Monthly Archives: June 2012

In the (not-so) good ol’ days, literary agents and acquisition editors acted as gatekeepers, shutting a plethora of bad manuscripts out of the publishing process and letting only a chosen few of the best reach the reader. Although the system was not … Continue reading →

“Who runs the country?” The answer that is popular with cynics who are trying to pretend sophistication is “wealthy people”, “Wall Street”, “multinational corporations”, or “the media”. But those answers are just nonsense that people bandy about for shock value. They don’t … Continue reading →

I am a mad scientist. You shouldn’t be surprised. Scientists have a lot to be mad about. I’m mad that people think that any random opinion someone spouts off the top of their head is as good as the scientific … Continue reading →