Had a book come out last week and forgot to mention it. My first Tobias Fox short story, "Nightwalker", is the very first story in John Manning's Terror By Gaslight anthology. I'll be the first to admit that Tobias Fox stories are less about horror and more about an extraordinary man dealing with said horrors. Good story with … Continue reading New Book Out
Meet the Character — Vincente Huerta
(I was tagged in this by Amanda S. Green. She introduced her favorite character, Ashlyn Shaw, star of Vengeance From Ashes, here.) As I walked into the bar, I began to wonder just what the hell I was getting myself into this time. Sure, I'm the author, and I create these people, but some of them … Continue reading Meet the Character — Vincente Huerta
Digital Watermarking the Grave
Yesterday, over on Facebook, I kinda sorta touched on the new HarperCollins digital watermark, which is another updated rendition of their failed attempts (thus far, apparently) at a secure and impenetrable DRM. Those pesky pirates are costing publishers a lot of money, so of course the natural response is to put even more money into … Continue reading Digital Watermarking the Grave
A Good Thing
It's very strange to forget that you have a website. But since this past week I've been elbow deep in Murder World: Kaiju Dusk as well as my untitled piece for editor John Manning, combined with my article over at the Mad Genius Club, I'll just shrug my shoulders and say "I'm busy!" It's a good thing, really. … Continue reading A Good Thing
Brief Friday Update
Four hours of sleep is not enough, apparently. It's not conducive to writing. I'm falling behind schedule. It's a good thing that the publisher isn't rushing this sequel or else I could be in some trouble. I have a guest post up at Mad Genius Club. It was based on some thoughts I had yesterday … Continue reading Brief Friday Update
The Great Labor Day Weekend Promotional Sale
The Great Labor Day Sale Has Begun!
On Sale Now
There are some nice deals going on this week. Kaiju Apocalypse is currently on sale for only $0.99. This is would be the perfect time to get the first book in the series and try it out and see if it's up your alley. Also on sale is Murder World: Kaiju Dawn for only $0.99 as well. … Continue reading On Sale Now
Nope
Taking a short break from writing Murder World: Kaiju Dusk and seeing what is going on with the rest of the world... ...nope. Screw you, world. I'm not coming back out until you calm the f*** down.
Hugo 2014
2014 Hugos -- Congrats towards the winners! No, I'm not bitter that none of my nominees won. I think some of the anti-"OMG the Wheel of Time is a single entry WTFBBQ!!11!!" and the anti-VoxDay backlash hurt the voting for quite a few deserving entrants but again, since this was the most voted-on Hugo in … Continue reading Hugo 2014
Influences
I was looking over my map of Weslande (my fantasy world I'm building around the story of I, Godslayer) and I saw that I had made a massive cathedral made of crystal in the middle of a vast desert. I was sort of surprised (I don't remember doing it, but I make so many maps I … Continue reading Influences
Your Weekend Update, Hosted by Dr. Pepper, M.D.
For the record, I didn't enter the Baen Fantasy writing contest (congratulations to the winner and everyone else who participated, by the way) because my "fantasy short story" turned into a six book epic adventure fantasy series. While it would have been cool to enter and see how well I could have done, I'm fairly … Continue reading Your Weekend Update, Hosted by Dr. Pepper, M.D.
Today in History
It's odd, but there seems to be little coverage of the fact that today is the anniversary of the start of World War 1. Just something about the way Euros think, perhaps? I mean, BBC doesn't even mention it on their website. You would think that a war which was so terrible that it wiped … Continue reading Today in History
Positive Reviews…
...for Murder World: Kaiju Dawn keep pouring in. I would happily recommend Murder World to anyone looking for a quick, pulpy read that is both action-packed and witty. I certainly had a lot of fun with it! Yeah, good reviews. Let them spring forth!
The Correct Words
Today is lesson day, and since everyone's use of vocabulary seems to be screwed up, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that people throw out words without actually knowing what they mean. And since I've been lumped in with those "fascist Mad Genius people" over at the Mad Genius Club, I … Continue reading The Correct Words
You Gotta Keep ’em Separated
Rant ahead, as well as foul language. Be warned, ye who enter here. For some reason, fandom is going through some interesting "growth" right now. As I've talked about in recent weeks over at Mad Genius Club (and others have voiced their own opinions elsewhere), certain elements of fandom have taken over and are trying … Continue reading You Gotta Keep ’em Separated
Jason Córdova 