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Hey.

BenBella Books' SmartPop online thingy has posted my essay from Investigating CSI:

It's a mostly-snide tongue in cheeky sort of animal, and unfortunately it became obsolete between writing and publication. But that's life in the freelance biz.

It's available in its entirety until midnight, after which it will be excerpt-only (with the complete one available for a price, I believe).

BenBella also uses my...

So I've been nursing my first running-related injury since starting with the Five Fingers back in February: a minor strain where my Achilles' tendon attaches to my left heel. This has cost me three scheduled Running Days, and has been proportionally more aggravating because the only reason I got it was that I'm a dumbass.

A different (non-running) injury to my left heel had me unconsciously favoring it while I ran once or twice. This caused considerable soreness in the calf, which I worked...

From The Other Scott:

Have you given any thought to opening up the Overworld setting to other authors? If so, who would you be willing to let play in your yard?

I had always hoped to turn the Earth/Studio/Overworld milieu into a shared-world franchise (having been a reasonably devoted fan of both Thieves' World and Wild Cards) . . . but the books have never become successful enough to warrant it. Maybe when the current Caine contract expires, I might be able to interest a small press in...

WE HAVE A WINNER!

From the eminent dr krog in the previous thread:

Matt, are you still with Howard Morhaim? My wife, Mrs. Dr. Krog, who is a lurker around these here parts, just accepted representation with Kate McKean. Kate is with Howard Morhaim. We're freakin' giddy.

Congratufuckinglations! Welcome to the Bigs.

I just had to share this with the whole gang. That's really great news. I am still with Howard, and probably will be until one of us is dead. And maybe longer.

I'll be back for...

First, from Andrew:

This is just a general question, not on topic to anything you've mentioned above.

You've now written some stories with a main one person viewpoint and a minor viewpoint or two, you have CBK where its just one viewpoint, from what I recall (though you could argue past and present Caine viewpoints are like writing in more than one), and a novel with several different viewpoints from various characters.

Which do you like to write the most? And which do you think you write...

Hey. Been away. Now I'm back.

I know I've been piling up a backlog of unanswered questions . . . but now I can't find them.

*sigh* The pain of long comment threads . . .

So we can have Question Time: stuff you have already asked and I've failed to answer. Or even new stuff.

From Alex:

In the Acts of Caine, we see pretty much every deity mentioned throw down some kind of power (with the exception of Prothiun(m?)). Even Rudkirisch(sp? Sorry I don't have Heroes Die handy)gets to throw his...

Hey –

The previous thread reminded me of the merits of a couple of books on fighting that are worth your attention — especially any of you who aren't training in a combat art but who still want to write realistic hand-to-hand. They are:

GET TOUGH, by William Fairbairn, who taught practical combat to his colleagues in the Shanghai (!) Municipal Police, and later to British commandos and US Rangers during WWII.

KILL OR GET KILLED, by Rex Applegate, reputedly a friend and collaborator of...

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I win. You lose.

Other things are never equal.

Never back up. Your opponent can see what's behind you. You can't.

The best way to hit someone is by surprise. The best way to surprise someone is to hit him before he knows you're there. Second best is to hit him before he knows he's in a fight. As a last resort, hit him while he's talking.

It's important to know how to fall. It's more important...

In honor of Sarah Palin's kickoff of the new Tea Bag drive in Nevada, the class assignment for today is . . .

It Can't Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis, 1935

Read it.

We've been warned.

Just when you thought the opposition to the health reform law couldn't drop any lower, Newt Gringrich (former Speaker of the House, and 2012 Presidential hopeful) said in a speech today (I am NOT making this up!) that the Democratic leadership bears some responsibility for the death threats against the members of their own caucus, due to the way their "machine" rammed through the health care legislation.

Good one, Newt! Now tell the the one about "If she didn't want to get raped, she...