I love the “new world,” this place where everyone is connected all the time, this thing that the internet has gradually morphed into that allows such close and constant contact. It’s a glorious place. But it’s also a major time sink. And given that time sink, it’s also a major worry. that worry being this: […]
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A quick link to one of the first attempts I can remember to use the Web in ways that only it can be made to work. Things change so quickly, but I enjoyed this quite a bit at the time. Very different way of experiencing a story. Share Me
Read More ...Back from India
I haven’t posted about it, of course…but I’ve been in India for the past ten days or so for business purposes. Got lots done, experienced a truly different culture, and had much fun meeting its people on their “home turf.” I’ll write more on this in the future, I suppose. We shall see. And, yes, […]
Read More ...Publishing Industry, Take II: Marketing Devices
I have only a few minutes today, so I’m going to stay roughly on plan and talk about the differences between physical books and ebooks as marketing devices. They are very different, and these differences seem to me to be important to us newish writers. The book itself (or I should say, the cover) is […]
Read More ...Publishing Industry, Take Two: eBook Readers
The topic today is physical books vs, ebook readers. I thought this was going to be a simple post, but it’s grown to a behemoth, so I’m actually going to split it up into a couple days worth of conversation. And so, as is my wont, let me back up a bit before I get […]
Read More ...Analog Picks Up “Ellipses…”
Still need to deal with all the contractual stuff, so nothing is certain. But news from New York is that Analog wants to publish my novelette “Ellipses…” This is, as always, pretty good news. Share Me
Read More ...Chicago Survives Us
So, yeah. It’s been a few days, eh? Sorry about that again. Work has been a pain, and we’ve been traveling, and blah, blah, whah, whah… But, it’s all true. I swear it is. Here’s a picture I took of Chicago to prove it. While there we also saw several interesting things like the Cirque […]
Read More ...Diving Into the Wreck
I’m reading Kris Rush’s “Diving Into the Wreck” now. I’m a bit over a third of the way through, and I have to say I’m really liking it. It’s been a nice, easy read with a compelling character and an intriguing story. Reminds me much of SF I read as a kid, but with a […]
Read More ...Four Stories Available on Smashwords
Lots of things happening lately…you can find four of my stories available on Smashwords. Share Me
Read More ...The Search, The Conversation
I was looking for my jump drive this morning. It was nowhere to be found. Lisa watched me with some reasonably self-contained humor as I determined that it was probably still at work. Run time up to later this morning. Here is a rough copy of an IM conversation we held. Ron: BTW, I found […]
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