A spambot has now targeted this blog.  (Fake Gucci bags, anyone?)  I’m spending an inordinate amount of time deleting spam. But the spambot is only hitting one topic.  Does anyone know how to turn off comments on a single topic in WordPress? I can turn off all comments.  I can turn off comments on pages, […]

‘In one of the truly bizarre incidents we’ve seen out of the e-book publishing world, a translation of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace for Barnes & Noble’s Nook platform has replaced all mentions of the word “kindled” with “Nookd.”‘ I actually doubt Barnes & Noble is responsible for this, and I’m inclined to suspect the […]

Taos Toolbox is moving along— swimmingly, I must say— and has already featured two critique sessions, a couple of lovely catered meals, and a serious literary discussion in the hot tub. Some of the moments of critique stood out, and here they are: Your story gave me a minor epistemological crisis. If you could write […]

I found a picture of Ray Bradbury as he looked before he became the affable, bespectacled, white-haired figure we’ve seen over the last couple decades.  This is a lot closer to how he looked when he wrote the stories and novels for which he’ll most likely be remembered. He looks serious, driven.  He looks like […]