Every day I learn something new

Today, it's the existance of the Canadian Shack meme.

Not everything I learn about is of equal utility.

Rheta Grimsley Johnson reviews the new Arlo and Janis collection

The question I'm most often asked after speeches is not "Where do you get your ideas?" or "What writers influenced your style?" or any of those common things you might suppose readers would wonder about a columnist with three decades in the business.

No. The question I'm most often asked is "Are you Janis?"

I always answer, "Not anymore."

Have some sad music to read it by:

A poll

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A poll

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On Mars

Eight years into a 90 day mission, Opportunity endures.

Meanwhile, elsewhere on Mars....

Jim C. Hines' Striking a Pose (Women and Fantasy Covers)

A while back, we had a discussion on the blog about the cover art for my princess novels. For the most part, I really like these covers, but they’re not perfect.

Now I could talk about the way women are posed in cover art … or I could show you. I opted for the latter, in part because it helped me to understand it better. I expected posing like Danielle to feel a little weird and unnatural. I did not expect immediate, physical pain from trying (rather unsuccessfully) to do the hip thing she’s got going on.

I recruited my wife to take the pictures, which she kindly did with a minimum of laughter.

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