Author Archives: jamesdmacdonald

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Among the other things I did over the past weekend, in addition to having a lovely time at the Arisia sf/fantasy convention,* was to purchase a tablet to replace my color Nook. Why? (Other than sheer neophilia, that is.)  To make a long story short – Intuit finally…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
In the wake of the Paris attacks, there’s been much earnest discussion going on, in those quarters of the internet where earnest discussion always hangs out, over whether Charlie Hebdo‘s political satires were, in fact, racist, anti-Muslim, and so forth, or whether they were part of a long-standing…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
In the spirit of making the Yuletide (or other seasonal holiday of your choice) a bit brighter all ‘round: From now through Twelfth Night (5 January 2015), my price for a full-dress line-edit plus a 3-5 page letter of critique drops to a flat $1000 for a standard-weight…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
Things I’m thankful for, as a writer: The word-processor/printer combination, a wonder of modern technology that’s eliminated so much of the sheer physical drudgery of turning a story into submittable text.  There are probably writers out there, these days, who never had to wrestle with an electric –…

Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
A trio of links: These people have developed a blight-resistant American chestnut tree, and are now crowdfunding a project to plant 10,000 new trees and start the work of bringing the species back to American forests. Here are some nifty pictures of spherical layer cakes frosted to look…