For your weekend viewing pleasure. Have a good one.

Writing Stuff

Fiction and Fact by Philadelphia author
The dragons in Philadelphia author Michael Swanwick's new novel, The Dragons of Babel, are neither benevolent nor mysterious, though one does well to fear them. Constructed of iron and powered by steam turbines, they are living weapon systems, tools of imperial conquest.

Self-Published Fantasy Novel 'The Soulstealer War' Receives Critical Acclaim
Released in January, The Soulstealer War: The First Mother's Fire, an epic fantasy and sci-fi novel of magic and metaphysics by new author W.L. Hoffman, continues to receive rave reviews from the critics.

Five Words You Can Cut
One of the best ways to make your writing stronger is to cut unnecessary words. Many people tend to over-write, often in a similar way to how they would speak. Words creep in that add no meaning and can make a piece of writing sound vague and woolly rather than confidence and precise.

Cool Stuff ('cool' being a relative term, of course)

Medicine's Cutting Edge: Re-Growing Organs
Imagine re-growing a severed fingertip, or creating an organ in the lab that can be transplanted into a patient without risk of rejection. It sounds like science fiction, but it's not. It's the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine...

Archaeologists unearth 35,000-year-old tools in Australia
A piece of flint the size of a small cell phone and hundreds of tiny sharp "knives" unearthed deep in a rock shelter in Australia date back at least 35,000 years, archaeologists said Monday.

'Breakthrough' at Stonehenge dig
Archaeologists carrying out an excavation at Stonehenge say they have broken through to a layer that may finally explain why the site was built.

Web/Blog Stuff

In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop
(free reg req'd) A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment.