Belief and bias confirmation
I've observed for a while now (or perhaps I should say "believed") that people generally tend to notice evidence that...
PEBKAC
Sometimes, customer service and/or tech support are the problem. But sometimes, I'm the problem. I have to reconfigure my work...
Amazon: Possibly not evil?
The Internets have been full of panic and outrage today over Amazon allegedly instituting a new policy that any book...
Last month’s SH fiction
I've dropped the ball on my plan to post every week about what we're publishing at SH. Apologies to the...
Technofailure continues
This week's technology failures haven't been as bad as last week's, but they've continued to be annoying. For example, the...
Great harmonies and catchy melodies
I just put together my first iMix. One of my favorite musical trios--Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, and Michael Cicone--does gorgeous...
A couple of recent pregnancy announcements
Mary Anne has just announced that she's pregnant! She's due in early October. Congratulations to her and Kevin, and if...
How do you recognize a One True Pairing?
In conventional romance novels, you can always tell who the female main character is supposed to (and going to) end...
Assorted further notes on Iowa
There are two possible ways that Iowa could attempt to amend its constitution to stop same-sex marriage: Hold a constitutional...
Vermont: No such thing as false hope
I'm totally delighted to report that Vermont has legalized same-sex marriage, overriding the governor's veto. Same-sex marriages in Vermont will...
Sleepily home
Made it home safely from my New York/Swarthmore trip. Overall a pretty good trip (despite the technical difficulties), due mostly...
March of the submissions, submissions of March
Finally finished entering all the March subs into the SH database. Turns out there were 507 submissions in March--our third-highest-volume...