m. c. de marco

The World Without Us sounds like an essential aid for the apocalypse writer. What's left after you kill all the characters? Alan Weisman covers the factoids (the NYC Metro would flood in two days without electric pumps) and the final mark of late humanity on the new Earth (in the sample chapter on persistent polymers).

A romance writer had her home office raided because she was researching terrorism for a novel. She recommended a few ways to avoid leaving an incriminating paper trail while researching. There are a few copies of the article floating around; here are some places you may find it:

• resonant8: Writer raided for doing research * Necessary Dissent: The Patriot Act Strikes Again * Hullabaloo