Archive for March 2010

There’s A Whole Big World Out There, Jeffrey

So I’m not on the net too much. It turns out there’s a great wide wonderful galaxy full of semi-pro Jedi stunt warrior dudes on YouTube, and a lot of them are producing remarkably good sequences like this one. We’ve also found some really, really bad ones with awful sound quality, clumsy sabers, [...]

The Funniest Thing I’ve Seen All Week

“That doesn’t make any sense. You’ll be dead! Next time, think before you speak…”

Now I’m Glad I Put My Eyes Back In

It’s stuff like this that keeps me going when the writing isn’t coming easy or I’m up at 3 a.m. with the realization that if I’m even in the same ballpark as folks like Grisham and King, it’s only as the guy who’s selling hot dogs near the men’s room on the third level [...]

This Book Made Me Want To Poke My Eyeballs Out

Gah! I’ve been absent again for two weeks. Why? As always I’ve been busy writing, busy familying, and busy busying.
Some good news in the meantime. A lot goes into a book ahead of publication and one of the things that’s beginning to happen is pre-press endorsements, which is especially fun and [...]

Hugo Award Recommendations

So here’s a 21st Century twist for you if you’re eligible to vote for this year’s Hugo Awards. No podcast has yet been nominated for a Hugo, but the award administrators changed the wording in 2009 to include “or the equivalent in other media,” which makes a podcast eligible for an award. [...]