Memory Monday: Supergirl’s Last Stand
Don’t let the title fool you — Supergirl’s last stand isn’t something as quotidian as a car crashing into her. Oh, no. The Maid of Might can’t be stopped by something so mundane as steel and...
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Information Wants to Be Free…
Posted by Barry Lyga | Dec 21, 2012 | Writing
This story was written a long, long time ago. Yes, there was an Internet (as you can see in the story itself), but it wasn’t quite as ubiquitous as it is today. Very, very few people were reading e-books yet (if any), and...
Read MoreThis Week in Rejection!: Neotrope
Posted by Barry Lyga | Dec 21, 2012 | The Publishing Biz, This Week in Rejection!
A while back, I posted a rejection from Neotrope, and commented that the letter made it clear I had submitted before, but that I couldn’t recall having done so. I speculated that as I slogged through my back catalog of...
Read MoreSecond Amendment Loopholes
Posted by Barry Lyga | Dec 19, 2012 | Life
Let’s compare the Second Amendment to the First. People often do this, and it’s actually very instructive. I’m not going to get into the actual language of each Amendment (let’s leave that to the...
Read MoreWhat the NRA Should Have Done
Posted by Barry Lyga | Dec 18, 2012 | Life
UPDATE: After I posted this piece — and four days after the tragedy in Newtown — the NRA has released a preliminary statement that, much to my surprise, is incredibly close to what I suggested below. Let’s keep...
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