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MarsCon Schedule
My panels for MarsCon (this weekend, March 5-7, 2010) are as follows:
Friday:
“I knew this panel was trouble when it walked into my office...”
It seems like “noir” is being tacked on to just about every sub-category of the genre these days: fantasy-noir, science fiction-noir, vampire-noir, and so on. And even if it isn’t attached to the genre label, ( Read more... ) -
The Squid on the Mantel
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"Game" jumps to small screen
For those who may be fans but had not heard, George R.R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones" has been picked up by HBO for a 10 part mini-series. No word on release dte yet, but it looks like we'll be ordering HBO some time down the line. :) -
Web Content you like to see?
So, I'm working (off and on) on a web site for myself. Basically a presence/gateway for people to find me on the web as a writer. And here's a question for you:
What kind of things do you like to see on a writer's web site? Or any personal/professional web site, for that matter?
Understand that a web designer I am not, so it's not going to be a bells ( Read more... ) -
If you speak the language, you must be evil, right?
Pulled from grrm 's blog:
A college student is detained by TSA & the FBI for having arabic/english flashcards in his pocket. Ironically, this guy is considering working for the State Department. He is suing, to which I say, good for him. -
More from the ebook trenches
For those who may be interested in the latest developments between MacMillan Publishing and Amazon, I have posted links to several discussions, interpretations, and a resonse by Amazon over on the Wyrdsmiths blog. If you're at all interested in how books are distributed and why it matters to you the reader (and me the author) over who does what ( Read more... ) -
Oh yeah? Yeah!
From the "This Just In" Dept.:
According to Jim Hines (among others including John Scalzi, Jay Lake and....well, I'm sure you can Google it all yourself), the entirety of MacMillan publishing's books (including SF/F imprint Tor) was pulled from Amazon on Friday. The, as of my reading, single anonymous source cited re. motives states that:
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Choosing a Path
Hey, how's it going? (kicks at dirt) Been a while, huh?
Yeah. So, anyhow, I got the revisions done. Ahead of schedule. (yay!) Sent them off to my editor two days ago. I didn't trim as much wordage she may have liked, but I whacked out some. It would have been more, but I had to add stuff, too. Seems readers can't hear my thoughts, so I needed to ( Read more... )
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