So I had a few thoughts on pen names and the obligation (if any) of authors to disclose that they are using such. These thoughts stem from a small controversy over a recent Locus article in which Kim Harrison, author of the best-selling Rachel Morgan/Hollows series, revealed that the name – and much of the persona – is a nom de plume.

You can imagine the fun, I’m sure, that occurs when I find the time to periodically review my spam queue and clean it out. I’ve learned quite a few things from my blog spam, actually…

CNN’s Business Traveler posted reviews this morning of both Sony’s Reader and Amazon’s Kindle. For those of you that don’t know both the Reader and the Kindle are electronic books: little gadgets about the size of a paperback that will hold lots of books in their large electronic memories. In other words – pure heaven to anyone who’s both a bibliophile and a technophile!
I don’t know anyone personally who owns a Sony Reader, but several of my friends have Kindles. They’ve been very pleased with them so far, and I’m …

A recent windfall (aka, a refund check for a mistakenly overpaid bill) enabled me to enlarge my To-Be-Read (TBR) pile. You’ve all seen my already read list, so here’s a peek at what’s up and coming.

Please note that since these books are fantasy series “to watch”, this list does not include any series that is already complete.

HarperCollins has done it again. Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is available online for reading. They did this back in February with American Gods. This time, however, it’s available for download! The only drawback is that the download expires after 30 days. I’m kind of disappointed in that. I don’t think I’ll have time to read this in the next 30 days.
Update: The download link isn’t working for me. I’m not sure why. Anyone else having trouble?