Justin Sirois's Blog, page 73
January 4, 2012
JUPITER 88
I'm very excited to read for CA Conrad's Jupiter 88 video poem blog on Saturday. Woo! Go see what other spectacular poem makers are on CA's website.
http://jupiter88poetry.blogspot.com/
http://jupiter88poetry.blogspot.com/
Iraq photo of the day
[Al Jazeera, Dahr Jamail] Fallujah, Iraq - Fallujah still bears the scars of war; skeletons continue to be pulled from the rubble of bombed buildings, and, worse, rates of birth defects and childhood malformations have skyrocketed.
There is evidence of reconstruction, but shortages of electricity and clean water remain prevalent. The overall mood in the city is one of anger, hopelessness, and fear.
In April and November of 2004, the United States military launched two massive military sieges...
January 3, 2012
reprints in the works
It looks like we're having some lamination and peeling problems with the first run of Falcons on the Floor. The printer is reprinting the entire run, which is great. So yeah, we've got about 500 slightly damaged books to send out for review. Pretty amazing, actually. 
December 30, 2011
Publishing Genius Press needs a new tagline
Publishing Genius needs a new tagline. "Short, massive books since 2006" doesn't work anymore. For instance, Justin Sirois's novel, Falcons on the Floor, is 300 pages long. So we're introducing the #TagPGP contest – rewrite our slogan and win a Nook Simple Touch (which you can use to read our new forthcoming series, the "eBook Minis"). But even better than the Kindle are the bragging rights, because your words will appear in our masthead online, as well as in our books.
So Tweet your idea...
December 29, 2011
new game mechanic for third-person melee combat and shooters
I developed this new game mechanic for third-person melee combat and shooters. Maybe Bethesda Games or Electronic Arts or Ubi Soft would like to take a look at it.
Name: The Aim Select Posture (ASP) MenuJustin Sirois copyright 2012
_________________________________________________________Breakdown for handheld melee weapons
Single posture handheld weaponsprovide a limited range of attack.
Watch any film with a sword fight and you won't see twopeople holding their weapons with two hands the...
Name: The Aim Select Posture (ASP) MenuJustin Sirois copyright 2012
_________________________________________________________Breakdown for handheld melee weapons
Single posture handheld weaponsprovide a limited range of attack.
Watch any film with a sword fight and you won't see twopeople holding their weapons with two hands the...
December 28, 2011
2011 - Year in Review
Half way through the first draftof The Last Book of Baghdad, Falcons presales begin, Lowe's hatesMuslims, Connor Willumsen draws for Falcons,I wrote a few poems, submitted my poetry manuscript to Newlights Press, publishedin Stamp Stories, designed a book cover for Brian Allen Carr, Paul Bromerblurbs Falcons (says she can't waitfor her son to read it), Remember Fallujah Week, published in Dark SkyMagazine, slightly enriched uranium found in Fallujah, Blackwater videogame totallybombs...
