Oh happy day, I’ve been looking for a while for a Word Press progress meter that doesn’t require me to update the code all the time. Behold Deborah McDonnell made ProgressFly, which is available on her site, scribbling damselfly which does everything I could ask it to do. There’s an easy control panel for customizing the look of the meter and updating your wordcount. And the output is very clean and simple. See.

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If you use WordPress and want a wordcount meter, I highly recommend this.

Apex has released their next issue, which has my story “Locked In.” It looks like a good line up, huh?

“The Sum of His Parts” – Kevin J. Anderson
“The End of Crazy” – Katherine Sparrow
“The Gunslinger of Chelem” – Lavie Tidhar
“Locked In” – Mary Robinette Kowal
“Projector” – Daniel LeMoal
“At the 24-Hour” – William F. Nolan
“Pyramus and Thisbe” – Jeremy Adam Smith
“Sufficently Advanced” – Bev Vincent
“Don’t Show Your Teeth” – Rob D. Smith
“Cain XP11: The Voice of Thy Brother’s Blood (Part 1)” – Geoffrey Girard
“Poppet’s Left Impression” – Brandy Schwan

Parting Shot: “Sonorous” – Paul Abbamondi

Nonfiction
“Unspeakable Horrors: The Legacy of Darkness in the Visual Arts of Western Culture” – Deb Taber
“Kill Me Then” – Alethea Kontis

Interviews
Kevin J. Anderson
Liz Williams

All art in this issue was created by Paul and Mike Bielaczyc of Aradani Studios.

So, I’ve added two new things to the website, plus some back end and minor revamping. First, you might notice little “Share This” buttons at the bottom of posts. These are for those of you who use things like technorati or like to email articles to other folks. I think they are fairly self explanatory once you click on them.

The other is that I can now group posts in a series, for instance, my Shades of Milk and Honey posts are all collected together now. At the end of each chapter, you’ll see a table of contents showing all the other chapters. Handy, eh? (By the way, While I was at it, I un-protected the first three chapters. If you want to read the rest, it’s not too late to ask me for the password.)

Are there any other things that you really wish the site had or did?

Thank heavens for antibiotics, that’s all I have to say. Things in my head are largely clear now, which is such a relief that I can’t even tell you.