But it’s nice to see that publishers still believe in science fiction. Last month, this bit of news showed up in the Publishers Lunch daily newsletter: Try not to think about the fact that Weir originally self-published his first novel,…
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I Don’t Worry Too Much about Piracy and Here’s Why
TL;DR: oh, just go read Cecilia Tan’s blog post instead. This summer, my friend Katrina Archer self-published her YA fantasy novel Untalented (previously a 2009 ABNA quarterfinalist): This week, she discovered that the eBook version had been pirated: If I…
I Support Movie Reboots with All-Female Casts
And I have been thinking about it probably too much, thanks to this sidebar from the August 15th issue of Entertainment Weekly (click for larger version): Yeah, I know, that’s pretty tongue-in-cheek. The online article “Would all-girls ‘Ghostbusters’ be a…
I am Pitching My Novel on Twitter Today
Because though I’ve gotten some very encouraging responses from my agent queries, nobody’s asked for an exclusive yet, and I definitely haven’t gotten “the call.” Plus, let’s be honest, I live on Twitter. How could I pass up #SFFpit? I’m…
I will not watch most of these TV shows
But I am an interested observer during every fall TV season. My household has not had a cable or satellite TV subscription for seven years now, but we have the Internet. And that’s all you need to watch TV these…
I Don’t Know Why They Changed the Music
Two things you should know about me: 1. I love cop shows.2. I love film scores. And there was a small but perfect storm of these in 1996, when the TV series High Incident first aired on ABC. Here are…
I Have Watched the Entire First Season of “Betas”
And you know what? It’s pretty good. I’ll admit it: I even teared up a little during the finale. Sure, the payoff was a cheap shot at Zuckerberg (and shamelessly rode the long coattail of The Social Network), but setting…
I Enjoy Coffee
Though perhaps not quite as much as Lorelai Gilmore. Herewith, three presentations of a relevant scene: Twitter Luke: You wanna know what this stuff does to your central nervous system? Lorelai: Ooh, do you have a chart? 'Cause I love…
I Sometimes Notice Odd Things
(Contains very minor spoilers for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.) On Monday, DeeAnn and I saw the latest addition to the Marvel Comics film universe: the second Captain America movie—which, in my humble opinion, would have worked better as a…
I Hear Your Voice
Disclaimer/Disclosure: images below are Amazon.com affiliate links. On Monday night, DeeAnn and I watched the Veronica Mars movie at home (which was awesome, and I can’t wait for the day when all TV shows and movies are distributed on-demand, but…