Patrick Rothfuss's Blog, page 47
July 12, 2012
Comic-Con Schedule
This is my fourth year attending Sand Diego Comic-Con. And every year, something happens immediately before my trip, as if some cruel deific being were trying to prevent me from getting my geek on.
The complication this year? Rabies.
But that, as they say, is a story for another time. Suffice to say that I refuse to be thwarted, and am currently at ComicCon, preparing to lave myself geek culture.
Whenever I go to ComicCon, I prepare a list of things I’d like to do in my head.
Some of these are si...
July 9, 2012
Why I Love My Editor….
Back in January, I mentioned on the blog that I thought my editor really deserved a Hugo nomination.
Imagine my delight when the list of Hugo nominees for 2012 came out, and there she was on the short list of nominees: Betsy Wollheim.
Weeks later, I was surprised to discover that in the 30+ years Betsy has been an editor, this is the first time she’s ever made it onto the shortlist.
It was more than a little startling to me. I mean, Betsy is Editor-in-Chief at DAW, one of the few publishers I kn...
July 5, 2012
On Being Manly
I’m still sorting pictures for the photo contest. The process got slowed down a little bit because Sarah and Oot got home on the 2nd, and I’ve been trying to hang out with them as much as possible before I leave for ComicCon in a week.
Sarah had a lot of stories about their vacation. They saw a bear, they went bowling for the first time, they went to some hot springs….
Oot had a different perspective on the the ten days he spent in Colorado.
He said he saw a machine with a green button and a yel...
June 29, 2012
The Photo Contest: Explanations and Prizes
Once, years and miles away, I did a photo contest on my blog.
It was way back in 2008. It was the first time I realized how creative and enthusiastic my readership was.
Fast forward to April of 2011. The Wise Man’s Fear had been out for a month, and I tossed the idea for a second contest out onto the blog.
Then the photos started coming in. And coming in. And coming in….
People sent more than a thousand pictures. Amazing pictures. Terrifying pictures. Pictures that clearly broke my rule of “Don’t...
June 27, 2012
The Opposite of Father’s Day
Dear Oot,
As I write this, you are with your mother on a trip to Colorado.
I’m guessing you’re having a pretty good time. You have plenty of opportunities to explore and see new things. You’re surrounded by people that love you, or who at least think you’re cute. You have cousins to play with, and Gramma Maggie is there too.
Most importantly, your mom is there. Moms makes everything better. Nothing can be really bad if your mom is around.
I, on the other hand, am not doing so great.
You’ve been aw...
June 22, 2012
Concerning George Martin
First, I need to officially state that on the subject of publishing big, complex fantasy books, I’m firmly in the camp of, “It takes as long as it takes.” That should be pretty obvious.
I just want to be clear that I come down firmly in Martin’s camp on this issue. Good books take a long time to write. Big books take a long time to write. Good, big books take a long, long time to write.
That said, this song is pretty fucking funny. And the video pleases the geek in me on all sorts of levels.
So...
June 19, 2012
“Do You Believe in Magic?”
If you read my books, odds are that you have at least a passing interest in music.
Huh. That’s all wrong, actually.
The fact is, if you’re a human being, you have an interest in music. Not just a passing one, either.
There’s a lot of interesting research that shows humans have a connection with music so strong that you can argue for it being biological, if not downright transcendent.
Rather than ramble on about the subject, I’ll jump straight to the end where I show you something cool to illustra...
June 15, 2012
Fan Coolness….
Long ago, I wrote a blog answering the question, “If I mail you a book, will you sign it?”
It that blog (which included a flow chart that I’m still pretty proud of) I explained the truth of the situation. Specifically, that I’d be happy to sign your books, but there are complications. Books get lost in the mail. Books get damaged. It takes time for me to sign a book, time to package and unpackage it, time to go to the post office, money to ship it, etc.
Generally speaking, it’s easier, safer, a...
June 12, 2012
Me me me memes…..
The title of this blog makes more sense if you pretend you’re singing it….
Today we’ve got some Link Salad and an interview.
So apparently, (he said without preamble) folks have been making Kvothe memes.
Like this:
In a similar vein, someone sent me a link to a blog appropriately titled “My God What Horrors have I wrought?” A blog in which they take several pictures of me and… well… lolcat them.
I really don’t have anything to say about either of these things. I find myself ambivalent, but strongl...
June 8, 2012
Two great books, and a chance to win a free DeLorean
Commander Harken: Seems odd you’d name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of.
Captain Reynolds: May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
That’s all I feel like saying on the subject of the recall election right now.
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There are two things happening this week that all proper geeks should be aware of.
First off, Redshirts, is hitting the shelves.
I know, I know…. you can’t really judge a book by its cover. In my opinion, if you’re going to judge, y...
