Tomorrow

May 31st 2005 at 4:10 pm

I’ll be posting June’s Tobias Buckell.com newsletter tomorrow, so if you want a chance to win free stuff make sure you pop your email into the form (or just email me) and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a free copy of the WOTF antho my short story In Orbite Medievali appeared in […]

Last Day

May 31st 2005 at 3:58 pm

Well, in addition to a fun last day at Marcon (thanks to all reading who introduced themselves), I dinnered with Charles Finlay (if you can verb lunch you can verb dinner, I think) and then hung out with Jason Burt, a good friend from college, and crashed on his couch before driving back up to […]

Marcon Day 1

May 28th 2005 at 11:40 pm

Just got back from Marcon, got to do a couple neat panels and the audience was very receptive. I’m driving back down early in the morning for the next day of panels (it’s a 2 hour drive to Columbus). It was fun to riff off Mary Turzillo and then Geoff Landis for each of the […]

Just a Theory

May 27th 2005 at 9:07 am

A brilliant parody:

Called the universal theory of gravity, Newton’s so-called law is taught to physics students everyday. But a growing movement of parents wants to change that. They say that Isaac Newton’s theory of acceleration and velocity is just that—a theory—and that forcing students to accept a Newtonian view of the natural world is unfair […]

More Grado Praise

May 26th 2005 at 1:53 pm

From Jason Hill:
I just wanted to say thank you. You see, some time ago I read a post you’d made in which you sang the praises of Grado headphones. I was recently out shopping for new headphones, remembered your post, and picked up a pair of Grado SR-60s (they were just within my budget). These […]

Painships

May 26th 2005 at 11:15 am

David Prill’s Rocket Fall on SCI FICTION is a really interesting story:

“While we’re waiting for the countdown to begin, let’s send it over to one of our correspondents, Larry Klaus, the man on the scene down at the fuel cells. Larry?”
“That’s right, Walter, I’m talking to you from the fuel cells, where the […]

Windows Writing Software

May 26th 2005 at 9:48 am

Many ask me about cool writing software for windows (as opposed to the cool stuff I link to that’s Apple only). I spotted WriteWay, and it looks pretty cool and something that writers may be interested in checking out.

Hmm…

May 25th 2005 at 3:36 pm

Lawrence Watt Evans is doing something interesting with a novel of his:
Here’s the deal: I have posted the first draft of the first few chapters of The Spriggan Mirror, the ninth novel in the series. Below you’ll find some options for making donations. Every week, if I’ve received another $100 in donations, I’ll post another […]

Self Motivation

May 25th 2005 at 3:36 pm

Good article about self motivating, something I need to keep in mind as I’m only a few days away from my 2 months off this summer to work hard on the novel:

When I went solo, one of the first of many things that hit me like a kick in the teeth was consistently being able […]

Biz Bummers…

May 25th 2005 at 3:32 pm

This discussion about how hardcovers aren’t as popular with readers is tough to read but understandable (I usually buy paperbacks as well)…
…combined with this article about the odds being stacked against pleasure reading has me a bit bummed.