Tag Archives: New York City
The Blogger Abides: A Practical Guide to Writing Well and Not Starving
The Blogger Abides: A Practical Guide to Writing Well and Not Starving is Chris Higgins’ new book on freelancing. (Disclosure: Chris is one of my favorite things about Mental Floss and he sent me an advance copy of the book … Continue reading
Two Steps Back
Looks like the Dead Island: Zombie Bait Collector’s Edition will feature a disturbing extra for zombie fans: A headless, armless bikini-clad girl’s torso. Ick. From the press release, because I could not make this up: Paul Nicholls, Sales & Marketing … Continue reading
Bohemian Throwdown
Harold has written a new story for the comics collection Country Ass-Whupping, called Insights Into My Fiance’s Anger Issues, sorry, I mean, the story’s called Bohemian Throwdown. The other thing is just what I call it. This book is a one-shot fundraiser for … Continue reading
The Forgotten Queen
D.L. Bogdan’s The Forgotten Queen is a novel about Margaret Tudor, the sister of Henry VIII. I’d previously read Secrets of the Tudor Court by this author, which is what interested me in The Forgotten Queen, and I was really … Continue reading
Elsewhere
New piece up on thalo about Elsewhere in Greensboro. Still seems weird seeing a North Carolina dateline on my pieces… GREENSBORO, NC — At first glance, Elsewhere looks like another Greensboro, NC, antique shop or gallery, open late in the evening for … Continue reading
Currier & Ives
There are a lot of upsetting things happening right now. The school shooting in Connecticut seems like part of a terrifying trend, that it’s not safe to do normal things, like go to a superhero movie, or go to school, … Continue reading
Career Advice
Roy: you should write for ***publication*** they are really one of the top level outlets for general audience/enthusiast tech reporting and they are looking for columnists ***link*** Meg: Oh, nice! Roy: i’m sure you have a solid application package on hand to … Continue reading
“After All This Time?”
I’ve written lots of times about reading and watching Harry Potter, sometimes as Harry Potter therapy for different things happening in my life. In college, my roommate Kristine and I would lie on the couches, watch Harry Potter, and escape … Continue reading
Exemplary Reportage, Comrades
The Onion recently ran a piece calling DPRK leader Kim Jung-un the sexiest man alive. While most of us giggled at it and forwarded it to our Korean expat friends, the Chinese state paper, the People’s Daily, ran with the … Continue reading
