First Lit/Phil article sold

Well, my friends (and enemies, and trespassers), I’ve just sold my first article that’s NOT about Linux. My essay “As The Gods Themselves…” about science fiction, religion, and the singularity is now online and available for download in PDF and MP3 format at The Journal Sci Phi.
If you enjoy world religions, are [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Career, Publishing, Science, Unsavory Excursions, WritingPosted on April 24th, 2009

Warning: Dead Robots Ahead

I was interviewed this week on The Dead Robots Society, where we discussed Predestination, producing full cast audiobooks, and the glorious delirium of writing. Hear it all here

No Comments »Filed under: Career, Creativity, Idle Musings, Podcasts, Predestination, Publishing, Unsavory Excursions, WritingPosted on April 21st, 2009

What Book Publishers Could Learn from Drug Dealers

by J. Daniel Sawyer
Thanks to Amy Gahran for sparking the idea
Literacy is like heroin - it’s habit-forming. The more people try out the habit, the more likely they are to retain it. Exposure to books breeds consumption of books, which is good, because the act of reading requires deliberate commitment. This is important to keep [...]

4 Comments »Filed under: Creativity, Idle Musings, PublishingPosted on March 10th, 2009

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