Archive for August, 2009
Yes, a baby picture, for no particular reason
August 27th 2009 at 3:27 pm
…other than I loved it. The other morning Emily gave the babies a bath. I’m not the world’s greatest photo guy, I just point the iPhone and take pictures until the scene is gone. Babies and dogs and cats are particularly hard, as they move around (and the small iPhone cam doesn’t do a good [...]
Reeftank Interview
August 26th 2009 at 11:01 am
An interview with me about my connections to the ocean is up at The Reef Tank: What do you think the world needs to know about the sea and about marine life that maybe you can tell them since you grew up surrounded by it. TB: I sailed from Tortola to New York via Bermuda [...]
Story Tracker
August 20th 2009 at 9:10 pm
For those of you who read this and are writers, submitting work, you may be interested in Story Tracker. Story Tracker is a neat submissions tracking program for you iPhone written by Andrew Nicolle. It’s pretty darn slick and I purchased it as a show of support after playing with the free version on my [...]
All of my novels now available for Kindle
August 19th 2009 at 5:28 pm
For a while I’ve been getting frustrated Kindle readers and iPhone Kindle readers asking me where the hell Ragamuffin was for the Kindle, as Crystal Rain and Sly Mongoose were available. Well, Ragamuffin for the Kindle is now up, which means you can read the series in order electronically if you’re all hep to do [...]
District 9: What she said
August 18th 2009 at 12:58 pm
Over at Racialicious an alternate POV on District 9, which focuses on the big question I had about the movie: The gang boss could have tried to take Wikus hostage, and use him and his scaly arm as a weapon, same as the white government tried to do. By trying to eat his arm “to [...]
The power of TK
August 17th 2009 at 3:59 pm
I’m blazing to finish a story I owe, and need to finish up. Mainly I’m trying to lay down a solid draft, and to do that I’m just writing it out and not bothering to get stuck on details that need clarified. I used to just create a bracket and note inside, but Paolo Bacigalupi [...]
Weekend plans
August 14th 2009 at 4:20 pm
My plans tonight include Mexican food and the movie District 9 if all goes well. Then it’s more writing writing like a madman to catch up on all the writing days lost while at Worldcon. How about you?
Metatropolis copies are going fast and info about upcoming Halo anthology
August 13th 2009 at 4:14 pm
According to John Scalzi and Subterranean, they’re down to a 150 copies of METAtropolis remaining, so if you’re interested in a print copy, order now. As noted by Tor press release, Halo: Evolutions will be a collection of “Essential Tales of the Halo Universe” and will be out this November. I’m working on finishing my [...]
Montreal photo: fountain
August 13th 2009 at 7:34 am
The fountain outside the Palais de Congress apparently gets lit on fire occasionally. I saw this with Amber Van Dyk, Holly McDowell, Karin Lowachee, and Derek Molata (addendum: oh, and Kate Bachus!). I particularly like the fog the flames create. Stunning. I put the iPhone down on the concrete to get another neat angle:
Montreal anecdote: the fat American
August 12th 2009 at 5:23 am
Before the Hugos, and one of the reasons I walked myself into the ground, was that I was trying to find a new pair of khaki pants. The ones I had with me for the occasion were half a size to a size too small. After visiting several places in the mall under my hotel [...]
