I bought a copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for J., secretly knowing that I could steal it from him when he wasn’t looking. Then Steph called dibs on it when we all went out to dinner, and now I’m 3rd in line. Still, I’ve been sneaking peeks, and I can say this much: […]
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WIN! I’m always delighted when I find women who thought fan-“boy” movies like The 300 and Fight Club were full of awesome. Because they were.
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Me, Steph, J. and The Old Man went out to dinner last night to celebrate The Old Man winning a shiny Fellowship that will make it possible for him and Steph to eat come January. Talk inevitably turned to Jim Butcher’s new book. J. and The Old Man are big fans of Butcher. “Are you
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“A moron writes words. A moron flails about for telling details–declarations, clichés, sentence fragments. A moron owns a frying pan. A moron has an extensive collection of pornography. A moron makes assumptions–about gender roles, about sexuality, about class. Or he fantasizes–about sports cars, Rolexes, cash. He prefers the company of men, but not in a
For better or worse, I won’t be able to make it this year. I owe bunches of taxes this year and I needed to put my book checks toward furniture, heat, and a car. So, no Wiscon. Next year, tho, I’ll be peddling a pretty sweet-ass little book. So I think attendance is mandatory.
An interesting history of the “urban fantasy” (AKA vampire porn) novel. As an aside, I’m kind of embarrassed to say out loud that, shit, man, Rusch is a really terrible writer. I’m sure she writes good *story* (which would be why she sells so many), but she really doesn’t have a lot of technical skill.
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I do wonder when we’ll hit the tipping point. Think it’ll take as long as 10 years? The buildup, sure, I understand that taking 10 years, but once you hit the tipping point, the rest should come on down just like dominoes. Til then, keep on truckin.
I was editing an RFI at work today that mentioned the date, “Spring 2010.” My immediate thought was, “My book comes out in Spring 2010.” I’ve started to associate that ENTIRE PHRASE “Spring 2010” with the release of God’s War. Heaven forbid when I actually get a solid release date.
I’m working on a project to record all of my short fiction in podcast form (and hopefully some GW snippets soon). These will go up on my website once it’s live. The header (Kcast and etc.) will likely change, and I’d like to get a better audio recording device, but here’s a taste of what
It’s fascinating to watch the three steps forward two steps back tidal wave of social change. I can’t help but think this is what it was like with women getting the right to vote… This slow, building tide. One state here, one state there, until the whole country finally realized: 1) The world’s not going
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