Did you know you can "brandmark" your book/publishing company/self with a hashtag on Twitter? I've been doing something similar with the hashtag #InHell on there, but you can do oh-so-much more is you really, really want to. Good way to get the word out, right? Especially for new authors... you'd think everybody and their grandma … Continue reading Is This Thing On? Oh, Need To Twit That Tweet.

Word count for the week: 0 Yeah, that's a big fat "zero" in productivity this week. 10% of a book undone. I haven't even opened a word file this week except for a few minutes the other day when I was going over a fellow author's story. I expected to be a little unproductive, but … Continue reading Home for Wayward Characters

For some reason, the title "A Sonnet of Flame" came to mind yesterday when I was walking home. I had this image of a woman with a short sword in one hand, and a dead rose in the other, standing in the middle of a burnt and ruined field with bodies all around her. I … Continue reading Lady in Red

Hey, a weekend post. That means something big has happened! Er, no. I just wanted to point out that Lawyers in Hell received a very nice review over at Aphelion webzine. It made me giggle with glee. You should check it out and spread the word. That is all.

Having some fun with the new phone. It takes pictures. I leave you with this for now.

The ruling in Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus was subsequently codified in what is now Section 109(a) of the Copyright Act, which states that "the owner of a particular copy or phono record lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy or phono record.

You know, I hate politics. I also, alas, hate celebrities. I hate the feeling that people get when they feel like they're entitled to special perks because they are "famous". But most of all, I just wish the whole Palin/Johnson thing would go away. Like Clinton/Lewinski of old, it just needs to die a quick … Continue reading Current Events Suck

In the end, the argument comes down to piracy and distribution. As long as books are "protected" by DRM, so publishers believe, sales will not suffer and they will be able to squeeze every last bit of blood from the stone. And the arguments for e-book distribution is poorly thought out. If publishers are afraid of new costs, they need to remember that they are shedding even more costs by having everything shipped "electronically".

Tooth is cracked and infected. I am in pain. But on the plus side, we open in two days for My Fair Lady. Professor Zoltan Karpathy be pleased; he be me. Open mic night. What do you want to know about publishing, my writing, my opinions of other writers, my favorite type of hot dog, … Continue reading Open Mic Night

I finished the most recent edits of Corruptor and it's now back in the hands of the publisher. Still not sure how to finagle Kurt Miller to do the cover art, don't think it's going to happen. Also... wondering just how long it'll be until I can ask Arnold over at Webscriptions to sell the e-ARC of … Continue reading Finished Edits

The first five chapters are up here, and nowhere else, for Corruptor. This is the near-final draft, with some minor edits still needing to be worked out by the managing editor. However, my editing skills (when it comes to my own work) suck. Enjoy, and please feel free to comment. Click Here For Corruptor

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George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire) on why fanfiction is a bad thing for authors. http://grrm.livejournal.com/151914.html Part of me cringes when I read it, because I know many authors (Eric Flint, for instance) who believe that the exact opposite is true. However, I also know that while Martin is faaaaahhhbulously wealthy … Continue reading Fanfic Nightmare?

I wrote my first short story back in 1994, titled "Durango's Bluff". It was some sort of bastardized western crossed with SF, which we now refer to as "steampunk". I thought it was too short, set at only 15,000 words. It was only later that I realized that that length is actually too long for a short story. Irony, meet thy friend, Jason.