
Raise your hand if you have a love-hate relationship with SQL Server and SSIS error messages. I know I do. How terribly descriptive the messages tend to be (not) when...

The SFWA Nebula awards are coming up and SFWA members have until February 15th 2012 in which to place their nominations. I've already made one recommendation based on a previous...

Well, it's official. Buzzy Magazine has just let me know that Feast of the Torn's final edits are accepted and they will indeed (as promised) publish the thing at professional...

So it seems some of my more technical blogs are suddenly getting Russian responses, which I cannot read of course since I don't speak or read Russian. But I hit...

Just an fyi. I got the notice, maybe you did too. Check your email. Google has updated its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you don’t want to click...

Every time the censorship debate rears its head, I remember my own childhood reading experiences. I spent most of my home time reading, or trying to read, every book my...

Intellectual piracy has long been the bane of the publishing and entertainment industry. No sooner than a hit comes out, than someone is distributing it on the sly to other...

Musa Publishing imprint Urania has just accepted my dark fantasy short story "The Monster of Mogahnee Bay" for publication. "Monster" was previously published in the Blue Kingdoms: Shades and Specters...

For those who are interested, here’s a sneak peak at the cover of “Unlatched,” chapter 1 of the Latchkeys story by artist Vance Kelly. Isn’t it wonderous? If you’d like...

For those who are interested, here’s a sneak peak at the cover of “Unlatched,” chapter 1 of the Latchkeys story by artist Vance Kelly. Isn’t it wonderous? If you’d like...

Brandie Tarvin is an author and tie-in writer and a copy editor. In addition to her original fiction, she has written SQL Server articles, Shadowrun: The Role Playing Game sourcebook material and fiction as well as a piece for Hasbro’s Transformers. She currently lives in Florida with her family and is owned by two cats.