Changed the format of the site a bit this morning. The old style, while nice, was a bit stale. This new one is pretty cool, I think. Thoughts?
Word Crack Anonymous
"Hi, my name is Jason and I peddle word crack." Hi Jason. "It all started about nine years ago, when I was just a wee young man of 23. My service in the military was done and I was in the midst of attending school. I didn't mean to, really. I just wanted to get … Continue reading Word Crack Anonymous
Consumers Vs The World (Part III)
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.
Buckley Strikes Back
Joe Buckley of the Fifth Imperium has started to post snippets of Corruptor over at his site. However, since the first six chapters are already up here, it'll be awhile until he's passed what I have here. Still, he also snippets upcoming Baen releases. He was cool enough to go ahead and post mine despite … Continue reading Buckley Strikes Back
Errata
For those of you who might be interested, as I write more Christian Cole stuff I've been writing up an encyclopedia file for it as well. If CC does well enough, maybe I can release it as a companion accessory. These novels, though targeted for the YA audience, has been one of the best things … Continue reading Errata
Current Events Suck
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
Book Review – Under The Dome
All in all, it wasn't a bad book. I was expecting, almost from the start, the nasty, giving the reader the bird twist that he pulled at the end of the Dark Tower series. Thankfully, he doesn't do that so much as reiterate to a normal person that in life, you are at the mercy of an apathetic bully and hope that the bully decides to quit kicking you eventually. This disturbs me, but I'll cover that later.
Publishers and E-books, Round II
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".
Bob Boan
Not sure how many people click the author links over to the right there, but Bob Boan just recently updated his website to feature some more links to his books and reviews. He's a nice guy who I oftentimes call whenever I'm having physics trouble. Go and check it out.
Surgical Precision
I hate doing the dishes. It's tiresome, repetitive, and the damn things just make themselves dirty again. I swear I have nothing to do with them getting dirty again. But dishes are the bane of my existence, and as soon as I can figure out an elegant way of having people over for dinner and … Continue reading Surgical Precision
Surgery Tomorrow
Going in for surgery tomorrow morning for the infected wisdom tooth. Apparently it's ready to cause the entire jaw to become infected. Swell. Tomorrow night (less than 8 hours after surgery) we're opening My Fair Lady to a sold out house. Oh God. I'll have a full post, titled Surgical Precision, up by Saturday talking … Continue reading Surgery Tomorrow
Open Mic Night
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
Finished Edits
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
Quick News
Just got back the second (third?) round of edits from the publisher. Not nearly as bad as the first time (I can learn!), and the new editor understand my writing style and voice a lot better than the last. This is a good thing! Off to save the cheerleader by finishing these edits.
Review: The Hunger Games
There's something that is markedly dystopian in Suzanne Collins' book The Hunger Games. It's evident early on that this book is set in the former United States in the future, after a short period of rebellion by the thirteen districts against the Capitol in the nation of Panem. It's dark, brooding and starts off with our narrator and heroine, Katniss Everdeen, struggling to keep her family fed and alive.
Jason Córdova 