Archive for July, 2008
Transcriptase
July 31st 2008 at 2:50 pm
Transcriptase is a new website that has launched, featuring fiction by some very familiar authors. You may remember the Helix debacle from a while back, authors who asked for their stories to be taken down, and authors who felt they didn’t feel right taking them down but didn’t appreciate what the editor of Helix had […]
Worldcon Schedule
July 29th 2008 at 1:13 am
Many have asked. Yes, I’ll be at Worldcon. What exciting panels and whatnot will I be?
Thursday:
10:45 AM Signing
5:30 PM Panel: Swashbucklers in space
That’s pretty much it. I’m there from Wednesday to Sunday, with Emily coming along.
Since I have almost no obligations there I imagine I’ll be at the bar hanging out with friends, or at the hotel […]
TV’s influence on writing
July 28th 2008 at 5:59 pm
Been doing some revisions, and saw a forum posting on a writer’s site about the effect TV has on writing and I wrote this, but thought it was bloggable:
A couple of bad habits I’ve noticed from writers in workshops/classes I’ve taught/and occasionally some books are evident:
One is the fast chapter or POV switch with no […]
Website issues
July 28th 2008 at 10:25 am
Either my WP install has been hacked, or we’re under attack, but my website has been getting suspended for making a server unstable. Just FYI. Working on it.
eta: looks like a major comment spam attack driveby on the site. Akismet handled the comments and nixed them, but the constant activity was dragging it down. I’ve […]
Comic Con and etc.
July 25th 2008 at 3:41 pm
I’m here at Comic Con.
It’s huge.
I mean, really, really huge.
Over 100,000 people are here.
Fortunately I know enough people that I’m hiding in a coffeeshop and have my phone turned off so I can get some work done.
I won’t go on and on about what I’m up to here, you can read my twitter feed for […]
Fantasy Hot List is hosting a Sly Mongoose giveaway
July 23rd 2008 at 12:50 pm
Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is giving away a copy of Sly Mongoose. Details for the contest are through the jump.
And while you’re there, poke around for a lot of cool reviews and commentary
Some Sly Mongoose reviews
July 21st 2008 at 11:09 pm
I’ve recently gotten a batch of Sly Mongoose reviews showing up (hey, the book’s coming out in like 3-4 weeks):
Joe Sherry says:
…after Ragamuffin’s expansion into interstellar conflict, Sly Mongoose feels like a quiet step back. It is clear there are big and bad things occurring beyond the world of Chilo. Buckell has already expanded his […]
Movie talkers: I hates them
July 21st 2008 at 10:53 pm
Whenever there’s a big event that brings a great deal of traffic to this site, I always afterward feel a bit like someone standing at a microphone in front of a large crowd with someone yelling ‘do something interesting’ out of nowhere. It has this freezing affect.
Furthermore, I really am under that really big deadline […]
Can you dig it? New Tor.com site launches
July 20th 2008 at 2:19 pm
The new Tor.com just went live. Stories by Charles Stross and John Scalzi, blog posts by different people, awesome art galleries.
And for one additional week, all the novels they gave away free during the entire lead-up process are here on the web. I wondered why Ragamuffin had suddenly shot up to the #70th best selling […]
Halo: The Cole Protocol cover
July 17th 2008 at 8:40 am
Just a reminder note, this cover is an initial sketch, not the final cover after all
I need to get back to revising and wrapping up a section to show my editor today, but a few of you who’re readers AND Halo fans all emailed me that the cover had gone up on Amazon.com, and I’m […]
