The Curious Engineer

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October 2026

  1. The Big Idea: Sharon Shinn
  2. A Lovely Stay At Cleveland’s Fidelity Hotel
  3. The Big Idea: Wole Talabi
  4. Further Thoughts on the Googlebook, in Comparison to the MacBook Air
  5. The Big Idea: Kevin J. Anderson
  6. Guess What’s Arrived at the Scalzi Compound
  7. Eight Bucks Well Spent
  8. Last Chance to Get Signed/Personalized Copies of Monsters of Ohio via Subterranean Press
  9. Please Admire My MileHiCon Mad Scientist Coat
  10. View From a Hotel Window, 10/22/26: Aurora, CO
  11. The Big Idea: A. T. Sayre
  12. When the Moon Hits Your Eye a 2027 Semi-Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor
  13. Yes, You Should Absolutely See “Resident Evil” Before It Leaves The Theater
  14. The Big Idea: Stephanie Feldman
  15. What a Good “AI” Policy Looks Like
  16. Blurb Hiatus Through the Rest of 2026
  17. The Big Idea: Jonathan Maberry
  18. My First Science Fiction Short Story, Published 25 Years Ago Today
  19. I’m in the New York Times Today, Talking About Monsters
  20. The Big Idea: William C. Tracy
  21. Horse Apple, With Dog
  22. The Big Idea: Madame McCoy
  23. First Impressions: Dell XPS Googlebook and the Googlebook OS
  24. View From A Hotel Window, Cleveland: 10/10/2026
  25. View From a Hotel Window 10/9/26: New York City (Again)
  26. The Big Idea: Dmitri Lincoln Melhorn
  27. Colonoscopy Post-Mortem
  28. The Big Idea: Mia V. Moss
  29. Away From Keyboard Today
  30. The Big Idea: Jocelyn Cullity
  31. Voting: Done!
  32. Free Pastries & Free Wine
  33. A Different Side of Me
  34. Adventures In Kennywood
  35. The Big Idea: Fiona Moore

September 2026

  1. FYI: Writing Things Moving Slower For a Bit
  2. Another Kitten Placement Adventure!
  3. How I Handle Fan Mail and Requests, 2026 Edition
  4. The Big Idea: Gillian Daniels
  5. And Now, For Their 35th Anniversary, My First Two Professional Movie Reviews
  6. View From a Hotel Window, 9/25: New York City
  7. Our Thrilling New Purchase
  8. And Now, Just Because it’s Pretty, Succulent Flowers After the Rain
  9. The Big Idea: Mary G. Thompson
  10. Trying Out A New Recipe: Eat At Maude’s “Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread With Espresso Frosting”
  11. The Big Idea: Peter Watts
  12. A Sweary Paean To Autumn, Told in Bluesky Form
  13. 50th Anniversaries and When I’ll Hit Them
  14. Trying Out A New Recipe: Well Made By Kylie’s Brown Butter Banana Pudding Cupcakes
  15. The Big Idea: Jasmine Kuliasha
  16. I Assure You All That My “Dad Joke” Powers Are At Their Full and Terrible Peak
  17. The Big Idea: Wendy Waring
  18. Announcing the Midwest Monster Tour, November 3 – 15!
  19. The Big Idea: Joanne Merriam
  20. The Big Idea: Marissa Lingen
  21. Today in “Places You Might Not Expect to Find Me”
  22. Bacon Cat 20 Year Anniversary + 28 Years of Whatever
  23. Revisiting “The Speckless Sky,” 25 Years Later
  24. Requesting Recommendations: Cleveland!
  25. The Big Idea: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
  26. NYC Appearance: September 26 at the Villa Albertine
  27. The Big Idea: K. Ancrum
  28. Photo of a Cat, Annoyed That He Was Made to Go to the Vet
  29. The Big Idea: Amanda J. McGee
  30. Monsters of Ohio Starred Review in Library Journal
  31. Happy Birthday, Star Trek
  32. The New Hugo at Home Plus a Tour of My Shelves
  33. The Big Idea: Betsy James
  34. View From A Hotel Window, 9/4/2026: Atlanta
  35. View From a Hotel Window, 9/3/26: Tampa, FL
  36. The Big Idea: Janci Patterson
  37. I Am Traveling Yet Again, Please Enjoy This Photo of Fungus In My Absence
  38. The Big Idea: Steven T. Gibbon
  39. How to Be the Most Annoying Person at Worldcon, 2026 Edition
  40. As Promised, the 2026 Hugo Award Follow-up Post
  41. Also Here is My Hugo Acceptance Speech This Year
  42. Reviews of Monsters of Ohio in Kirkus (Starred!) and Publishers Weekly

August 2026

  1. Suddenly: Hugo!
  2. We Bought Art
  3. The Big Idea: Chris Gerrib
  4. And Now, Last’s Night’s Lunar Eclipse
  5. The Big Idea: Victor Ladis Schultz
  6. View From a Hotel Balcony, 8/26/26: Anaheim
  7. Proof Of Gift Closet Progress
  8. The Big Idea: Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon
  9. Dolly Parton, RIP
  10. The Big Idea: Carolyn Ives Gilman
  11. The Pixel 11 Pro: It’s Fine.
  12. View From A Hotel Window, 8/21/2026: Columbus
  13. The Big Idea: Suyi Davies Okungbowa
  14. And Now, An EP-Sized Selection of Deep Cuts
  15. Daily Reminder To Not Listen To Google’s AI Overview
  16. The Big Idea: Tim Pratt
  17. Warning: Smudge is Likely Judging You
  18. The Big Idea: James Patrick Kelly
  19. Trying Out Thrive Market: The Last Installation Of My Online Grocery Shopping Membership Journey
  20. The Big Idea: David Ebenbach
  21. Trying Out Martie Goods
  22. Say Hello to My Warty Friend
  23. The Big Idea: Ryan Lowell
  24. Giving Misfits Market A Try
  25. The Shattering Peace Now Out in Trade Paperback
  26. Why My Father Is Wrong: A Defense Of Guitar Hero
  27. I Ate a Large Meal of Indian Food and Foolishly Assumed I Would Then Be Able to Function in the Afternoon, So Here is Saja and Charlie to Cover For Me While I Recover
  28. New Cover: “So Alive”
  29. Thrifting A “Gift Closet”
  30. Generative “AI”: The Guitar Hero of Creativity
  31. The Big Idea: Shami Stovall
  32. The Big Idea: Griffin Barber
  33. Saja Wants You To Think About What You Did
  34. The Big Idea: Virginia Shaffer
  35. The Shattering Peace a Dragon Award Finalist + 2026 Hugo Voting Reminder
  36. New Cover Song: “Ode to Somewhere”

July 2026

  1. Another Reason Not to Use “AI” For Your Writing
  2. My 2026 LAcon/Worldcon Schedule
  3. New Front Porch Furniture and a Scalzi Compound Outdoor Area Overview
  4. The Big Idea: Alex Shvartsman
  5. I’m Taking the Weekend Off So Please Enjoy This Picture of Saja in the Meantime
  6. Final Full Day of the John Scalzi Humble Bundle Benefitting World Central Kitchen
  7. The Big Idea: C. J. Beshara
  8. The Astra Award Arrives at the Scalzi Compound
  9. A Month Of Driving My New Car
  10. Various & Sundry, 7/22/26
  11. The Big Idea: Ali Trotta
  12. Back Home, 7/20/26
  13. Perhaps the Loneliest Volleyball Court in North Carolina
  14. The Big Idea: John Wiswell
  15. View From a Hotel Window, 7/16/26: Greensboro, NC
  16. Krissy Has a New Toy
  17. A Writing Exercise I Did Today I Figured I’d Share
  18. The Big Idea: Vonda N. McIntyre
  19. A Very Unimportant Experiment Regarding Nuts
  20. The Big Idea: Arvind Ethan David
  21. A Quick Thank You To Bee Inspired
  22. I Regret To Say That GMail is Now a Spam Farm, or, Why You Should Really Get That Dedicated Email Address Now
  23. Various and Sundry, 7/12/26
  24. New Cover: “Miracle Car”
  25. The Big Idea: Jo Miles
  26. Various & Sundry, 7/10/26
  27. The Big Idea: Bryan Gruley
  28. RIP, Bonnie Tyler
  29. The Big Idea: Haralambi Markov
  30. You’ll Never Guess Who Rescued More Kittens
  31. The Big Idea: April Dávila
  32. Various & Sundry, 7/6/26
  33. Various & Sundry, 7/5/26
  34. The John Scalzi Collection Returns to Humble Bundle, Supporting World Central Kitchen
  35. Adventures in Refrigeration, or, How We Have Become Possibly the Midwestest People Ever
  36. Update: Yup, It’s Hot
  37. Some Passing Thoughts About 250 Years
  38. The Big Idea: Clara Ward
  39. The Big Idea: Shalini Abeysekara
  40. Farewell, June

June 2026

  1. Sampling Onue Bakery Cookies
  2. View From a Hotel Window 6/27/26: Chicago
  3. Probably the Last Back Deck Construction Update
  4. Buying A Knock-Off And Actually Liking It
  5. Trying Out A New Recipe: Eat at Maude’s “Blueberry Cornbread Cookies”
  6. The New Whip
  7. The Big Idea: Meg Elison
  8. Dramatic Flowers are Dramatic
  9. Who Won the ARC of Monsters of Ohio?
  10. Trying Out A New Recipe: Half Baked Harvest’s “Cinnamon Crunch Peach Muffin Bread”
  11. New Cover: “Comfortably Numb”
  12. Win an Signed, Personalized ARC of Monsters of Ohio!
  13. The Big Idea: Joseph Eckert
  14. Why I’m Obsessed With “Obsession”
  15. 31 Years
  16. The Big Idea: Alethea Kontis
  17. The Yard Gets a Facelift
  18. Hey, I Wrote an Actual Song: “Really Great”
  19. Music For Your Monday: Madison Beer’s “Yes Baby”
  20. Happy Flag Day
  21. New Musical Composition: “Ingenuity”
  22. Various & Sundry, 6/12/26
  23. The Big Idea: Cynthia Pelayo
  24. Please I Beg of You Do Not Use “AI” In Your Business Communications
  25. Trying My Hand At Some Floral Arrangements
  26. The Big Idea: Donna Barba Higuera
  27. Today in “Words Mean Things”
  28. Some Thoughts On “Masters of the Universe”
  29. The Big Idea: Laura Lekkos
  30. Various & Sundry, 6/8/26
  31. Various & Sundry 6/6/26
  32. Me and Brandon Sanderson in Conversation
  33. Various and Sundry, 6/5/26
  34. A Very Fond Farewell To Misaky Tokyo
  35. The Big Idea: James L. Cambias
  36. Quite Possibly The Worst View From A Hotel Room, 5/31/2026: Chula Vista
  37. Various & Sundry, 6/3/26
  38. The Big Idea: Isabel J. Kim
  39. A Deceptively Sweet Moment Between Smudge and Saja

May 2026

  1. View From a Hotel Window, 5/29/26: Pittsburgh
  2. A Year(ish) With the Eames Chair
  3. New Cover: “High Fidelity”
  4. The Big Idea: T.K. Rex
  5. A Farewell to Shelley(ness)
  6. Charlie Met a Skunk
  7. New Cover: “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight”
  8. The Big Idea: Georgia Summers
  9. Snapshots From Pet-Sitting
  10. The Big Idea: Caitlin Rozakis
  11. In Retrospect I Suppose This Demise Was Inevitable
  12. The Big Idea: Mary Berman
  13. Three Flowers For You
  14. Total Ohio
  15. New Cover: I Won’t Back Down
  16. The Scalzi Family Foundation is Donation Matching for the Documentary “One Act,” Directed by Pamela Ribon
  17. Flowermaxxing Friday
  18. The Big Idea: Thomas Elrod
  19. Suddenly, Irises!
  20. The Big Idea: Sam Beckbessinger
  21. I Didn’t Even Know American Wisteria Was A Thing
  22. The Big Idea: Ada Hoffman
  23. Raising the Roof
  24. 57
  25. Hey, “AI” Still Sucks
  26. The Big Idea: Jill Rosenberg
  27. Getting Decked
  28. Trying Out A New Recipe: Sugar Spiced Dreams “Banana Coffee Cake Muffins”
  29. The Big Idea: Andrew Dana Hudson
  30. The Big Idea: Martha Conway
  31. I’m In TIME Magazine Today
  32. An Unexpected Culinary Adventure At The Denver Airport
  33. The Big Idea: Matt Harry
  34. And Now I Reveal the Contents of My FBI File
  35. View From a Hotel Window, 5/2/26: Chicago, IL
  36. Back to the Very Very Basics
  37. And Now, a Fairly Noisy Cover of “First of May”
  38. Dilly-Dallying In Denver: Day 4 (The Final Day!)

April 2026

  1. Requiem for a Back Deck
  2. The Big Idea: Brenda W. Clough
  3. The Porch 2.0
  4. The Big Idea: Marie Vibbert
  5. Moseying Around Cincinnati’s Asian Food Festival
  6. Music For Your Monday: Tame Impala’s “Dracula”
  7. This Week’s Weird Sideswipe by Current Events
  8. An Anecdotal Observation About Career Longevity
  9. Construction Time Again
  10. New Cover: “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”
  11. Getting Tatted On A Tuesday
  12. The Big Idea: Samantha Mills
  13. Still in Hollywood
  14. The Big Idea: Christian Bieck
  15. Old Man’s War Series a Hugo Finalist in the Best Series Category
  16. When the Moon Hits Your Eye the Winner of the Astra Book Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
  17. The Big Idea: Dan Rice
  18. Happy Birthday Krissy
  19. The Big Idea: Mallory Kass
  20. Last Night in Decatur
  21. The Big Idea: Cameron Johnston
  22. View From a Hotel Window, 4/15/26: Atlanta Metro
  23. The Big Idea: A.Z. Rozkillis
  24. Dilly-Dallying In Denver: Day 3
  25. A Very “Engaging” Charcuterie Board
  26. The Shattering Peace a Locus Award Finalist
  27. Congratulations Hungary
  28. The Big Idea: Eleanor Lerman
  29. A Whole Lotta Tussle Goin’ On
  30. The Big Idea: Justin Feinstein
  31. Dilly-Dallying In Denver: Day 2
  32. The Big Idea: Corry L. Lee
  33. Dilly-Dallying In Denver: Day 1
  34. A Bedazzling Book
  35. The Absolute Best Carrot Cake Recipe To Make For Easter (Or Anytime!)
  36. Today I Am Ten, or, the Miracle of ScalziYears
  37. A Kitten’s First Good Friday

March 2026

  1. Next Week in Upper Arlington, OH
  2. The Big Idea: Annye Driscoll
  3. March Marches On
  4. The Big Idea: EC Wolfe
  5. The Minor Planet Johnscalzi in Motion
  6. Going Off the Rails
  7. Well, It Finally Happened
  8. A Quick Check-In From Mexico
  9. The Big Idea: Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan
  10. A Bacon Taste Test: Because That’s What The Internet Is For
  11. View From a Hotel Window, 3/20/26: San Diego
  12. “Death is a Beautiful Cobalt Blue” Release Day!
  13. Today in “Look at This Dork”
  14. The Big Idea: Lynne M. Thomas & Katy Rawdon
  15. Anthropic Settlement Information, Not For Me
  16. Here, Have a Nice Little Sunset
  17. The Big Idea: J. M. Sidorova
  18. View From a Hotel Window, 3/14/26: Tucson, AZ
  19. The Big Idea: Cindy Cohn
  20. Damn, It’s Windy
  21. The Long and Short of It
  22. There Is No Selling Out Anymore
  23. What If We Kissed Under the Chihuly
  24. View From a Hotel Window, 3/6/26: San Antonio
  25. The Big Idea: Randee Dawn
  26. Update, re: Secret Project at the Scalzi Compound
  27. The Big Idea: Lauren C. Teffeau
  28. Indefinite Book Club Hiatus
  29. The Big Idea: Kirsten Kaschock
  30. New Cover: “Valley Winter Song”

February 2026

  1. Sampling Some Smackin’ Sunflower Seeds
  2. The Big Idea: Bernie Jean Schiebeling
  3. Oh, Look, an Airport
  4. The Big Idea: Jeff Somers
  5. I Have Just Learned Exciting Things I Can Tell None of You About, So Instead of Sharing That News, Here is a Picture of a Cat
  6. The Big Idea: Danielle Girard
  7. Trying Out A New Recipe: Ash Baber’s Bolo Gelado de Brigadeiro
  8. The Big Idea: R. Z. Nicolet
  9. New Cover: “Chasing Cars”
  10. New Cover: “Fall At Your Feet”
  11. 25 Years in Ohio
  12. The Big Idea: Gideon Marcus
  13. Cover Reveal: Monsters of Ohio
  14. A Secret Project is Afoot at the Scalzi Compound!
  15. RIP Scalzi DSL Line, 2004 – 2026
  16. The Big Idea: Darby McDevitt
  17. New Cover: “But Not Tonight”
  18. A Lovely Valentine’s Day Dinner At Dozo
  19. New Cover Song: “These Days”
  20. 10 Thoughts On “AI,” February 2026 Edition
  21. A Friday Mlem For You
  22. In Many Ways the Greatest Self-Portrait I’ve Ever Taken
  23. The Big Idea: Kristina W. Kelly
  24. When the Moon Hits Your Eye Out in Trade Paperback Today
  25. Housekeeping Note, re: Emails and Big Ideas, 2/9/26
  26. Oh, And
  27. Monsters of Ohio: Done!
  28. Trying Out A New Recipe: Nadia’s Healthy Kitchen “Healthy Brownie Batter Bark”
  29. New Books and Arcs, 2/6/26
  30. Sake Of The Week: Ozeki Hana Awaka Sparkling Yuzu
  31. The Big Idea: Justin C. Key
  32. Come With Me If You Want a Painting
  33. Today In “Okay, What the Actual F**k”
  34. Trying Out A New Recipe: Half Baked Harvest’s “Really Good Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies”
  35. The Big Idea: Veronica G. Henry

January 2026

  1. A Scientific Experiment For Your Saturday
  2. A Conversation Between Scalzi and Kluwe
  3. A Quick Thank You To A Kind Reader!
  4. The Big Idea: Miles Cameron
  5. Protest Music From Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg
  6. The Big Idea: Salinee Goldenberg
  7. My Minor Annoyance Of The Day
  8. The Big Idea: A.C. Wise
  9. The Best Lunch Deal Around: Amar India North Restaurant
  10. The Travel Gods Demanded a Sacrifice
  11. Minnesota In My Thoughts
  12. BEHOLD I AM OLD
  13. A Very Mid Attempt To Incorporate More Protein Into My Dinner
  14. The Music Studio 2.0
  15. Ne Zha 2: The Best Movie You Haven’t Heard Of
  16. Reminder: Scammers Are Out There Pretending to Be Me (and Other Authors as Well)
  17. A Photo of Johnscalzi, No, Not Me, the Minor Planet
  18. The Charm, Such As It Is, of the Charmera
  19. The Academy Is…: 2005
  20. A Minor Planet, a Major Thrill
  21. The Offline Archive
  22. A Quick Thought On Nice Moments With Strangers
  23. A Monolith in Very Real Danger of Being Trampled By a Cat
  24. The Big Idea: Lance Rubin
  25. Construction Time Again
  26. The Big Idea: Warren Tusk
  27. My First Keeper Song of 2026
  28. The Big Idea: Nicole Glover
  29. Some Of The Best Products I Bought In 2025
  30. Patrick Nielsen Hayden Retires
  31. A Brief Note on Current Events, January 3, 2026
  32. Me Writing A Post Over Intention Setting On January 2nd Instead Of January 1st Is Indicative Of Why I Want To Set Intentions
  33. What I Have Available for Award Consideration, 2026 Edition
  34. A New Year’s Sky

2025 471

December 2025

  1. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Thirty-One: The Shawshank Redemption
  2. 2025 In Review + Some 2026 Thoughts
  3. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Thirty: Top Secret!
  4. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Nine: Apollo 13
  5. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Eight: Roxanne
  6. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Seven: Alita: Battle Angel
  7. The December Comfort Watches 2025 Day Twenty-Six: Get Shorty
  8. New Books and ARCs, 12/26/25
  9. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Five: Groundhog Day
  10. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Four: Pitch Perfect
  11. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Three: Monsters, Inc
  12. 27
  13. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Two: Notting Hill
  14. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-One: Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  15. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty: A Fish Called Wanda
  16. Two Homes For Christmas (Which Is To Say, Two Different Versions of the Same Christmas Song)
  17. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Nineteen: The Big Short
  18. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Eighteen: Starship Troopers
  19. Trying Out A New Recipe: Justine Dorion’s Sticky Ginger Bars
  20. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Seventeen: Pleasantville
  21. A Short Tale About Me Getting My Car Towed
  22. I Let My Email Go For a Month and Now It Is Crushing My Will To Live: The John Scalzi Story
  23. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day 16: John Wick
  24. A Small Book Haul From Pegasus Books
  25. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Fifteen: This is Spinal Tap
  26. Rob Reiner, RIP
  27. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Fourteen: Twister
  28. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Thirteen: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  29. “AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
  30. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twelve: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  31. The December Comfort Watches, Day Eleven: Godzilla (2014)
  32. Why I’ve Been MIA, Which In This Case Stands For Moving Is Agony
  33. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Ten: Swimming to Cambodia
  34. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Nine: Strictly Ballroom
  35. The December Comfort Watches 2025: Day Eight: The Kingdom of Heaven
  36. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Seven: Moana
  37. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Six: Trading Places
  38. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Five: Dredd
  39. The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Five: Charities
  40. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Four: Defending Your Life
  41. The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Four: Fan Favorites!
  42. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Three: The Untouchables
  43. A New Scalzi Plot, No, Not That Kind, the Other Kind
  44. The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Three: Arts, Crafts, Music and More
  45. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Two: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  46. The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Two: Non-Traditional Books
  47. The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day One: K-Pop Demon Hunters
  48. The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day One: Traditionally Published Books

November 2025

  1. A Cat of Absolute Dignity
  2. Hey, Look, It’s Krissy
  3. The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide Starts Monday!
  4. Poor Little Rich People
  5. Hey, Look, I Baked Something For Thanksgiving
  6. A Nice Instrumental Cover of Adele For You
  7. When the Moon Hits Your Eye in the Final Round for the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards in Science Fiction – Go Vote!
  8. DO NOT DISTURB THE POND WITCH
  9. Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money
  10. Happy Birthday, WordPress
  11. The Big Idea: Colin Brush
  12. The New Box of Internet
  13. The Big Idea: Holly Seddon
  14. Two Years Post-Twitter
  15. A Most Displeased Cat
  16. Small Business Saturday: Face By Kelsi
  17. View From a Hotel Window, 11/15/25: Jacksonville, FL
  18. A Night at The Academy Is
  19. The Big Idea: Theodora Goss
  20. When the Moon Hits Your Eye an Amazon Best Book of 2025
  21. The Big Idea: Stewart Hotston
  22. Trying And Failing To Get A Vaccine
  23. How to Get Signed & Personalized Books From Me For the Holidays, 2025 Edition
  24. An Unexpected Monday Outing
  25. Constituent Service Now Out in Print/eBook
  26. Introvert and Extrovert Glasses
  27. View From a Hotel Window, 11/7/25: Austin, TX
  28. Actually Playing Games In My Steam Library: Dave the Diver
  29. Tonight’s Moon, 11/5/25
  30. Saja, All Fixed!
  31. Thoughts From an Off-Off-Year Election, 2025
  32. The Big Idea: Charles H. Melcher
  33. We’ve Voted!
  34. A Change Of Pace
  35. Reminder: Scam Artists are Scammy
  36. The Time Traveler’s Passport is Now Out!
  37. A Genuinely Unexpected Commemorative Item
  38. A Decade of Scamperbeastery
  39. New Cover: “The Scientist”

October 2025

  1. A Trick or Treat Thought for Halloween
  2. A Mini-Vacay In Columbus: Part 3
  3. A Review of Grokipedia, Using Myself as Test Subject
  4. Today in Personal Nostalgia: My First Business Card
  5. The Big Idea: Jes Honard & Marie Parks
  6. A Sad Commentary on the State of Writer-Related Spam at the Moment
  7. A Mini-Vacay In Columbus: Part 2
  8. The Big Idea: Keith R.A. DeCandido
  9. A Mini-Vacay In Columbus: Part 1
  10. Some Big News With the Scalzi Family
  11. Smudge and Saja in a Savage Battle for Survival!
  12. In Which I Make a Bold Yet Defensible Assertion
  13. The Big Idea: J. R. Blanes
  14. Thoughts On Writing Throughout This Past Year
  15. The Big Idea: Juliet Brooks
  16. Couldn’t Sleep; Did a Cover Song
  17. A Quick Shoutout To The Avery Hotel
  18. State of the Scalzi, 10/20/25
  19. The Big Idea: Marie Lu
  20. Flying Into Burlington, VT
  21. The Big Idea: Jennifer Estep
  22. A Year Of Blogging
  23. The Big Idea: Caitlin Starling
  24. Housekeeping Note, 10/15/25
  25. The Big Idea: Madeleine E. Robins
  26. Time Yet Again For My Annual Endorsement of WordPress
  27. The Big Idea: Catherine Asaro
  28. View From A Hotel Window, 10/12/2025: Boise, ID
  29. The Seediest Cuck Chair in Iowa City
  30. The Big Idea: Mike Allen
  31. Pizza & Drinks At Forno Kitchen + Bar
  32. The Big Idea: D. M. Beucler
  33. View From a Hotel Window, 10/8/25: New York City
  34. The Big Idea: Courtney Floyd
  35. Unwinding At Panacea Luxury Spa In Columbus
  36. AI Slop and Whatever
  37. The Big Idea: Joe R. Lansdale
  38. In Which I Have a Thought on Taylor Swift and Her Latest Album
  39. Crisis! At the Cat Tree
  40. Sunset, 10/3/25
  41. The Big Idea: Seamus Sullivan
  42. Authors, Time to Get That (Anthropic) Bag
  43. The Big Idea: Beth Cato
  44. “3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years” Part of the Amazon First Reads for October

September 2025

  1. Brunching It Up At Alcove by MadTree Brewing
  2. The Big Idea: Becky Ferreira
  3. On Blurb Hiatus Through the Rest of 2025
  4. An Hour of Me On Tour Blathering About Stuff
  5. The Final Tour Event
  6. Having Dinner With Four Strangers In Columbus
  7. The Big Idea: L. D. Colter
  8. View From a Hotel Window, 9/25/25: Richmond, VA
  9. The Shattering Peace is a New York Times Bestseller
  10. View From a Hotel Window, 9/24/25: Shepardstown, WV
  11. The Big Idea: Cadwell Turnbull
  12. The Big Idea: Delilah S. Dawson
  13. Throwing A Dinner Party Using “Third Culture Cooking” By Zaynab Issa
  14. View From a Hotel Window, 9/22/25: Kansas City
  15. The Big Idea: James Kakalios
  16. The Unspeakably Hedonistic Lifestyle of an Author On Book Tour
  17. The Big Idea: William Alexander
  18. View From a Hotel Window, 9/19/25: San Diego
  19. Hello From Santa Cruz
  20. The Big Idea: Dan Rice
  21. A Check-Up For Saja
  22. View From a Hotel Window, 9/17/25: Spokane, WA
  23. The Shattering Peace is Out!
  24. View From a Hotel Chaise Longue, 9/15/25: Scottsdale, AZ
  25. Attending A Mystery Skulls Concert At Skully’s Music Diner
  26. The Big Idea: Ian Randal Strock
  27. Got Myself a COVID Shot Today
  28. 27 Years of Whatever
  29. Catching Up With Saja
  30. New Books and ARCs, 9/12/25
  31. The Big Idea: Ren Hutchings
  32. Charlie Offers A Carrot
  33. The Big Idea: T. A. Chan
  34. I’m Traveling Today, So Here is a New Mountain Goats Song For You
  35. The Big Idea: Sharon Shinn
  36. A New-Found Enjoyment Of Pickleball
  37. Announcing “3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years”
  38. Being Introduced To Zaynab Issa’s “Third Culture Cooking” By CultFlav
  39. The Big Idea: Gary Jackson
  40. And Now, Operation Pack For Five Days As Tightly As You Possibly Can
  41. The Big Idea: Rich Larson
  42. 20 Years of “Being Poor”
  43. Further Thoughts on the M4 Mac Air and Pixel 10 Pro
  44. California Sober Now on YouTube
  45. The Big Idea: Charlie N. Holmberg
  46. Supplemental Kitten Update: The Kitten Has a Name
  47. Kitten Update: All Hail the Fuzz Butt

August 2025

  1. New Cover: “Crazy Love”
  2. Parking Lot Kittens IV: The Final Photo
  3. Pictures, Not Photos: What’s Going On With the Pixel 10 Pro “Pro-Res Zoom”
  4. The Big Idea: Julia Harrison
  5. New Tech Day at the Scalzi Compound
  6. Post-Vet Kitten Update
  7. What You Should Be Watching: YouTube Edition: Jenny Nicholson
  8. The Big Idea: Josh Rountree
  9. The Foster Kittens Meet Charlie
  10. The Big Idea: Deva Fagan
  11. Parking Lot Kittens III: The Socializationing!
  12. As the Swallows Return to Capistrano, So Does the Pumpkin Spice Return to the Bradford Speedway
  13. Shaving For Society
  14. A Difficult Moment in Human – Pet Relations
  15. New Cover: “Yellow”
  16. New Books and ARCs, 8/22/25
  17. Parking Lot Kittens II: Who Wants a Kitten (or Two)?
  18. The Big Idea: Jane Harrington
  19. Enjoying the Dog Days
  20. Parking Lot Kittens
  21. The Big Idea: Michelle Knudsen
  22. Brief Worldcon Report + an Anniversary Note, of Sorts
  23. The Shattering Peace Arrives in Ohio
  24. The Shattering Peace Tour Dates + Other Remaining 2025 Appearances Now Live
  25. Interviewed in The Atlantic about “AI” Slop
  26. The Big Idea: Thomas R. Weaver
  27. View From a Hotel Window, 8/14/25: Seattle
  28. The Big Idea: Fran Wilde
  29. Going Greek At Manna
  30. An Interview With Me About Things and Stuff
  31. The Big Idea: Tim Chawaga
  32. Poking the Discourse Bear Re: “Classic” Science Fiction
  33. New Books and ARCs, 8/8/255
  34. A Friday Snack Haul
  35. The Big Idea: Morgan Richter
  36. Attending Sky Asian Cuisine’s 9-Year Anniversary Lunch
  37. AI Slop Strikes Again
  38. The Big Idea: Athena Giles
  39. Is Spice Having a Moment of Existential Dread, Or Is She About to Hork Up a Hairball
  40. The Big Idea: Stephen P. Kelner
  41. Fantastic Four? More Like 4/10 Because It’s Not That Good, Amiright?
  42. The Shattering Peace Gets a Starred Review at Kirkus
  43. What the Hell, Indianapolis

July 2025

  1. View From a Hotel Window, 7/30/25: Indianapolis
  2. Ray’s Bucktown Bed & Breakfast: An Eclectic, Artsy Space In The Suburbs
  3. The Big Idea: Mia Tsai
  4. What I Got in Murano
  5. An Experience With Soft Touch ASMR In Chicago
  6. I’m Off Officiating a Wedding and Athena is Away Visiting Friends So Here is a Picture of Charlie to Keep You Busy For the Weekend
  7. The Big Idea: Payton McCarty-Simas
  8. Starred Review of The Shattering Peace in Library Journal + Moon Review in the Seattle Times
  9. The Big Idea: Jason Sanford
  10. Ozzy Osbourne, RIP
  11. The Big Idea: Kate Heartfield
  12. The Friend Who Isn’t
  13. Jim Boggia at the Old Church
  14. Publishers Weekly on The Shattering Peace: “A Treat”
  15. The Big Idea: Caspar Geon
  16. No, I Didn’t Write It, No, They Didn’t Ask, No, They Didn’t Have To
  17. The Big Idea: Allee Mead
  18. Two Takes on Superman
  19. The Big Idea: Nikoline Kaiser
  20. My Brain is Pudding So Tell Me Your Favorite Puns In the Comments
  21. The Big Idea: Josh Rountree
  22. I’m Posting Some Recent Charcuterie Spreads I Did, For No Other Reason Than I Feel Like Showing Y’all
  23. The Big Idea: Marie Vibbert
  24. Today In “Prices Aren’t Real”
  25. The Big Idea: Sara Omer
  26. Into the Woods
  27. Dead Rats Don’t Fly: Finally! Out In the World!
  28. New Cover: “Everyday”
  29. It’s the Nation’s Birthday
  30. The Big Idea: E. L. Starling
  31. Your Wednesday Watermelon Report
  32. The Big Idea: Matthew Kressel

June 2025

  1. Close To Home: Grist
  2. Things I Was Not Expecting Outside My Hotel Window Last Night, Fireworks Edition
  3. View From a Hotel Window, 6/28/25: Medina, OH
  4. New Books and ARCs, 6/27/25
  5. The Big Idea: Kelli Estes
  6. In Which I am Super Lazy and Embed a Bluesky Post About a “Shattering Peace” Goodreads Giveaway Rather Than Rewrite It Here, Oh, What Is the World Coming To, I Used to Have Standards, Man
  7. “Sip Happens” At Dozo
  8. The Big Idea: Chuck Rothman
  9. Briefly, Venice
  10. The Big Idea: Travis Kennedy
  11. Back in the Day and Here and Now
  12. Music For Your Monday: 6arelyhuman
  13. The Big Idea: Jane Mondrup
  14. We’re Seeing Art
  15. When Life Looks Like a Movie Set
  16. The Big Idea: Auston Habershaw
  17. Mixology Monday At Salar
  18. The Big Idea: Aimee Ogden
  19. Today in “Look at This Dork”
  20. The Big Idea: John Wiswell
  21. 30 Years
  22. First Dateaversary, 2025
  23. Attending Dayton Drunk Theater’s “Shakespeare In The Park(ing Lot)”
  24. View From a Hotel Window, 6/15/25
  25. No Kings
  26. Vacation Mode = ON
  27. Why Licensed Music Works So Well In “Megamind”
  28. A New Cover Song: “God Only Knows”
  29. The Great Closet Purge of 2025
  30. Strawberry Moon, 6/10/25
  31. Reigniting My Love For Phase One Of Marvel
  32. And Now, a Moment of Flowers
  33. Welcome To The Neighborhood, AeCha Cafe!
  34. Brief Updates, 6/6/25
  35. The Big Idea: Vanessa Ricci-Thode
  36. View From a Hotel Window, 6/5/25: Phoenix, AZ
  37. The Big Idea: Ryk E. Spoor
  38. Attending “Night School” At Joui Wine
  39. The Big Idea: Kalla Harris
  40. A Charlie Picture For Your Tuesday Evening
  41. Well, CAN You Prove You’re a US Citizen?
  42. Giving Into Instagram Ads: Thigh Society

May 2025

  1. View From a Hotel Balcony, 5/30/25: Claremont, CA
  2. Recognizing Where Accessibility Is Being Implemented, Featuring TabBuddies
  3. The Big Idea: Caitlin Rozakis
  4. The Big Idea: Guy Gavriel Kay
  5. A Birthday Bonanza In Columbus
  6. The Big Idea: Jim C. Hines
  7. Happy Memorial Day
  8. About That Deal, Ten Years On
  9. New Books and ARCs, 5/23/25
  10. My Experience With Meal Prepping For A Friend
  11. The Big Idea: Christy Climenhage
  12. I Have Plumbers in the House Today and Also Am Backing Up All My Computers, Here Are Some Pictures of Flowers
  13. The Big Idea: Adam Oyebanji
  14. Close To Home: Gem City Catfé
  15. My Own Books Come To Me
  16. The Big Idea: Bishop O’Connell
  17. The Big Idea: Lorna Graham
  18. Love Death + Robots Vol. 4 is Now Out
  19. Bearded Iris Week Has Returned
  20. My Time In San Antonio
  21. Constituent Service Signed Limited Print Edition Now Available For Preorder
  22. 56
  23. New Books and ARCs, 5/9/25
  24. Attending A Cooking Class At Tablespoon Cooking Co. Hosted By Midwestern Lesbian
  25. Adventures In Chicago, Part 4: L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates & P.O.S.H.
  26. The Big Idea: Christina Consolino
  27. An AppyHour Double Feature!
  28. The Big Idea: Omar Hussain
  29. Life in a Computer Wallpaper, 5/7/25
  30. The Big Idea: Pat Murphy
  31. Some Spoiler-Free Thoughts On “Sinners”
  32. Spice, Sitting, 5/4/25
  33. RIP, Jill Sobule
  34. Scalzi Reads Scalzi: The God Engines

April 2025

  1. What I Got Krissy For Her Birthday
  2. Back In Ohio!
  3. Take a Seat at the Stillwater Prairie Preserve
  4. The Big Idea: Renan Bernardo
  5. New Music: “What We See At Night”
  6. Moon Shot
  7. Oh, Look, the Full Love Death + Robots Volume 4 Trailer
  8. View From a Hotel Window, 4/23/25: Los Angeles
  9. The Big Idea: Mike Allen
  10. The Big Idea: Heather Tracy
  11. Today’s Adventures in Dentistry
  12. The World’s Hectic. Have a Dog Picture.
  13. Sunset 4/20/25
  14. Easter Flowers
  15. The New Chair Arrives
  16. Because Apparently I’m In a Musical Mood Today: A Cover of “Desperado”
  17. A Cover Song for Krissy: “Your Song”
  18. Happy Birthday Krissy
  19. Today In “I Literally F*cking Wrote This”
  20. The Official John Scalzi Social Media FAQ
  21. Adventures In Chicago, Part 3: Siena Tavern
  22. Adventures In Chicago, Part 2: Smith & Wollensky
  23. And Now, Two(!) Limited Editions of “Moon” From the UK
  24. The First Mowing of the Year
  25. Checking Out Small Town Productions’ Springtime Market
  26. Adventures In Chicago, Part 1: The Langham
  27. The Big Idea: Mark Lawrence
  28. I Have Absolutely Run Out of Steam Today and Here Is Spice Approximating How I Feel Just About Now
  29. The Big Idea: Jon McGoran
  30. Love Death + Robots Vol 4: May 15!
  31. Home Again, Home Again + Another Reason Krissy is Awesome
  32. The Big Idea: Randee Dawn
  33. Interrupting The Spiral
  34. Hello From Awesome Con
  35. The Big Idea: Jade Presley
  36. The Big Idea: Meredith R. Lyons
  37. View From A Hotel Window, 4/2/25: Chicago
  38. Brookline Travel Issues
  39. The Big Idea: Ada Palmer
  40. Wednesday Check-in
  41. The Big Idea: Mary G. Thompson

March 2025

  1. Music For Your Monday: Valiant Hearts
  2. View From a Hotel Window, 3/31/25: Austin
  3. Close To Home: Val’s Bakery
  4. The Big Idea: Kait Ballenger
  5. An Expensive Product I Do Not Recommend, And A Pricey Product I Do
  6. View From a Hotel Window, 3/27/25: St. Louis!
  7. The Big Idea: Nicholas Binge
  8. View From a Hotel Window, 3/26/25: Knoxville!
  9. The Big Idea: Roanne Lau
  10. View From a Hotel Window, 3/25/25: Louisville
  11. When the Moon Hits Your Eye is Out Today, and Also Hello, I Am On Book Tour, Please Come See Me
  12. Attending Bram Stoker’s Dracula Cocktail Experience in Cincinnati
  13. Hello From Columbus
  14. The Kaiju Preservation Society a Finalist for the 2025 Kurd Lasswitz Preis
  15. Your Friday Orange Report
  16. Vernal Equinox Sunset, 2025
  17. Something Beyond Materialism
  18. The Big Idea: Lif Strand
  19. In Which I Blather On About Humor in Science Fiction For an Hour
  20. Drop What You’re Doing And Play The Google Doodle Game Today
  21. Some Quick, Spoiler-Free Thoughts On “Mickey 17”
  22. The Church Desk
  23. New Books and ARCs, 3/14/25
  24. The Return of the AppyHour Box
  25. The Church FAQ
  26. The False Promise To Oneself To Not Buy V-Bucks
  27. The Billionaire Boycott Conundrum
  28. From Straight Edge to Sloshed
  29. Some Photos From the JoCo Cruise Opening Concert
  30. Back From JoCo Cruise
  31. Suddenly, Nerd Prom!
  32. Thursday Check-In From the Sea
  33. A Tuesday Update From the Sea
  34. “You’re Going Where?!!?!?”

February 2025

  1. The Big Idea: Gourav Mohanty
  2. A Thought, and an Offer, Regarding the Astounding Award
  3. The Big Idea: A. T. Sayre
  4. Making Art In “Unprecedented Times”
  5. The Death of a Mailbox
  6. New Books and ARCs, 2/21/25
  7. Cat and Book, Book and Cat
  8. The Big Idea: Shari Leid
  9. Get Signed/Personalized Copy of The Shattering Peace from Subterranean Press
  10. The Big Idea: James L. Cambias
  11. The Big Idea: Cory Doctorow
  12. New Cover Song: “Love to Be Loved”
  13. This Is a Cool Job (I Mean, Literally)
  14. My Valentine’s Day Gift to Myself: Vaccinations!
  15. The Big Idea: Premee Mohamed
  16. Smudge the Cat Expresses His Opinion About the HVAC Dudes Currently in the House
  17. The Big Idea: Hache Pueyo
  18. Trying Out An “AppyHour Box” Subscription
  19. The Big Idea: Michael Nayak
  20. Announcing the When the Moon Hits Your Eye US Tour!
  21. Church Office Update
  22. A Work of Art
  23. View From a Hotel Window, 2/6/25: Chicago
  24. Scalzi Reads Scalzi: Lock In
  25. The Big Idea: Caye Marsh
  26. The Big Idea: Rosiee Thor and Vania Stoyanova
  27. Checking Out Dayton’s True REST Float Spa
  28. How Translation Works, Book Title Edition
  29. A Korean Cover, and Thoughts on Foreign Sales
  30. New Cover Song: “Bliss”
  31. Hey Scalzi, How Are You Preparing for Tariffpalooza?

January 2025

  1. Another Song For the Times
  2. I Don’t Know, This Song Feels Weirdly Prescient Right About Now
  3. An Olive Feast From “Olive My Pickle”
  4. The Big Idea: Josh Mendoza
  5. 14,000 Posts on Whatever
  6. Cover Reveal: The Shattering Peace
  7. FYR: A Gluten Free Haven In Downtown Columbus
  8. Close To Home: SushiNero
  9. View From a Hotel Window, 1/24/25
  10. Revisiting Friday Night Funkin’
  11. What I Did With My Evening, Jan. 22, 2025 Edition
  12. Coffee Lovers, Assemble!
  13. This Just In: Another Novel Done
  14. Here’s A Banger Song To Help You Get Through This Work Week
  15. New Books and ARCs, 1/17/24
  16. What I’m Expecting From the New Administration
  17. Linda Louis, RIP
  18. Attending A Cocktail Class + Book Launch At Joui Wine
  19. David Lynch, RIP
  20. A Little Lucy Dacus For You
  21. Taking Leave
  22. New Interview With Me at Strange Horizons Magazine
  23. I’m About To Blow (Dry) Your Mind
  24. Winter at the Scalzi Compound, 1/12/25
  25. Attending Salar’s January Wine Dinner
  26. The Big Idea: Kristina W. Kelly
  27. Some Thoughts On “The Fire Inside”
  28. On the Depressing Doings of Trillion Dollar Companies, January 2025 Edition
  29. A Musical Odyssey, No, Literally
  30. What I Have Eligible for Award Consideration This Year, 2025 Edition
  31. Let’s Do It For Real Now
  32. Today’s Expensive Cat
  33. Some Announcements about Scalzi Enterprises and Whatever
  34. The Return of the Prodigal Phone
  35. Catch an Excerpt of “When the Moon Hits Your Eye” on Polygon
  36. 20 Years of Old Man’s War

2024 398

December 2024

  1. 2024, 2025
  2. Acquiring My Work: A Primer
  3. A Winter Walk, 12/28/24
  4. New Books and ARCs, 12/27/24
  5. Happy Bach Sing Day
  6. Happy Charliemas
  7. Christmas Eve at the Old Church
  8. Happy Birthday, Athena
  9. Sunset, 12/22/24
  10. Thoughts On “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim”
  11. Krissy Retires
  12. And Now, the (Virtual) Scalzi Family Holiday Card for 2024
  13. The Sock Flip
  14. The Big Idea: Chris Gerrib
  15. A Poem For a Tuesday: So We Go Outside
  16. The Good, The Bad, & The Vegas
  17. “When The Moon Hit Your Eye” Gets a Starred Review in Booklist
  18. The (Three Day Only) Return of the Scalzi Humble Bundle
  19. Almost Certainly the Earliest Photo Of Me
  20. The Big Idea: Fiona Moore
  21. Here, Have a Song That’s Been Running Around In My Brain For the Last Several Days
  22. An Oblique Comment For a Friday Evening
  23. New Books and ARCs, 12/6/24
  24. The 2024 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Five: Charities
  25. The 2024 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Four: Fan Favorites!
  26. The 2024 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Three: Arts, Crafts, Music and More
  27. The Big Idea: Sharon Short
  28. The 2024 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Two: Non-Traditional Books
  29. The 2024 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day One: Traditionally Published Books
  30. A Personally Significant Bluesky Moment
  31. “Another Christmas (Ambient Mix)” by Matthew Ryan (and Me)

November 2024

  1. A Cat Picture to Get You Through the Weekend
  2. The 2024 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide Starts Monday!
  3. Publishers Weekly Review of When the Moon Hits Your Eye Is In
  4. A Schwan’s Song
  5. “Transformers One” Is Finally Available For Streaming And I Really Think You Should Watch It
  6. When the Moon Hits Your Eye Gets a Starred Review in Kirkus
  7. Damn It, Who Keeps Sending Me Guitars
  8. Roses in the Snow, 11/21/24
  9. The Big Idea: Maurice Broaddus
  10. Out Today: New Trade Paperback Editions of Old Man’s War and The Ghost Brigades
  11. The Big Idea: Alan Smale
  12. View From a Hotel Window, 11/15/24: Cincinnati
  13. The Big Idea: Sharon Shinn
  14. The Big Idea: Kat Richardson
  15. 100,000 Miles
  16. The Big Idea: Andrew Romine
  17. The Big Idea: Yaroslav Barsukov
  18. How to Get Signed & Personalized Books From Me For the Holidays, 2024 Edition
  19. Twitter: The Final Exit
  20. The Big Idea: William C. Tracy
  21. Making Money in the Next Four Years, and Why You Need to Plan Now to Support Your Favorite Creators
  22. Morning Rises in Ohio
  23. My Post-Election Post, Different Than I Had Originally Intended It to Be
  24. The Big Idea: Lavanya Lakshminarayan
  25. Heading Home
  26. Well, Fuck.
  27. The Big Idea: Gregory Frost
  28. A Night & Day Of Eatin’ Good In San Francisco
  29. I’ve Arrived at Saint Peter’s Gate
  30. Meanwhile in France
  31. The Big Idea: Sariah Wilson
  32. Be the Metal Heron You Need In Your Own Life

October 2024

  1. The Big Idea: David Sandner & Jacob Weisman
  2. A Few Thoughts On “The Wild Robot”
  3. View From a Hotel Window 10/30/24: Nantes, France
  4. Final Suggestions Prior to My Departure to France
  5. “Moon” Contest Update
  6. The Big Idea: Jennifer Estep
  7. The Big Idea: Eden Robins
  8. The Scalzi Endorsement: Kamala Harris for President
  9. New Cover: I’ll Follow You Into the Dark
  10. New Books and ARCs, 10/25/24
  11. What a Difference a Day Makes
  12. The Big Idea: Chris Sugden
  13. Hey, Want an ARC of “When the Moon Hits Your Eye”?
  14. The Big Idea: Greg van Eekhout
  15. The Big Idea: Kate Elliot
  16. Krissy’s New Car; Krissy’s Big News
  17. The Big Idea: Sam Wilson
  18. Caught the Comet
  19. The Ghost of Hudson Yards
  20. The Big Idea: Alex Kingsley
  21. View From a Hotel Window, 10/17/24: NYC
  22. The Big Idea: Curtis C. Chen
  23. Library Events and NYCC
  24. The Big Idea: Nisi Shawl
  25. Celebrating Maialata With Plates & Pages
  26. Krissy, Rock Star
  27. To the Person Actively Trying to Get Into My WordPress Account
  28. Look To the Skies
  29. 100,000 Followers On Bluesky and Other Notes
  30. Spot Review of the Pixel Buds Pro 2
  31. I Voted Early, and You (Probably) Can Too
  32. The Big Idea: Sung-Il Kim
  33. Back Home But Not Done With the Book Tour
  34. A Happy Travel Coincidence
  35. Constituent Service, My New Audio Novella, is Out on Audible Today!
  36. View From a Hotel Window: Kansas City
  37. Starter Villain Paperback Edition an October 2024 Barnes & Noble Monthly Pick
  38. View From a Hotel Window, 10/1/24: Tulsa, OK

September 2024

  1. View From a Hotel Window, 9/30/24: Naperville, IL
  2. Hey, I’m Going to Geek Out About My Spouse For a Second
  3. Reminder: Book Tour Starts Tomorrow (September 30)! Naperville, Illinois! Anderson’s Bookstore! 7PM!
  4. Me in Brazil
  5. New Books and ARCs, 9/27/24
  6. The Big Idea: Dan Moren
  7. Timely Reminders About Things and Stuff
  8. The Big Idea: Cat Rambo
  9. The Big Idea: Michael Mammay
  10. Today in Seriously What the Heck IS That
  11. The Big Idea: Dorothy A. Winsor
  12. Home From Brazil
  13. The Big Idea: Lauren C. Teffeau
  14. Announcing My New Audio Novella: “Constituent Service,” Available October 3 on Audible
  15. US Book Tour Starting September 30: Chicago(land), Tulsa, Kansas City, Boulder, Bainbridge Island, Redmond, Columbus, NYCC and Cincinnati (Plus: Piqua!)
  16. What You Should Be Watching: YouTube Edition: Shaun
  17. The Big Idea: Heather Tracy
  18. 26 Years of Whatever
  19. Hello From Brazil
  20. Brazil, Here I Come
  21. The Big Idea: David Ebenbach
  22. Red Zinnia/Sunflower, 9/12/24
  23. The Big Idea: Richard Thomas
  24. Reminder: This Is As Good As It Gets With Trump
  25. First Impressions of the Pixel 9 Pro
  26. Inaugurating a New Phone
  27. Catception, 9/8/24
  28. New Books and ARCs, 9/6/24
  29. The Big Idea: Dirk Strasser
  30. Starter Villain #1 Audiobook on Audible and #1 SFF Book on Amazon Today (Because the Audiobook is the Daily Deal)
  31. The Big Idea: Abigail Owen
  32. This Year at Dragon Con
  33. Hey, Look at That

August 2024

  1. View From a Hotel Window, 8/31/24: Atlanta
  2. I Can Stop Anytime I Swear
  3. Reminder: I’ll Be at Dragon Con This Saturday and Sunday
  4. New Music: Bad Night, Pt. 1 & 2
  5. And Now, the Cover to “When the Moon Hits Your Eye”
  6. The Big Idea: Beth Revis
  7. On Blurb Hiatus Through the End of 2024
  8. This Praying Mantis is Not Here For Your Nonsense
  9. Political Thoughts, 8/23/24
  10. The Big Idea: A.Z. Rozkills
  11. Dog and Cats Living Together, 8/22/24
  12. The Big Idea: M V Melcer
  13. Trying Out Ox and Finch
  14. The Big Idea: David Niall Wilson
  15. Oh, Hey, It’s Krissy
  16. The Big Idea: Madeline Ashby
  17. I Went To Europe!
  18. Re: Your Brains – The Scalzi Remix
  19. Flower Break, 8/17/24
  20. New Books and ARCs, 8/16/24
  21. The Big Idea: Raven Belasco
  22. Please Don’t Idolize Me (or Anyone, Really)
  23. The Big Idea: Cameron Johnston
  24. The 2024 Seiun Award
  25. The Big Idea: Jonathan Strahan
  26. Heading Home
  27. The Big Idea: Rob Cameron
  28. The Big Idea: Abigail Nussbaum
  29. View From a Hotel Window, 8/8/24: Glasgow
  30. New Uncanny Magazine Film Column: Film and AI
  31. The Big Idea: Raven Oak
  32. Starter Villain a Dragon Award Finalist + I’ll Be at Dragon Con
  33. The Scream Scrum
  34. Oslo Update
  35. The Feedly Issue, Apparently Resolved
  36. Hello From Norway

July 2024

  1. “And Just Where Do You Think YOU’RE Going?”
  2. Here’s an Awesome Album to Help You Power Through to the Weekend
  3. Some Number Crunching on Career Sales, 2024
  4. About That (New) Deal
  5. Your Saturday Sunflower
  6. Reminder: They Actually Are Planning a Dictatorship
  7. Hay Bales Sling, Are You Listening
  8. It’s Harder to Stab When You’re Being Punched in the Face
  9. Smudge, Leading His Best Life
  10. The Big Idea: Will Ludwigsen
  11. When Hugo Nonsense is Handled Right
  12. Biden, Harris, Trump and 2024
  13. New Books and ARCs, 7/19/24
  14. New Cover: “Take On Me” + Why So Much Music From Me Recently
  15. My Site Still Up In the Crowdstrike Shutdown
  16. The Big Idea: Jean Marie Ward
  17. New Podcast Appearance: “Re-Creative, Episode 45”
  18. The Big Idea: J. Alexander Cohen
  19. New Cover: “Under the Milky Way”
  20. The Big Idea: R. B. Lemberg
  21. Flower and Sunset, 7/15/24
  22. Redshirts on Esquire’s “75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time” List
  23. View From a Hotel Window 7/12/24: Columbus
  24. The Big Idea: P.H. Low
  25. A Reminder About Things Allegedly in Development
  26. Michael and Lynne Thomas on Uncanny Magazine’s Year 11 Kickstarter
  27. Every Image a Goth Album Cover
  28. The Big Idea: Sarah Beth Durst
  29. Today’s New Inadvisable Yet Inevitable Purchase
  30. The Big Idea: K.X. Song
  31. View From a Hotel Window 7/5/24: Indianapolis
  32. The Big Idea: Benjamin Liar
  33. A Note About Neil
  34. The Big Idea: Owen B Greenwald
  35. Smudge and His Guitars
  36. The Big Idea: Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan
  37. New EP: “The Wave Returns to the Water”

June 2024

  1. State of the Scalzi, First Half of 2024 Edition
  2. Reminder: Feedly is Lying to You, I Am Not Blocking Them
  3. The Big Idea: Allen Steele
  4. Comments Are Back!
  5. Commenting Problems Update
  6. Mary Robinette Has a Kickstarter: “Silent Spaces”
  7. The Big Idea: N.S. Nuseibeh
  8. New Music: “Take Only What You Can Carry”
  9. Update: Comments Still Down
  10. Sunday in Bradford
  11. Comments Seem to Be Down on the Site
  12. A Note on “AI” Art and My Book Covers
  13. The Big Idea: Chaz Brenchley
  14. And Now: Bees!
  15. The Big Idea: Dan Rice
  16. “If You Leave” by Paul & Storm & Scalzi: Out Now!
  17. Here’s A Random Meat Stick Review To Jazz Up Your Tuesday Afternoon
  18. The Big Idea: Dave Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell
  19. 29 Years!
  20. A Proposal, 30 Years On
  21. Summer Vacation: ON
  22. The Big Idea: Tim Pratt
  23. Coming To the End of Writing; Here’s a Picture While You Wait
  24. The Big Idea: Cherie Priest
  25. Wake Up, Babe, a New Donald Duck Short Just Dropped
  26. A Cover For the Weekend: “Only You”
  27. A Compelling Glimpse Into My Creative Process
  28. The Big Idea: Lindsay Ellis
  29. The Kaiju Preservation Society: A Seiun Award Winner!
  30. The Big Idea: Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
  31. Today’s Out of Context Observation on Culture and Snobbery
  32. New Music: Fraternal Twins 1&2
  33. And Now, the One Thing I Did Not Like About Iceland

May 2024

  1. Farewell, Iceland
  2. Still in Iceland, Feeling a Little Punk
  3. Today in “Whoops”
  4. The Big Idea: Caitlin Rozakis
  5. It’s Right Behind Me, Isn’t It
  6. Reykjavik Sunset
  7. Today in Iceland: Crushing It
  8. Hello From an Icelandic Long House
  9. View From a Hotel Window, 5/23/24: Reykjavik
  10. Visiting The Miami County Food Truck Rally
  11. The Big Idea: Rob Costello
  12. I Have Post-Novel-Completion Brain Implosion; Here is a Cat Picture
  13. New Cover: “Fake Plastic Trees”
  14. New Novel: Finished!
  15. New Books and ARCs, 5/17/24
  16. Still Plugging Away at the Book; Here’s Krissy
  17. A Cover Song and Brief Impressions of Logic Pro 11
  18. More Than Just Mother’s Day
  19. Birthday Addendum: Northern Lights and Dr Who
  20. 55
  21. Starter Villain a Locus Award Finalist
  22. Today in Silly But Fun Purchases
  23. RIP Steve Albini
  24. We’re Fine
  25. The Big Idea: Laura R. Samotin
  26. New Uncanny Film Essay: The Aesthetics of Spectacle: A Look at Dune in 1984 and 2024
  27. A Couple of Housekeeping Notes re: Email and Feedly
  28. A Compare and Contrast: 21 and (Almost) 55
  29. The Dog at the End of the Rainbow
  30. The First Iris of 2024
  31. The Big Idea: Thersa Matsuura
  32. A Quick May Moment

April 2024

  1. The Big Idea: José Pablo Iriarte
  2. Hello, I Have a Deadline, But Here is Krissy to Keep You Company
  3. The Big Idea: Lyda Morehouse
  4. Testing Bluesky Embeds
  5. One Year of Bluesky
  6. New Books and ARCs, 4/26/24
  7. The Big Idea: Samantha Mills
  8. Attending Salar’s April Wine Dinner
  9. One For the Gen-Xers Out There
  10. The Big Idea: Chris Panatier
  11. Back Home and a Bit Discombobulated
  12. Checking In From LA
  13. Happy Birthday, Krissy
  14. The Big Idea: A.D. Sui
  15. A Quick Trip To Portland (Oregon, Not Maine)
  16. The Big Idea: Christine Ma-Kellams
  17. I Was Absolutely NOT Procrastinating Today, Nevertheless, Here is a Cover of “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)”
  18. Hey, I’m Not Going to Try to Scam You on Facebook (Or, You Know, Elsewhere)
  19. Your Occasional Reminder the 80s Were Even Weirder Than You Remember
  20. Here Comes the Rain Again
  21. A Quick Note to Struggling Authors About What You Should Not Do
  22. An Artistic Rendering of the Eclipse
  23. The Big Idea: Shannon Page
  24. Eclipse Report
  25. New Books and ARCs, 4/5/24
  26. There’s Something Fishy About My Yard
  27. Third Thursdays At Cherry Street Bottle Shop & Cocktail Kitchen
  28. New Uncanny Film Column: “The Godzilla Beeper”
  29. How to Make Me Write a New Short Story
  30. The Big Idea: John Wiswell
  31. April is the Crunchiest Month
  32. It’s Not an April Fool’s Prank But It Feels Like an April Fool’s Prank

March 2024

  1. Some Hugo Finalist Afterthoughts
  2. A Quick Bit of Ambient For You: “Good Friday”
  3. Starter Villain a Hugo Finalist for Best Novel
  4. While My Chapman Stick Gently Weeps
  5. I Regret to Inform You That I Have Have Caught the Nap Bug From My Cat
  6. The Big Idea: Ryan Leslie
  7. Yet Another New EP From Me: “Totality”
  8. New Books and ARCs, 3/22/24
  9. New Fairground Attraction Single: “What’s Wrong With the World?”
  10. The Big Idea: CJ Hosack
  11. RIP, Vernor Vinge
  12. A Slight Case of Marriage
  13. The First Sunset of Spring 2024
  14. The Big Idea: Grace Curtis
  15. How to Get (Sort Of, Maybe) Murdered By Me – For Charitable Purposes!
  16. Back In the World
  17. Quick Check In
  18. Doing Things That Make You Happy
  19. The Big Idea: Izzy Wasserstein
  20. Heading Out
  21. Travel Day. Here’s a Picture of a Cat
  22. Beverage Review: Coca-Cola Spiced Zero Sugar
  23. In Which My Internet Finally Enters the 21st Century, Sort Of
  24. The Big Idea: Gideon Marcus
  25. New Music: “Ten Minutes of Your Life”
  26. Spice the Cat Appears to Have Very Certain Opinions About the Most Recent Chapter
  27. I Wrote Almost 3,000 Words Today and My Brain is a Little Spongy, Here’s a New Song From Paramore

February 2024

  1. The Big Idea: Annye Driscoll
  2. It’s the Most Shamrocky Time of the Year
  3. The Big Idea: Eliza Chan
  4. You Could Be Using “AI” RIGHT NOW
  5. The Big Idea: Zilka Joseph
  6. Bird Patrol Is On the Scene!
  7. The Big Idea: Kerrie Faye
  8. A Reminder in a Contentious Time
  9. I Am Being Impeded In My Work
  10. New EP Out Now: “Difficult Time”
  11. The Big Idea: Cory Doctorow
  12. The Big Idea: Jennifer Estep
  13. New Music: Creep
  14. Probably Because There is Snow All Over the Ground, This Song Has Been Earworming Me
  15. New Books and ARCs, 2/16/24
  16. The 2023 Hugo Fraud and Where We Go From Here
  17. Happy Valentine’s Day, Here’s kd lang With a Hugely Romantic Song
  18. Today In Awards I Didn’t Even Know I Was Up For
  19. The Big Idea: Gwenda Bond
  20. Another Airport, Another Town
  21. Meet the Skylark Award
  22. View From a Hotel Window 2/9/24: Boston
  23. “Starter Villain” in Development at Paramount and Maximum Effort
  24. The Big Idea: David Hamilton Golland
  25. Bluesky Out of Beta + Various Social Media Thoughts, February 2024
  26. The Big Idea: Jordan A. Werner
  27. An Adorable Impediment to Writing
  28. An Interview With Me on Nashville Public Television
  29. My Music Production Setup, 2024
  30. And Now, a Cover of The Boss For Your Weekend
  31. The New Music Room Setup
  32. New Music: “Ascenders”
  33. New Books and ARCs, 2/2/24
  34. Don’t Call It a Sellout
  35. Smudge Defends the Natural Order of Things
  36. Starter Villain on the Locus 2023 Recommended Reading List; Vote in the Locus Award Poll

January 2024

  1. Watching “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition” For the First Time
  2. Today in What the Hell is This
  3. Glasgow Worldcon Commits to Hugo Process Transparency
  4. The Feedly Hiccup
  5. New Books and ARCs, 1/26/24
  6. In Which I Am Absolutely No Fun For Anyone Until, Like, May
  7. 40 Years of Writing
  8. MacBook Pro M3 Max Initial Thoughts and Impressions
  9. If You Have A Burning Hatred For “The Lion King” Remake And Two Hours To Spare, This Is The Video For You
  10. “Starter Villain” an Alex Award Winner
  11. What’s Up With Babel and the Hugos?
  12. View From a Hotel Window, 1/19/24: Novi, MI
  13. An Interesting Behind the Scenes Look at Some Old Man’s War History
  14. I Spent All Day Downloading Software, Here’s a Song For My Mom’s Birthday
  15. The Newest Bit of Tech to Arrive at the Scalzi Compound
  16. The Big Idea: Alexander C. Kane
  17. Caption This Photo
  18. I Have No Idea Why This Song In Particular Has Been My Weekend Earworm, But, Here You Go
  19. A Note on New Book/ARC Posts
  20. The Big Idea: Mark Elsdon
  21. RIP, Terry Bisson
  22. The Big Idea: Beth Cato
  23. Today in “Incidents Just Waiting To Happen”
  24. I Played Video Games To the Near Exclusion of Everything Else Today, So Here Is My Favorite Fountains of Wayne Song For You, In Lieu Of Actual Thought
  25. A More Than Trivial Amount of Snow Has Finally Arrived
  26. The First Sunset of 2024
  27. Perhaps the Greatest Award I Have Ever Won
  28. What I Have Eligible for Award Consideration This Year, 2024 Edition
  29. New Movie Column Up at Uncanny Magazine
  30. The Big Idea: Sean Patrick Hazlett
  31. It’s 2024. Are You Registered to Vote?

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