Some of the most interesting blog and website posts that I came across this week:

Cory Doctorow is serializing a short story Martian Chronicles, that he is working on – quite interesting to do this with a WIP.

Scott Marlowe explains how to self-publish your own e-book – part 1 of a series of posts.

Sammy Hagar from Van Halen was abducted by aliens.

John Scalzi thinks some magazines take their retro payments policies a little too far

Hal Duncan discusses family bickering amongst the Science Fiction and Fantasy extended family