Me
  37. Some Pictures From the Weekend
  38. We Have Houseguests
  39. Sunset, 9/13/13
  40. 30 Million Views
  41. Comment Thoughts, 9/13/13
  42. The Mallet of Loving Correction: Now Out! Muse of Fire: Now Out! Plus: 15 Years!
  43. 2013 Hugo Ceremony Now Up at Ustream
  44. #UnFactCheckedScalzi
  45. The Big Idea: Paolo Bacigalupi
  46. New Books and ARCs, 9/10/13
  47. Authors, Editors, Publicists and Publishers: The Big Idea has Updated Guidelines
  48. Updated Redshirts Cover
  49. The Big Idea: Doug Sharp
  50. A Quiz Based on My Recent Activity Or Lack Thereof
  51. Redshirts is Audible’s “Daily Deal” For 9/9/13
  52. A New Hypothesis, Regarding the Dudebros
  53. Your 2013 Best Novel Hugo Nominees, In All Their Quiet Dignity
  54. About That Last Post
  55. Big Idea Guidelines
  56. First Review For The Mallet of Loving Correction
  57. RIP, Ann Crispin
  58. Some Final Hugo-Related Thoughts
  59. The Big Idea: David Hair
  60. “Mark Reads Stuff” Does “The Android’s Dream”
  61. The Big Idea: John Barnes
  62. The Hugo, At Home
  63. Peter F. Hamilton Has a Charity Auction For You. Yes, YOU.
  64. Me and the Missus, 9/1/13
  65. Aside From That, Mr. Scalzi, How Was the Rest of Worldcon?
  66. Hugo Thoughts, 2013
  67. The Big Idea: Gwenda Bond
  68. Hey, I Won the Best Novel Hugo.
  69. Having a Great Time at Worldcon

August 2013

  1. Busy at Worldcon
  2. Ten Years In Conventions
  3. Genuine & Counterfeit
  4. To Folks Waiting to Hear About September/October Big Idea Slots
  5. Sunset 8/28/13
  6. Today’s New Books and ARCs, 8/28/13
  7. Various Thoughts on Online Comments
  8. I’m in the Guardian’s “Status Update” Feature Today
  9. The Big Idea: Benedict Jacka
  10. To The Dudebro Who Thinks He’s Insulting Me by Calling Me a Feminist
  11. Storm Clouds, 8/21/13
  12. Sunset, 8/24/13
  13. The Dog Days of Summer
  14. Underwhelming Technology: Touchscreens
  15. Today Jay Lake Has Good Advice For You
  16. The Korean Covers for The Human Division
  17. Today’s New Books and ARCs, 8/22/13
  18. About the News or Lack Thereof
  19. Ooooh, a Scary Godmother Doll Kickstarter
  20. Not Dead
  21. The Mallet Has Landed
  22. These Are a Few Of My Favorite Things, On Tiers
  23. Interview in the San Antonio Express-News
  24. My LoneStarCon 3 Schedule
  25. My Dad Went to GenCon and All I Got Was This Actually Pretty Darn Nice Hat
  26. New and Upcoming Books, 8/16/12
  27. Here, Have a Spontaneous Podcast
  28. Sunset, 8/15/13
  29. Storify, Stalkers and Terms of Service
  30. I Have Nothing to Say Today So Here’s a Picture of My Dog
  31. New Books and ARCs, 8/14/13
  32. For No Particular Reason At All, This Song Seems Strangely Appropriate Today
  33. My Photo Tools, 2013
  34. The Big Idea: Michael J. Martinez
  35. First Day of School, 2013
  36. Interview in the Dayton Daily News
  37. Today’s Glimpse Into the Incredibly Glamorous Life of a Writer, 8/10/13
  38. This Whole Last Week of Whatever, Encapsulated in a Single Meme
  39. No, Actually, Let’s Keep the Fan Categories at the Hugos
  40. The Big Idea: Kat Richardson
  41. 50K Twitter Thoughts
  42. Athena/Athena by Molly Crabapple
  43. The Fatberg Saga, By John Scalzi and Paul Sabourin
  44. The Big Idea: Jim C. Hines
  45. Pro Writing, Quizzes, Process and End Result
  46. A Creator’s Note to “Gatekeepers”
  47. The “I Fully Expect Abuse” Gambit
  48. The Big Idea: Chuck Wendig
  49. There Shall Your Heart Be Also
  50. For Those of You Who Were Waiting For Me to Say Something About Anthony Weiner and/or Bob Filner
  51. The Big Idea: Jason M. Hough
  52. Welcome to August, Worldcon Notes, Etc

July 2013

  1. I Call This “Four Views of the Same Man in Need of a Haircut”
  2. Reminder: Vote for Hugos by Midnight, Central Time
  3. Polygon Takes a Look at Morning Star
  4. Queenie Needs a New Home
  5. Today’s Time Waster: Literary Figure Collective Nouns
  6. Novel Writing and Related Topics FAQ
  7. Because I Just Went and Saw “The Wolverine,” My Top Ten List of Comic Book Films
  8. The Big Idea: Adam Schrager
  9. Heads Up On Picture Outage, 7/25
  10. Fuzzy Nation Nominated for Spain’s Premios Ignotus
  11. Athena in Black and White
  12. Geek Girls: Meet Your New Anthem
  13. Crabapples, 7/22/13
  14. Flow Sweetly, Hang Heavy
  15. Oh My God Look What Today’s Thunderstorm Did to the Trampoline
  16. The Android’s Dream Wins the Seiun Award
  17. Today’s Reader Participation Post: Rank My Novels
  18. The Big Idea: Chris Kluwe
  19. Boycotts, Creators and Me
  20. Note of Interest to Those Who Follow This Blog Via RSS
  21. And Now, Here I Am in a Regency Dress
  22. Your Semi-Obligatory Reminder Regarding Hugo Voting
  23. Meanwhile, Down at the Farm
  24. Real Cost of Living
  25. Go On a Quest With Me, Patrick Rothfuss, Jim C. Hines and Mary Robinette Kowal
  26. Me and Neil “Cyberman” Gaiman
  27. Back From Lexington
  28. The Hungarian Cover for “The Last Colony”
  29. One Thousand Co-signers
  30. A Sneak Peek at Morning Star Alpha
  31. And Now, the First Line of the Current Work in Progress
  32. Today’s Music Most of You Have Probably Not Ever Heard
  33. Thoughts on the Chromebook
  34. What Passes For Wisdom at the Scalzi Compound
  35. Convention Harassment Policy Follow-Up
  36. Hey, Kids! SciFi Comedy Improv!
  37. Happy 4th of July
  38. My Convention Harassment Policy Co-Sign Thread
  39. My New Convention Harassment Policy
  40. New Books and ARCs, 7/2/13
  41. The Pride of Erie, PA: “(I Know You Kinda) Hate Me”
  42. The Big Idea: Django Wexler
  43. The Locus Award at Home
  44. Dear the Internets: I Am No Longer President of SFWA

June 2013

  1. Back to Ohio
  2. If You’re Seeing This Post, Then Redshirts Has Won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
  3. The Crossposting Penumbra
  4. Reporting Harassment at a Convention: A First-Person How To
  5. Hanging Out in the Gray City
  6. The Big Idea: Jason Sheehan
  7. The Big Idea: David Nickle
  8. Ding Dong, DOMA’s Dead (and So is Prop 8)
  9. Note About Big Idea Pieces for July
  10. New Books and ARCs, 6/15/13
  11. The Big Idea: Madeline Ashby
  12. Announcement: July To Be (Mostly) Vacation Month
  13. My Brain is Apparently Taking a Vacation Day
  14. Zeus Tries Out the New Recliner
  15. The New, Somewhat Ridiculous Chair
  16. My Brain is Mush at the Moment, So Here’s Another Totally Awesome SNAILQUAKE Poster For You
  17. Enjoying It While It Lasts
  18. For Future Reference: SnailQuake Art
  19. The Big Idea: Ramsey Hootman
  20. Guilt, Mine, and Paying It Forward, Me
  21. Subterranean Press Publisher Copy Sale: Proceeds to RAINN
  22. Audio Interviews With Me
  23. Jane Yolen Goes eBook-ish
  24. Meanwhile, Over at Industrial Toys, They’re Talking About Story in Video Games
  25. 18 Years
  26. The Results of the Carl Brandon Society Pledge Matching
  27. Back Home From Cleveland
  28. Off To Cleveland
  29. Cleveland/Woodmere! Come See Me Saturday, 2pm at the Woodmere Barnes & Noble
  30. Officially Out Of Print
  31. Me, June 14, 2013
  32. Pledge Matching Today For the Carl Brandon Society
  33. The Big Idea: Will McIntosh
  34. Oh My Dear Lord, It’s a Video of My Band From High School
  35. New Look Update
  36. DON’T PANIC: Changing Designs
  37. Dayton: See Me Thursday, 7pm, Books & Co in Beavercreek! Plus: Chinese Books
  38. How My Daughter Is Spending Summer Vacation
  39. The Big Idea: David J. Schwartz
  40. My 8,00th Post*
  41. Rainbow, 6/11/13
  42. Catching Up on Books and ARCs, Part 4
  43. The Big Idea: Jim Ottaviani
  44. Nexus 10 at the Scalzi Compound
  45. Catching Up on Books and ARCs, Part 3
  46. Participate In and/or Donate To the Clarion 2013 Write-a-Thon
  47. Iain Banks, RIP
  48. Hey, Look, the Gag Reel For the Forbidden Island Episode of Tabletop
  49. Hey Scalzi, Don’t You Have Anything Angry to Say About That PRISM Thing?
  50. Catching Up on Books and ARCs, Part 2
  51. I Need a Better Class of Panicked Dude Leaving Comments
  52. The Big Idea: Bradley P. Beaulieu
  53. A Public Announcement of Critical Import
  54. Catching Up on Books and ARCs, Part 1
  55. Me (and Other SF/F Authors) at ALA in Chicago
  56. View From the Hotel Window, Old Timey Edition
  57. Holy Crap, It’s Already 11
  58. Lexington! Me! You! Wednesday! Joseph-Beth Books! 7pm!
  59. The Big Idea: Lauren Beukes
  60. My Daughter’s Transistor Radio
  61. Oh, Yeah, About That Contest
  62. Cincinnati! Tour Event Tuesday, June 4, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 7pm!
  63. Why, Yes, I’ll Have a Cat Pic Today, Thanks
  64. Presidential Statement on the SFWA Bulletin, June 2, 2013
  65. Back From Tour Updates and Housekeeping
  66. Sunset, 6/1/13
  67. SFWA Announcement Re: Bulletin Task Force

May 2013

  1. In Case You Missed It On Twitter
  2. Headed Home
  3. For Everyone Who Ever Asked Me When I Was Going to Be On “Tabletop”: NOW.
  4. The Big Idea: Michael Marshall Smith
  5. Atlanta/Decatur: See Me Thursday! 7pm! Eagle Eye Book Shop!
  6. In Which I Interview Matthew Stover
  7. Raleigh: See Me at Quail Ridge Books, Wednesday, 7:30!
  8. Priest, Sykes, Hieber, Dawson, Hearne and Me, Blathering Randomly for an Hour
  9. The Big Idea: Mur Lafferty
  10. The Human Division Hardcover Extras: Now Available Electronically (and Free!)
  11. Not the View From My Hotel Window, Memphis Edition
  12. Memphis! Come See Me at The Booksellers at Laurel Wood TUESDAY 6pm!
  13. In Which Cracked.com Does a Follow-up On “Straight White Male”
  14. Troll, Scalzi, Mallet, Gamma Rabbit
  15. Hello From Phoenix Comic Con
  16. Phoenix/Scottsdale: I’m At the Poisoned Pen, Saturday, 5pm!
  17. I’m Alive
  18. Madison! I’m at A Room Of One’s Own TOMORROW, 4pm! Note the Time!
  19. Amazon’s Kindle Worlds: Instant Thoughts
  20. The Big Idea: Rhiannon Held
  21. Gosh, We’re All Really Impressed Down Here I Can Tell You
  22. Portland! Brace Yourself, For I Shall Arrive! Tomorrow! 7pm! Powell’s in Beaverton!
  23. Seattle! Come See Me TODAY, 7pm, University Temple United Methodist Church!
  24. The Big Idea: Madeleine Robins
  25. Two SFWA Presidents
  26. Nebula Award Winners!
  27. A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
  28. RT Book Reviews Video Interview; IGMS Review of THD
  29. View From a Hotel Window: San Jose
  30. Hey! Mass SF/F Signing! Tomorrow! San Jose! 5:30 – 7:30! With Me!
  31. Brace Yourselves, Internet, For the Unremitting Onslaught of SEXY
  32. South Bay: I Am At Book, Inc’s Mountain View Store Tomorrow at 7pm!
  33. Paul Di Filippo Writes Up The Human Division for Barnes and Noble Review
  34. My Superpower, Which Happens to Be Useful For My Book Tour
  35. Reminder: Tomorrow, San Francisco, Borderlands Books, 7pm
  36. Reminder on Getting Signed Human Divisions + Thoughts on Dan Brown
  37. The Human Division Hardcover (and Compiled eBook and Audio Editions): Now Out!
  38. Dear Los Angeles: My Tour Officially Starts in You Tomorrow, 7:30, Mysterious Galaxy Redondo Beach!
  39. The Big Idea: Chelsea Pitcher
  40. Sunday Sunday Sunday
  41. How To Pack For a Three Week Book Tour
  42. View From the Hotel Window, 5/10/13
  43. Reminder: San Diego! Tomorrow! Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore! 2pm!
  44. The Big Idea: Ryk E. Spoor
  45. 44
  46. If You Pre-Ordered The Human Division From Jay & Mary’s (And If You Didn’t)
  47. Tour’s Eve
  48. A Quick Note to Publicists/Editors/Authors About Pulling Quotes from Big Idea Intros
  49. Redshirts a Finalist for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
  50. Busy With a Deadline Today, So Keep Yourself Busy With This Question
  51. The Human Division Review at GeekExchange
  52. The Big Idea: Christian Schoon
  53. The Heretical Thumbs Up: The iPad as Camera
  54. Today’s New Books and ARCs, 5/6/13
  55. Back From the RT Booklovers’ Convention
  56. Obligatory I Am Not Dead Post
  57. SFWA Election Results
  58. Having a Fine Time at RT Booklover’s Convention
  59. Man Leaves Internet; Is Still Himself
  60. The Big Idea: Delilah S. Dawson
  61. RT Booklovers Convention Schedule + Human Division Review in RT
  62. First of May! Time for a Contest! To Win an ARC of The Human Division!

April 2013

  1. Meet the Renfield
  2. Some Pictures of the Crabapple Tree For You
  3. The Big Idea: Wesley Chu
  4. Fiddly Administrative Post on the Next Several Weeks
  5. The German Cover to The Human Division
  6. The Human Division Hardcover in the House
  7. The Big Idea: Martin Berman-Gorvine
  8. Final Reminder for The Human Division Preorder
  9. Today’s View Out a Hotel Window
  10. It’s Friday! Time for Reminders!
  11. Your Midday Cat Picture
  12. I Have Stuff To Do Today, So Here’s Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s New Album
  13. Rainbow, 4/24/13
  14. My Weekend Schedule at C2E2 and University of Chicago
  15. The Lowest Difficulty Setting as Teaching Tool
  16. Me at the Guardian and LA Times
  17. The Big Idea: Josin McQuein
  18. Big Idea Gender Breakdown
  19. Reminder About Signed Books From Jay & Mary’s Plus a Plea to Those Going to My Tour Events
  20. Yardwork, 4/23/13
  21. Kitchen After, 4/23/13
  22. Today’s Books, 4/22/13
  23. The Big Idea: Brian McClellan
  24. Sunday Sunday Sunday
  25. How I Keep Myself Amused on Long Flights
  26. Question for Your Saturday
  27. View From My Hotel, 4/19/13
  28. Pre-order Signed, Personalized Human Division Hardcovers from Jay & Mary’s Book Center
  29. The Big Idea: Sofia Samatar
  30. Some Unhappy News About Joe Hill and John Scalzi in San Francisco
  31. Gamma Rabbit T-Shirt Donation Update
  32. What To Get The Birthday Girl Who Has Everything
  33. 13 for 13
  34. Kitchen During, 4/17/13
  35. The Problem With Being a Lucid Dreamer
  36. And Now, A Small Example of What a Generation Gap Looks Like
  37. Kitchen Before, 4/17/13
  38. My Appearance Schedule This Weekend at the LA Times Festival of Books
  39. The Big Idea: Paul Cornell
  40. Blossoms With Bee
  41. Breaking Out the Emergency Cat Picture
  42. Apologies: What, When and How
  43. Reminder: Last Day to Vote For the Locus Awards
  44. Reader Request Week 2013 Recap
  45. Reader Request Week 2013 #10: Short Bits
  46. Overthinking, Done Poorly and At Length
  47. Reader Request Week 2013 #9: Women and Geekdom
  48. New Books and ARCs, 4/12/13
  49. Joe Hill & I Teaming Up for Two Shows in San Francisco, May 15
  50. Reader Request Week 2013 #8: Whatever Topics and Comments
  51. The Big Idea: Shana Mlawski
  52. Me Interviewing Joe Hill for Booktalk Nation: The Video
  53. Reader Request Week 2013 #7: Books and My Kid
  54. Reader Request Week 2013 #6: Intuition
  55. Redshirts Wins RT Reviewer’s Choice Award
  56. Hey, Wanna See Something?
  57. On the Matter of the Extra Material in the Hardcover of The Human Division
  58. The Locus Award Poll: Get Your Vote In
  59. Reader Request Week 2013 #5: How to Be a Good Fan
  60. The Big Idea: Russell Davis
  61. Spam Storm
  62. Stand Back, I’m Going to Brag on My Kid
  63. Reader Request Week 2013 #4: College Education (And Costs Therein)
  64. Reader Request Week 2013 #3: Guilty Pleasures
  65. The Human Division Serial Run Reader Thoughts and Kvetches Thread
  66. The Human Division, Episode Thirteen: Earth Below, Sky Above is Now Live + An Announcement About the Future
  67. Reader Request Week 2013 #2: Regrets
  68. Reader Request Week 2013 #1: Further Thoughts on Fame and Success
  69. Hey, Whatcha Readin’?
  70. Taking Saturday Off
  71. See Me Interview Joe Hill For Booktalk Nation, April 11, 7pm EST
  72. My Hugo Nomination (and Other Hugo-Related Thoughts)
  73. Human Division Review on SFReviews.net
  74. Roger Ebert, RIP
  75. Caught Up With April/May Big Ideas
  76. Reader Request Week 2013: Get Your Requests In!
  77. The Big Idea: Guy Gavriel Kay
  78. Look! The Cover to The Mallet of Loving Correction!
  79. Shadow War, The Musical: Update
  80. Iain M. Banks
  81. The Android’s Dream Nominated for the Seiun Award
  82. Note: E-Mail Choking
  83. The Big Idea: Mary Robinette Kowal
  84. The Human Division, Episode Twelve: The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads is Now Live
  85. Redshirts Nominated for the Kurd Laßwitz Preis
  86. Big Idea House Keeping Notice Addendum
  87. Addressing the Rumors

March 2013

  1. Happy Easter
  2. Redshirts Nominated for the Best Novel Hugo Award + Hugo Nomination Slate
  3. XPS 12 Two Week Update
  4. Note to SFWA Members re: Nebula Voting
  5. Reminder: Last Three Days to Get Your Gamma Rabbit T-Shirt
  6. I Think This Should Be Obvious
  7. The Human Division Tour: Official Itinerary
  8. The Big Idea: Will Ludwigsen
  9. Big Idea Housekeeping Notice
  10. The Big Idea: Adam Christopher
  11. Sunset, 3/26/13
  12. Today’s New Book Arrivals
  13. The Big Idea: David Walton
  14. The Human Division, Episode Eleven: A Problem of Proportion is Now Live
  15. Apropos of an Earlier Entry Today
  16. Awesome Neighbor is Awesome
  17. Possibly The Last Snow Day of the Season
  18. Meanwhile in Ohio
  19. In Which I Invent the Word “Phlegmnation.”
  20. Sunday New Books and ARCs
  21. Spring, Evidently Unsprung
  22. My Alternate Workspace
  23. Another Saturday Pile of Books
  24. A Petition All Of Us Can Get Behind, Except Vegetarians and Observant Members of at Least a Few Major Religions and Maybe Also People Who Never Got Over Watching the Movie “Babe”
  25. The Big Idea: Jane Yolen (and Adam Stemple)
  26. Your Friday Cat Picture
  27. Two Simple Observations, Regarding Women
  28. The Big Idea: Moses Gates
  29. In Case You’re Wondering
  30. Why, No, You Can’t Write a Guest Post Here
  31. Dell XPS 12 Two-Day Thoughts
  32. The Big Idea: Chandler Klang Smith
  33. Steubenville and CNN and the Rest
  34. The Human Division, Episode Ten: This Must Be the Place is Now Live!
  35. Meet the Replacement
  36. Reminder: Get Your Gamma Rabbit T-Shirts While They’re Here
  37. What I Did at Engadget Expand
  38. While I’m Away, An Open Promotion Thread
  39. The Big Idea: Deb Taber
  40. Various and Sundry, 3/14/13
  41. The Mallet of Loving Correction Available for Preorder at Subterranean Press
  42. Reminder: I’m at Engadget Expand This Weekend + at RT Booklovers Convention in May
  43. The Big Idea: Jen Larsen
  44. A Brief Note on Recent Events
  45. An Alternate View of Royalty-Only Models
  46. Immediate Thoughts on the Random House eBook Imprint Contract Changes
  47. Random House Makes Changes to Hydra/Alibi Contracts
  48. The Human Division, Episode Nine: The Observers is Now Live
  49. Who Will Be the Next Douglas Adams? Hopefully, Nobody
  50. A Public Service Announcement, Via Twitter
  51. Ayelet Waldman and I Discuss Used eBooks at PBS’ MediaShift
  52. A Compilation Of the Week’s Rabble Rousings on Contracts and Advances
  53. First Full Reviews of The Human Division Are Out
  54. New Writers, eBook Publishers, and the Power to Negotiate
  55. Final Reminder: Something Something Hugo Nominations Something Something
  56. Off To The Library
  57. Your Saturday Pile of New Books/ARCs: In Two Parts!
  58. Thank Zeus It’s Friday
  59. And Now, a Mildly Self-Serving Reminder to Potential Hugo Nominators
  60. Advances and Me
  61. SFWA Responds to Random House
  62. Random House’s Letter re: Hydra
  63. Raptors at the Fences
  64. The Big Idea: Deb Coates
  65. A Contract From Alibi
  66. Note to SF/F Writers: Random House’s Hydra Imprint Has Appallingly Bad Contract Terms
  67. Winter’s (Hopefully) Last Fling
  68. In Which I and Other Writers Talk About Writing Whilst At Sea
  69. The Big Idea: Karen Healey
  70. The Human Division, Episode 8: The Sound of Rebellion is Now Live
  71. SFWA Members: Your Election Ballots Should Be Arriving
  72. Creative Brain Firing Up
  73. In Previous Eras, a Schism Like This Would Involve the Death of Millions
  74. Today I am Working on My Doing Nothing Skills
  75. Upcoming Travel Notes, 3/1/13
  76. The Big Idea: Alaya Dawn Johnson

February 2013

  1. Gamma Rabbit T-Shirts Now Available
  2. The Big Idea: Peter Clines
  3. Lopsided Cat is Ready For His Closeup
  4. We Have Achieved Total Caturation
  5. The Big Idea: J.A. Kazimer
  6. A Nice Thing to Wake Up To
  7. It Appears It Is a Good Time To Remind All and Sundry of My Blurbing Policy
  8. Your 2013 SF/F Award Nomination Awareness Post: Readers and Fans
  9. The Big Idea: Francis Knight
  10. The Human Division, Episode Seven: The Dog King is Now Live
  11. Charity Solicitations Policy
  12. My Endorsement for SFWA President: Steven Gould
  13. The Big Idea: Emma Newman
  14. Seen in Istanbul
  15. A Personal History of Libraries
  16. To Take You Into the Weekend, Me Singing “Redshirt” With Jonathan Coulton and His Band
  17. The Big Idea: Miriam Forster
  18. For the Record, I Don’t Do This
  19. Oscar Prediction Update Post
  20. Putting This Here So I Can Find It Later
  21. The Big Idea: John Joseph Adams
  22. Welcome to the Most Passive-Aggressive Ship in Star Fleet
  23. Me, Interviewed on Fast Forward
  24. Another Publishing Lawsuit
  25. This Year’s Nebula Award Nominees
  26. The Big Idea: Karen Heuler
  27. Announcing Morning Star Alpha: A Next-Generation Graphic Novel
  28. The Human Division, Episode Six: The Back Channel is Now Live
  29. Korean Cover of Fuzzy Nation
  30. Hungarian Ghost Brigades Cover
  31. Also, No, I Didn’t Miss the Internet All That Much
  32. What I Did With My Winter Vacation
  33. Now That I am Back Home, Here is Your Standard Email Note
  34. Yes, I am Alive.
  35. Something Really Old IX: A Cat’s Guide to Human Beings
  36. Something Really Old VIII: The Man From Microsoft
  37. Something Really Old VII: Shaving
  38. The Big Idea: Hannah Strom-Martin & Erin Underwood
  39. Something Really Old VI: Chocolate
  40. Obligatory Guest Cat Post
  41. Something Really Old V: Adventures in Pig Roasting
  42. The Big Idea: Jamie Mason
  43. The Human Division, Episode Five: Tales From The Clarke is Now Live!
  44. Something Really Old IV: Flaming Babies!
  45. Something Really Old III: Cute Adorable Extortionists
  46. Something Really Old II: Pepsi Points and the Jet
  47. Something Really Old I: Drill, Sergeant
  48. Okay, This Time For Real
  49. And Now, An Announcment
  50. Macmillan Settles With DOJ
  51. Signed ARC of The Human Division Up for Auction
  52. If You’re Here Because of the CBC Interview
  53. The Big Idea: Laura Lam
  54. Procedural Notes For a Fund Drive
  55. No, Wait, I Do Have Another Thought Re: Used eBooks
  56. Second-Hand EBooks
  57. Today’s Very Cool Thing What I Got in the Mail
  58. SFWA.Org Currently Under DDoS Attack
  59. The Human Division Episodes: Official Bestsellers
  60. My Poor Stoned Puppy
  61. The Big Idea: Betsy Dornbusch
  62. Space Marines and the Battle of Tradem Ark
  63. Apropos to Recent Events
  64. The Big Idea: Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
  65. The Human Division, Episode Four: A Voice in the Wilderness is Now Live!
  66. The Guardian Covers the Recent Excitement
  67. My Thank You Gift to Everyone Who Pledged to the Counteract a Bigot Drive
  68. Authors and Others: Con or Bust Needs Auction Items
  69. Okay, Well, That’s Nice to Know
  70. The Big Idea: John Hornor Jacobs
  71. Here Lies a Sleeping Dog
  72. Solving My Racist Sexist Homophobic Dipshit Problem
  73. How to Use Twitter Correctly, Groundhog Day Edition
  74. Redshirts on the Locus Magazine 2012 Recommended Reading List
  75. Yes, I Know About Today’s Teefury.com Shirt

January 2013

  1. The Big Idea: Sharon Short
  2. Troll Report: Active With Increasing Chance Of Stupid
  3. I Don’t Even Know Why This Exists, But It Does And It’s In My House And I Have a Spoon
  4. Today’s New Thing
  5. Off to Get My Head Drilled
  6. RIP, Richard Stern
  7. The Big Idea: Myke Cole
  8. The Human Division, Episode Three: We Only Need the Heads is Now Live!
  9. Today’s Big Ol’ Stack of New Books
  10. A Note to Some Folks in Countries Where They Are Being Charged a Lot For the Episodes of The Human Division; Plus a General Note About Episode Lengths
  11. Various and Sundry, 1/27/13
  12. Today’s Musical Question
  13. The Churrosity Continues
  14. Guitar Days
  15. Krissy, 1/26/13
  16. All Right, Fine, Here’s What I Think About JJ Abrams Directing Star Wars Episode VII
  17. A Moment of Financial Clarification
  18. My Sugary Flying Adventure In the Air
  19. The Office: Now Spotless
  20. Today I Hurl Myself Through The Air
  21. The eBook Path to Riches: Possibly Steeper Than Assumed
  22. LA Sunrise
  23. The Human Division, Episode Two: Walk the Plank is Live!
  24. Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
  25. The Kitten Setting
  26. My Weekend Adventures
  27. Here Comes the ARC
  28. Taking Most of the Day Off
  29. The Heartwarming Tale of a Boy and His Churro Waffle Reaches its Inevitable, Tasty End
  30. Possibly the Most Accurate Likeness of Me Ever
  31. For the Three of You Who Don’t Follow My Twitter Feed, This is What I’m Obsessing About Today
  32. Punting the Start Screen
  33. Sunset, 1/16/13
  34. Dear Cory Doctorow: The Masses Have Decided That This is the Face You Shall Have Made Into a 3D Scan
  35. The State of a Genre Title, 2013
  36. The Big Idea: Steven Gould
  37. Contest! Reviews! Links! Wheee!
  38. Five Things About the Audiobook of The B-Team
  39. Redshirts Trade Paperback Edition Out Today
  40. The Human Division, Episode One: The B-Team is Live!
  41. Another Act of Whimsy: Choose Cory Doctorow’s Face!
  42. What My First Time Was Like
  43. If I Can Make It There, Etc
  44. I Am NOT Running For SFWA President (Again) (Again) (Again)
  45. In Which I, John Scalzi, Sing a Lost Bob Dylan Song For Jay Lake
  46. Sometimes I Don’t Write About Things
  47. Saturday Cats Are Pensive
  48. Jay Lake v. PayPal
  49. Your Friday Reading: Subterranean Magazine
  50. Various and Sundry, 1/11/13
  51. A Fundraiser for Jay Lake — With Extra Added Whimsy
  52. Oscar Predictions Post, 2013
  53. Joe Man’s War
  54. Sunset With Sundog
  55. Answering Questions About The Human Division, (Probably) Part I
  56. Thoughts On Selling Out
  57. The Big Idea: James Smythe
  58. The Human Division Read-Along at Tor.com Begins
  59. Some Days You Wake Up and There’s a New David Bowie Video in the World
  60. Taos Toolbox, Redshirts French Cover, My Anthology Availability
  61. Scam Attempt Warning for SF/F Writers
  62. Can’t Play; Proofing Book
  63. Winner From Yesterday’s Redshirts Contest
  64. Hey, Look! The Trade Paperback Edition of Redshirts! Want One?
  65. Sword & Laser Book Club Pick for January: Old Man’s War
  66. Cat Naps: A Photographic Trilogy
  67. SF/F Authors/Editors/Artists/Fans 2013 Award Awareness Post
  68. Killing My Voice Mail
  69. You Have Never Truly Heard Me Until You Have Heard Me Through Mary Robinette Kowal and Google Voice
  70. Andrew Sullivan Goes Indie (Again)
  71. SF Trends for 2013
  72. The 2013 Award Consideration Post
  73. My New Computer’s Neat Trick
  74. The First Sunset Picture of the Year
  75. Morning Star Interview With Me on 148Apps
  76. Oh Look, the First Political Post of 2013
  77. The (Not Really) Resolutions for 2013
  78. What I Am Doing With My Life in 2013
  79. Two Quick Notes on The God Engines and OMW
  80. First Cat Picture of 2013 Plus 2012 Stats Report
  81. Welcome to 2013

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