I posted a bit on Bundles as a whole a few moments ago, but for those who just want to read I didn’t want this to get lost in the high grass of indie-publishing neep. So I’m pullin gthis out on its own little rock! Only a day and a half left! Get the Moonscapes […]
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Bundles
Let’s talk for a moment about one of the more interesting innovations that have come about in this digital age: specifically, bundles. You know what I’m point at, right? These are gatherings of otherwise disparate books or stories into a single entity that the reader then picks up as a single entity. Given that indie […]
Read More ...“The Black Marker at the End of Time” Published!
Looking for a good set of stories to while you’re sitting on the beach? You can’t really go wrong with Beneath the Waves, a short story bundle you can get a BundleRabbit and a whole bunch of other places I’ll link to below. Even better, the whole thing is on sale at $0.99 for the […]
Read More ...Algis Budrys, Starflight, and Moonscapes
I was amused this morning in that interesting nostalgic way you can get sometimes, when I read Dean Wesley Smith’s blog post that attributed his interest in doing the Moonscapes bundle to his reading of Algis Budrys’ Rogue Moon. I definitely get it. I, too, read Rogue Moon. For its day it was amazing, and […]
Read More ...Moonscapes Bundle Launches!
Here’s something incredibly cool: ten amazing SF books by ten of my favorite writers and people (well, nine of them, plus my own Starflight!). On top of that, an opportunity to support AbleGamers, a fantastic group that’s working to support disabled folks who want to game. GET THE BUNDLE HERE!!! The books are […]
Read More ...Seven Days in May is Published!
It is, as the Flying Scot used to say, a beautiful day for a motor car race, don’t you think? I’m smiling ear to ear today because I can finally say that Seven Days in May is available! For those unfamiliar with this unique little project, this is a collaborative collection of stories that my […]
Read More ...Brigid’s work, or the amazing coolness of “The Fake Path to True Memory.”
“Did you ever read Brigid’s story in the Faerie Summer bundle?” Lisa asked me. We were eating dinner at the end of the day, just chatting about stuff. I read most of our daughter’s work before it gets published, but for various reasons I hadn’t seen this one. Lisa, as always, had copyedited it and […]
Read More ...The Kentucky Derby’s Conscientious Objector?
Having grown through my formative years in Louisville, Kentucky, I have an affinity to the Kentucky Derby. I admit that I don’t follow it particularly closely these days, but it was certainly a thing for me and I have lots of great memories closely tied to it (and the week that leads up to it). […]
Read More ...Jimmy Kimmel is wrong
Since this blog is chronically behind the times, I’m sure everyone is now aware that Jimmy Kimmel made a particularly heartrending monologue a couple days ago in which he described events surrounding the birth of his son, a kid who came into the world with a congenital heart defect. In it he talks about the […]
Read More ...Daily Persistence: The First Ten Years, and More
Time is weird. Due to conversations Lisa and I have had recently, I just took a little break and went back to the web journal I kept back in the old days. Yes, I mean back when there was no WordPress, no Facebook, and no Twitter. I mean back in the day when there was […]
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