5/1 - "The Haunted Air" is now out in audiobook. Hear a sample: http://bit.ly/ZHb3OX

5/2 - last I looked I was #12 http://fb.me/R6EUd5Cm

5/3 - I could be the vigilante copy editor. I could. Really. http://tinyurl.com/cuuzvy5


5/4 - the John Carpenter of chemical reactions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ritaljhhk7s

5/5 - stuck inside of KC with the St. Joe blues again. Faulty toilet on our EMB-145 holding us here.

5/6 - Y'gotta love Passive Guy http://tinyurl.com/cvev5ld


5/7 - for anyone whose book I've promised to read, this is why I haven't got to it yet. (Not the wine -- that's just there for perspective). Yes, I can get a bit obsessive about the Byrds. http://twitpic.com/cq5ykk

5/7 - RIP Ray Harryhausen - "There's a strange quality in stop-motion photography, like in 'King Kong,' that adds to the fantasy. If you make things too real, sometimes you bring it down to the mundane." (Ray Harryhausen in 2006)


"A genius who moved his audience a tiny bit at a time." (Stephen Fry)

Astounding Harryhausen GIF: http://tinyurl.com/ceypqvz

5/8 - Explaining Complicated Philosophies With Gorgeously Simple Postcards http://www.wired.com/design/2013/05/phil...ewall=true
(not sure I buy into all, but...)

5/8 - Q: What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers have in common?
A: All were invented by women.

5/9 - via Neil Tyson: "Only in America can a Beer Commercial be more scientifically literate than a State School Board": http://bit.ly/171lLr

5/10 - Here's my story "Lididleggin'" on film if you've got 11 minutes to spare: http://fb.me/MuzYftSo

5/11 - opened up the DARK CITY file and realized I have to kill a favorite character this morning. Bummer.

5/12 - Weekend report:
Saturday: finished a short-story collab with Heather Graham Pozzessere for a secret ITW anthology.
Sunday: crossed the 60k-word mark on FEAR CITY and still going
(Remember when Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (Maggie Smith) said, "What is a weekend?" Working writers say the same thing, but from the opposite direction.)

5/13 - I love this "Ah the stubbornness of men..." pic.twitter.com/aifqvleqii

5/14 - Poor Dan Brown - doesn't anyone edit him? We all write clinkers. I have readers and an excellent copy editor who catch most of mine. The sad thing is, these are the kind of errors we flag in our bootcamp writers. Chapter 7 has "he heard a strange humming in his ears" - it should be pointed out that the character can also hear with his knees and elbows, so it's necessary to mention "ears." http://tinyurl.com/codv6jm

5/14 - "Hosts" is just out on audio. Listen to a sample here: http://bit.ly/XhIDfU

5/15 - a vegan armory http://tinyurl.com/baubt22

5/15 - ANIME ME! I'm anime'd in "Hellsing" 09 - at 9:45 they describe THE KEEP and seconds later they start doing terrible things to "Paul Wilson." (At least that's what the character's called in the English dub. Don't know about the original Japanese script.) http://www.watchcartoononline.com/hellsi...ish-dubbed

5/16 - Only in the UK: Star Wars fans fight Whovians http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22542222

5/17 - YA readers are the best. Here's a recent email exchange:

I am doing a book report on Jack Secret Vengeance for 7th grade English. I love the books, and my parents like them enough that they named my little brother after Jack. No, seriously. Anyway, I was writing to make sure that Jack really doesn't have a last name n the books. I looked through ALL of them to make sure, but I want to be able to tell my teacher I went to extreme lenghts to find out. If I get an A on this project I am on honor roll. Thanks- (name)
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Hey, (name) --
You're right. Jack has no last name. Even in the adult books. (When people ask him, "'Jack' what?" he always says, "Just Jack'll do.") I've never given him one so even =I= don't know his last name.
Hope you had as much fun reading them as I did writing them.
FPW
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Thank you Mr Wilson! I made an A and am on honor roll now. My school's media specialist ordered 2 copies of each of the books because of it, too.

5/17-21 - away to DC and Boston for graduating nephews. Lots of fun except for the "Pomp & Circumstance" earworm.

5/21 - Why is this clown on US TV? http://tinyurl.com/255b6

5/23 - Quote of the Day in email from Chis Morgan, scripter of =Fast & Furious 6=: "If you're not a stickler for physics, it's actually a lot of fun."

5/24 - Head 'em up, move 'em out! Just passed the 75k-word mark on FEAR CITY. Keep those doggies rollin'

5/26 - this is for real: take 5 minutes to see this video on a new, more effective mode of CPR anyone can do - http://ahsc.arizona.edu/node/730

5/28 - a great audio adaptation of my story "Slasher" - listen free. Scroll down to the "Grist Mill" tab and click. http://official.fm/fringeradio2013

5/29 - it felt strange proofing the pages for "The Dead World," my Pellucidar story in the upcoming WORLDS OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS anthology. I altered my vocabulary and lengthened my sentence structure (and added a ton of exclamation points!!!) to create an ERB feel. I guess I succeeded because I felt like I was reading someone else's work. http://tinyurl.com/omon5bj

5/30 - lunch with my agent, then the afternoon at BEA, then a celebratory drink (because the Hogbens Kickstarter was a success) with Pierce Watters at the Algonquin.

5/31 - off to Georgetown for my **mumbleth** class reunion. My classmate Bill Clinton has tweeted that he'll be there. He hasn't been to one in a while.