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Written by Michael Z Williamson

Created: 27 April 2011

Advance orders for the signed edition of Rogue are about to close. If you want one, you need to reserve now. You won't be charged until they ship, but there's no "picking one up later." I get signed sheets. Sheets go into books at the bindery. That's it. Dial fast.
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Written by Michael Z Williamson

Created: 18 April 2011

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Spanish 1907 Puerto Seguro cavalry saber.

The plain hilt is indicative of being rearsenaled under Franco.

The slight bend to the right is indicative of being used to stab someone, from horseback.

The etching is consistent with blood.

This sword may very well have been used to run commies through in the Spanish Civil War.

Current bid is $250.

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Written by Michael Z Williamson

Created: 18 April 2011

Have submitted my revised draft of "Battle's Tide" for the "Clan of the Claw" shared universe. Turtledove, Stirling, myself, Ringo and Nye. Alternate pre-history (Bronze Age).

Imagine a world where the Chicxulub impact never happened, and the dinosaurs continued to evolve, while mammals developed alongside them.

Imagine them at Bronze Age levels of technology, 5 million years ago when the Mediterranean flooded.

When the felinoid mrem must fight the saurian liskash for territory, pitting tribal dance magic against psionics, and tactics against mass.

So when you come across the cheerleading tigers with spears, that's mine.

Specifically, bagpiping, jazz breakdancing, cheerleading six foot tigers with javelins, spears and fighting claws.

Lizard. It's what's for dinner.

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Written by Michael Z Williamson

Created: 17 April 2011

"The Weapon", a book focusing on the struggle between an increasingly
restrictive world government and a colony based upon libertarian (some
might say anarchic) philosophy, was published in late 2005. It's author,
Michael Williamson, maintains that he thought he had been writing
fiction when he wrote this (emphasis mine):


{blockquote}

"If it's not in your training, don't try to do anything in case you make
it worse." No one is allowed surgical tools, weapons or {b}fire
extinguishers{/b} in their homes or cars because "such things are best left
to professionals."

{/blockquote}


And yet here we are, a bit more than half a decade later, and this triumph
of the Nanny State now comes from Great Britain.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/11...s-a-fire-safety-hazard

{blockquote}

Fire extinguishers could be removed from communal areas in flats
throughout the country because they are a safety hazard, it has emerged.

The life-saving devices encourage untrained people to fight a fire
rather than leave the building, risk assessors in Bournemouth decided.

{snip}

Mike Edwards, who lives in one of the blocks, said he was 'absolutely
staggered' that risk experts thought it a safe decision.

'They are worried we will point them in the wrong direction or use the
wrong extinguishers,' he said


{/blockquote}


Oh ... "The Weapon", published by Baen, may be found here
http://www.webscription.net/p-463-the-weapon.aspx but you should
probably read it's predecessor "Freehold"
(http://www.webscription.net/p-162-freehold.aspx) first.