http://lmashton.com L M Ashton's adventures in speculative fiction writing. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:31:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not much of a comics person - with the exception of Asterix & Obelix, thanks to my oldest brother, Tony - but I've recently been introduced to a few comics that are right up my alley. Speculative fiction comics. Can you say, "Cool!"? ... http://lmashton.com/2008/09/speculative-fiction-comics/ Browsing my brother's blog, I read an entry where he links to a news article on cork as a renewable resource. Now, I knew that cork came from trees, that it was grown. I remember that much from studying the cellular structure ... http://lmashton.com/2008/09/cork-as-a-renewable-resource/ We've been contemplating getting me an ebook reader for a few months. I have joint problems, and honestly, it isn't a whole lot of fun dislocating a thumb from holding a hardcover book. :D Okay, so in all fairness, I dislocate my wrist when I slice ... http://lmashton.com/2008/09/mobile-phone-ebook-reader/ Fahim had a dream that led to a story that we started developing. You know, this is a fairly standard thing with us. I have ideas, I bounce them off him. He has ideas, he bounces them off me, then gives them ... http://lmashton.com/2008/09/sentinel-and-short-stories/ Ever wanted to know whether a site was down or whether it was you? This site is especially useful for those of us who live in areas where the Internet is less than, well, reliable. http://lmashton.com/2008/08/is-it-you/ It's time again for the AW blog chain, and this time, Sassee Bioche's post before mine talks about humour. Go on, go read her post. You know you want to! ;) Naturally, that led me to think about the humorous science fiction ... http://lmashton.com/2008/08/humorous-science-fiction/ This post is inspired by Chan's post over at Fumbling with Fiction. If I were an agent, I'd still wear my elephant writing hat. Maybe not all the time, but certainly if I had public appearances. I wouldn't wear high heels or ... http://lmashton.com/2008/08/if-i-were-an-agent/ Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died at age 89. May he rest in peace. Growing up, we had a lot of books in the house, probably in the neighborhood of several thousand. Among those books were some written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, including The Cancer ... http://lmashton.com/2008/08/rest-in-peace-alexander-solzhenitsyn/ I was reading the comments to a post over on Making Light when I saw a post Teresa Nielsen Hayden made about another site. Her comment was about the comments on a post at AdPulp being a moderator's nightmare. Well, in all fairness, the original blog ... http://lmashton.com/2008/07/reading-comprehension-101/ And it's at Tor.com. There are short stories available to read, free, right on the site itself. By John Scalzi and Charles Stross at the moment. There are blogs, currently including entries written by Patrick Nielsen Hayden of ... http://lmashton.com/2008/07/the-tor-site-is-live/