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The importance of "Pre-Atomic" steel.
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"Pre-Atomic" steel is for wimps-- real experiments use ancient lead...
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Financial advice from a writer making much less than John Scalzi
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How to embark upon the glamorous life of a freelance writer.
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How the advance for a novel really gets paid out.
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Why you should keep your day job
Okay, the first link talks about recent metal being contaminated by background radioactivity from WW2 atomic tests. The second only mentions the 22-year half-life of lead-210, and implies that old lead is better just because it's had a chance to decay. Which is it?