Monthly Archives: December 2012

First Short Fiction Sale to Plasma Frequency Magazine and Writers of the Future Contest 4Q29 Update

Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I have some great news to report. Late last week, Richard Flores, the editor-in-chief of Plasma Frequency Magazine, notified me that he wanted to buy my short story, “Movement to First Contact.” The story is scheduled to appear in Issue 4, … Continue reading →

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2012 in Review

Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. The numbers differ a bit from the data that WordPress reports in its normal statistics package (e.g., the report below claims the site had ~270,000 page views, … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Predictions for 2012: Results

Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In 2011, I started this blog with my top 10 predictions for 2011. I also polled readers on these same predictions. At the end of that year, my accuracy rate was 40%, while my readers were right 50% of the … Continue reading →

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Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (November 2012 Jobs Data)

Posted on Sunday, December 9, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. On the first Friday of every month, I update the unemployment numbers so that I can compare the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that … Continue reading →

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