brettyhale

Commented on Holding pattern
@hairyears - I've always wondered about that too. Do authors have in-jokes that they get a pass on? Even from their editors? There's the 'Wilhelm Scream' in the sound effects business, 'Alan Smithee' for disgruntled directors, and 'The Aristocrats' amongst...
Commented on Blatant Advertising
This is what's great about electronic formats - I can buy a novella that might have sunk without a trace for a couple of bucks. It's fascinating to watch the likeable Bob becoming a more formidable go-to guy for inter-dimensional...

Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)