End of the year

December 31st 2007 at 2:36 pm

The Caribbean Review of Books named Ragamuffin as one of their favorite books of 2007.
Not a bad way to end the year.
Last year I wrote a money entry:
In 2005 I made $23,900 working 10 months as a tech and learning support manager (of 20+ students) for a small University.
I made $4370 as a writer (a […]

Sly Mongoose trailer, with sound

December 27th 2007 at 2:01 pm

My big thanks to everyone who provided links, suggestions, and music samples for this Sly Mongoose trailer. That was all very helpful.
Mike Wooley, who does the opening credits soundtrack for Cult Pop scored a soundtrack here for the trailer, and I liked it enough to declare him the winner.
So here is Sly Mongoose, with music:

Here’s […]

The trailer sound contest

December 21st 2007 at 3:24 pm

So this week I created a trailer for Sly Mongoose, something I put together to just keep on the book’s page for fun, and release into the wild sometime soon.
Just one problem, I just don’t have the time to find the right audio for this, I’m having trouble finding a royalty free type of music […]

WISB and Grasping for Wind end of year mentions

December 19th 2007 at 3:16 pm

Grasping for Wind puts Crystal Rain on their 2007 best books read list.
S.M.D puts me (blush) on the best author read for ‘07 for Ragamuffin and Crystal Rain.
Thanks to both bloggers for the kind mentions.
Also of note, blogger, book reviewer, and UC Davis UC Santa Cruz student S.M.D is looking for a room/small apt if […]

Interview at My African Diaspora

December 19th 2007 at 3:11 pm

Veronica Henry did an over-the-phone interview with me last week that was a fun free-ranging conversation. She’s transcribed it and posted it to My African Disapora.
Describe your writing process.
I read a lot about pertinent subjects, writing things down as I go along; themes, characters. I keep a file filled with random things that might fit […]

Rich Horton on Ragamuffin

December 19th 2007 at 7:29 am

Reviewer extraordinaire Rich Horton takes a look at Ragamuffin:
But it was great fun to read, and I find this future a really enjoyable space operatic future — it pushes a lot of my buttons. The action is exciting — the bad guys are bad but not quite cartoons — the good guys are ambiguous and […]

Hobbit movie

December 18th 2007 at 4:47 pm

John Scalzi lets in on the news that The Hobbit will be made a movie and has details.
I always liked The Hobbit better than LOTR, so I’ll be thrilled to see this come to be.

What is work?

December 18th 2007 at 1:07 pm

Over at SF Novelists Kate Elliot has a great blog entry about what work is for a writer:
…much of the work I do doesn’t necessarily look like work.
For instance:
Undirected daydreaming.
Many of my ideas for novels have emerged out of undirected daydreaming. Without it, I would have much less to write; maybe I would have nothing […]

Mindmeld: how has the internet impacted book selling

December 18th 2007 at 12:04 pm

My thoughts on the internet and book selling are over here at SF Signal’s new Mindmeld series, soliciting feedback on a single question from multiple people:
As much as I love to visit bookstores, sign copies, give readings, and attend conventions (all of which help sell books), my online activities allow me to do a lot […]

Fan Fiction considered as a sexual act

December 18th 2007 at 11:18 am

Not that there isn’t enough sex in fanfic, but at Spy Scribblers blog is this rather interesting turn of thought in response to the discussion on the Organization for Transformative Works:
Spyscribbler sez: “I wonder, though, if you can declare something legal and then say you can’t legally sell it? Because even if most fanfic authors […]