This Headline Should Read . . .

. . . Parent Flunks Humor Exam

Author Burns Own House Down

. . . but seems to miss his sports car the most.

David Eddings, being, as he eloquently describes it, dumb.

Harry Potter Available For Pre-Order

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows is out at Amazon.

Go. Get it. You know you want it.

Worst Name For A Movie That Was Meant To Be Serious

The Astronaut Farmer

Which Sci-Fi Writer Am I?

I am: John Brunner His best known works are dystopias -- vivid realizations of the futures we want to avoid.

Which science fiction writer are you?

mildyamusing.com

We've made a bunch of changes over at mildlyamusing.com. We've basically turned the whole thing into a blog to make things easier. If you haven't been checking it out, check it out. And watch it close--lots of fun stuff in store for the coming year.

Testing The New Blog: This is just a test of the new version of blogger. Had this been an actual blog post, you'd have gotten bored and stopped reading by now.

Writing Question For Non-Writers: Okay, this question is about writing, but it's for readers.

In his book on writing comics, Peter David says that it's good, if your characters are in a situation that's beyond what you would encounter in real life, to acknowledge this by having your characters say something like, "This is like something out of a comic book!"

So the question for readers is, when you read something like this or hear it in a movie, does it make the story seem more real or does it pull you out of the story, as you're reminded that it's just a book or a movie?

The Medicine Show Rolls On: Issue 3 of the Intergalactic Medicine Show is out.

Winner!: As it turns out, I won one of the pro edits in the raffle, the one from Diane Goettel, one of the editors of the no-longer-in-danger Apex Digest.

Now to pick a story . . .