I swear I'm tempted to start a thing called "Fré Friday". Why "Fré" and not "Free"? Well, because by the end of the week I, along with everyone else in a civilized world, am pretty much frayed and at the end of the rope. We're all exhausted, tired and ready to kill. Well, okay, I'm … Continue reading Fre Friday
Author: Jason Cordova
Captain America Hates Slackers
Gah, I'm such a slacker. I forgot to update yesterday. Captain America just beat me up for laziness. Had Crouching Seal, Sleeping Dragon independently "proofed" and found some more mistakes that both the editor and I missed. Mildly embarrassing, but thankfully the proofer only required dinner as payment. I'll get those mistakes corrected and sent off to … Continue reading Captain America Hates Slackers
What Is SF?
What is science fiction these days? Everywhere I look, I see people with smart phones, tablets, Bluetooth devices and cars that can park themselves. I can find out more information than I need to know by whipping out my phone and calling up a search engine. My phone can track where I'm at (which is … Continue reading What Is SF?
4th of July
First off, Happy 4th of July. Keep your destructiveness safe and please, try to stay out of the ER. Next, we cracked 10,000 visitors here. I didn't think that many people were interested (and probably aren't, but whatever) and everyone's support has been wonderful. I know TGS (The Great Scalzi) averages 5K visitors a day … Continue reading 4th of July
Schedule News
For those of you who were interested in what my FandomFest schedule looks like on July22-24, here it is. Friday 4:00PM -- Panel Room A: Introducing Some Up and Coming Faces in Speculative Fiction 9:00PM -- Panel Room A: Writing in Someone Else’s World Saturday 9:00AM -- Panel Room B: Techniques for Good Short Fiction … Continue reading Schedule News
A Letter to Larry
Dear Larry, You failed to invite me to beta test your new phone way back when. I was forgiving. You failed to invite me to beta test your cloud computer, the CR-48. I was forgiving. However, you failed to invite me to beta test your Google+ social network site. I am not forgiving. Please rectify. … Continue reading A Letter to Larry
Review of Corruptor
Neat! A German online magazine just reviewed Corruptor! Uh... can anybody translate that?
Bid’nes Up Front, Pah’ty In The Back
A life in fiction doesn't really differ from anyone you see on the news, if you think about it. To both a reader and writer alike, the character is a living, breathing individual. A character such as Tori is as real to you and me as Paris Hilton is, maybe more so (Tori, you see, … Continue reading Bid’nes Up Front, Pah’ty In The Back
Price Updates
All righty, let me break down just what is where at this moment: Lawyers in Hell -- available at Amazon (Paperback - $19.95; Kindle - $9.99; Hardcover - $34.95), Barnes&Noble (Paperback - $19.95; Hardcover - $20.23) The hardcover for Lawyers in Hell at B&N is a steal right now, a 550+ page book available for just over … Continue reading Price Updates
Wahhrrgarrbel!
There's something about that damned Wikipedia that gets my blood boiling at times... The original stated purpose of Wikipedia was this: Our goal with Wikipedia is to create a free encyclopedia; indeed, the largest encyclopedia in history, both in terms of breadth and in terms of depth. We also want Wikipedia to be a reliable … Continue reading Wahhrrgarrbel!
Off Target and Tangent
So I was wildly offbase with my Pottermore guess. It's looking to be some sort of real-life treasure hunt mixed with an MMORPG or... something. So basically, Sony, Warner Bros and JK Rowling are trying to get LARPers and WoW gamers to get outside and... game? Odd. But, in a strangely unrelated coincidence, Rowling's camp … Continue reading Off Target and Tangent
Book Signage Party Time
So the big book signing at Barnes&Noble went well, despite it getting off to an inauspicious start. Apparently, I wasn't added to their events calendar, so not many people outside of those I've informed (which is quite a few people, but still) got the word in time. Still, sold four times the amount of books … Continue reading Book Signage Party Time
Pottermore?
Someone asked me yesterday "What is Pottermore"? To which I replied "Potter-what?" It's amazing that, as people are predicting the death of print books and such, one person can come along and change the entire game once more. J.K. Rowling didn't announce anything, just simply created a website called "Pottermore" with the words "Coming Soon" … Continue reading Pottermore?
Write What You Know? I SCOFF At Thee!
I wonder if my dad got his birthday card yet? I'm horrible at remembering date. I have this massive calendar up on the wall which shows every single appointment and schedule I have for the next few months, and yet I didn't mail off my dad's birthday card until the day of (partially because I'm … Continue reading Write What You Know? I SCOFF At Thee!
Distracting Gator Ruined the Link
I guess I should have put up a link yesterday for the Lawyers in Hell pre-order. My bad, that damned gator was distracting. Amazon Pre-Order Link
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